INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Guangdong Southern Tigers beat the Shanghai Sharks 115-92 in Game 3 of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) first-round playoffs in
the house in Dongguan, south Chinas Guangdong Province, on Friday, winning the series 2-1 and advancing to the quarterfinals.The result
enabled Guangdong to preserve their record of never missing out on a quarterfinal in the CBA postseason.The hosts saw 4 of their gamers
score double-digit points, consisting of Xu Jie, Hu Mingxuan and Darius Bazley who all contributed at least 20
Xu also delivered 11 assists.Having dealt with a win-or-go-home scenario, Shanghai began the very first quarter with a 21-13 lead, however
Bazley, Hu and Ren drove a 11-0 run for Guangdong to lead 37-26 when the quarter ended.Xu and Bazley continued to abuse the challengers
defense in the 2nd quarter by both charging the rim and firing from downtown, increasing Guangdongs benefit to 19 points at 59-40
and Huang Rongyi worked hard to try to cut Shanghais deficit, Rens buzzer-beating two-point jumper put the home team ahead 70-53 in the very
first half.The game grew more physical in the third quarter
Ren was ejected for throwing a punch towards Wang Zhelin from behind
Wang then left the contest later on with an injury.Without Wang, Shanghai stopped working to make any good resurgence effort in the last
Guangdong secured a big win in your home and will face the Shanxi Loongs next.The CBA postseason quarterfinals matchups are as follows:
Liaoning Flying Leopards vs
Xinjiang Flying TigersGuangsha Lions vs
Qingdao EaglesBeijing Ducks vs
Beikong Royal FightersShanxi Loongs vs
Guangdong Southern Tigers
