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Beijing – 111 @ Shanxi – 114

Stephon Marbury’s return to his Chinese “hometown” of Taiyuan was spoiled by an unusually balanced effort from the Brave Dragons, who had five players score in double figures. Charles Gaines paced the home squad with 28 points and 14 rebounds, while Marcus Williams and Lu Xiaoming each pitched in with 19 points and five assists.

Marbury, who played his first season with Shanxi two seasons ago, scored 22 points and handed out six assists. But a slow start that saw the Ducks down 14 at the half ultimately doomed them as they failed to come back despite a strong third quarter. Randolph Morris lead the way for Beijing, scoring 32, most of which came at the free-throw line, and grabbing 11 rebounds. Chen Lei, who is nursing an injury from earlier this month, only played four minutes.

The loss is Beijing’s eighth in the last 10 games.

–Jon Pastuszek

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Guangdong – 133 @ Foshan – 124

While Guangsha and Beijing slip down the standings after strong starts to the season, Guangdong continues to play itself into form after winning its fourth straight game at the hands of inter-province rival, Foshan. The visiting Souther Tigers shot a blistering 46-80 from the field as six players scored 10 or more points. Aaron Brooks had a team high 31 points.

Foshan’s Michael Maddanly put in a CBA career high 42 and Marcus Douthit scored 30. With the win, Guangdong goes to 19-4 on the year and now holds a comfortable four game lead over second place DongGuan.

–Jon Pastuszek

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Shanghai – 84 @ Liaoning – 93

The Shanghai Sharks gave up their first sweep of the season. Having lost at home to the Liaoning Jaguars in December, they got the same treatment when they played the reverse tie in Benxi. Like the last time the Sharks encountered their hosts, the Jaguars were slick, ruthless and more than willing to pass the ball around as Shanghai tried but failed to keep up with the home side’s offence. The 93-84 loss means that the Sharks road record now stands at 3-9.

The Sharks went in at half-time in the lead thanks to a strong showing by Marcus Landry in the first quarter but after that, the deafening Tiexi crowd helped pull the Jaguars out of their funk and when Josh Powell appeared from the bench, things started to click for the home side in the third quarter. Shanghai stuck with it and kept on fighting until the final buzzer but the Liaoning offence simply too much to contain for the visiting Sharks team.

Zhang Qingpeng scored 20 points while Powell grabbed a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds. For the Sharks, Mike Harris made 30 points, Landry picked up 21 and Zhang Zhaoxu scrapped his way to 11.

–Andrew Crawford

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Tianjin – 112 @ Xinjiang – 134

Tim Pickett exploded for 36 points in the first half to finish with 55 points and 12 rebounds in an entertaining affair in Urumqi that ended with a much needed win for the Flying Tigers. Picket’s double-nickel is the second highest single-game tally of the season, two points behind J.R. Smith’s 57. The home win ended a three game losing streak for Xinjiang and puts them at 11-10 on the year.

With Tianjin’s Lebanese point guard, Rony Fahed, out for the year with a broken hand, it was up to Tianjin’s domestic players to guard Pickett. They failed miserably as Pickett came in midway through the first quarter with an aggressive mindset that saw him on constant attack. He missed only two shots the entire first half and through Pickett, Xinjiang built up a big halftime lead. It’s Xinjiang’s biggest win of the season and by far the most points they’ve put up all year. Gani Lawal played well with 25 points and 10 rebounds. Xirelijiang, who celebrated his birthday with the win, contributed with 16 points on 4-8 from three.

–Jon Pastuszek

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Guangsha – 74 @ Jilin – 93

Wilson Chandler scored a CBA career low 12 points and Guangsha was held to under 100 points for the fifth straight game in a surprising road loss to sub-.500 Jilin. The loss is the Lions’ third in their last four and puts them back into the multi-team crowd that is clogging up the playoff picture. At present, they are tied in the loss column at eight with Beijing and DongGuan.

Osama Dahglas went for 25 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, Lu Wei scored 20, Jameel Watkins saw double with 19 and 15 boards and Cartier Martin put in 18 points.

–Jon Pastuszek

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Shandong – 89 @ DongGuan – 95

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Bayi – 94 @ Jiangsu – 112

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Qingdao – 110 @ Fujian – 104

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After a disappointing loss to Shanghai in Round 5, Zhejiang Guangsha rebounded (literally) in a big way in Round 7, easily defeating a reeling Jilin 109-89. The victory also marked Peter John Ramos’ return to Hangzhou. Ramos was signed earlier this week to replace the struggling Dwayne Jones.

Having played for Zhejiang Guangsha for the past two seasons, Ramos is already familiar with the organization and the majority of his teammates. So far this season the Lions have struggled on the glass (they were out-rebounded 61-31 against Shanghai) and getting easy buckets inside.  Ramos delivered in both categories in his debut, scoring 18 points and pulling down a game-high 15 rebounds.

The game was never close as Guangsha led by 23 and already had four players scoring in double figures by halftime. Wilson Chandler casually chipped in a team-high 20 points in only 27 minutes. Lu Wei led Jilin with 25 points.

While Guangsha thoroughly dominated, they were also incredibly sloppy, committing an unnecessary 28 turnovers.  This sloppiness can be attributed to Chandler and Ramos getting used to each other’s styles, as they combined for 11 of the turnovers. That being said, once Ramos is fully integrated into Jim Cleamons’ offense, the Lions are surely to be a more dangerous team. Against Jilin, his ability to score in the post kept Jilin’s defense honest and created open looks for Chandler and company, who connected on 10 of 23 three pointers.

NiuBBall caught up to Wilson Chandler and Jim Cleamons after the game and asked about Ramos’ debut. “He made it a lot easier on the whole team, not just me. It was a great team win and hopefully we can climb from here,” said Chandler. Added Cleamons, “I was happy to see him. I hope he can do as well once he gets comfortable.”

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