We – and I mean we basketball fans, critics, writers, observers, and the rest who judge basketball without professionally playing basketball – all too often take the liberty to determining what counts as ‘success’ for others. We say that a basketball player is successful if he is good enough to make the NBA. We say a player is successful if [...]
Beijing Ducks players celebrate their first-ever CBA title after beating defending Guangdong Hongyuan in the best-of-seven final series in Beijing on Friday. [Photo\Xinhua] BEIJING - Beijing Ducks, led by former NBA star Stephon Marbury who notched game-high 41 points on Friday night, clinched their first-ever title of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league. Edging defending champions Guangdong Hongyuan 124-121 at home, Beijing [...]
Ask, and no one would question that Stephon Marbury has been the best player in the Chinese Basketball Association this season. And nobody would question that he’s been the best player in the first four games of the Finals. But, thanks to two CBA rules, Marbury won’t be officially recognized by the league as such. Forget for a minute that [...]
With nobody else able to help Stephon Marbury run the show, Beijing’s Lee Hsueh-lin has played 238 out of a possible 240 minutes the last five games. Quick, other than Stephon Marbury and Randolph Morris, who has been Beijing’s most valuable player this season? If you took a poll, either of the Ducks’ rookie soon-to-be National Team training camp combo, [...]
Brooks Aaron (183-PG-85, college: Oregon) had 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists as Guangdong blew out Beijing 111-93. Beijing still leads the CBA finals 2 games to 1. Guangdong needed to win this home game to stay in contention. Zhu Fangyu had 26 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks for Guangdong. James Singleton had 21 points and [...]
The Regular Season in JBL just ended. The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of top-ranked Aishin Sea Horses (31-11) in Kariya on Sunday night. Hosts were defeated by second ranked Toyota Alvark (29-13) 88-74. It ended at the same time the four-game winning streak of Aishin Sea Horses. It may be a crucial game in [...]
Yulon Luxgen, which won four titles in the SBL’s brief eight-year history, is obviously experiencing its lowest point in the SBL era. After a 20-point loss to Taiwan Beer on Saturday, it has dropped six of its last eight games and is currently fourth on the standing with 13 wins and 11 losses. On Saturday, Yulon trailed by as many [...]
Winning on the road at Guangdong? Tough. Coming back from 10 points in the fourth quarter? Also tough. Taking a 2-0 lead against four-time defending CBA champs? Even tougher. But, toughest of all? The Beijing Ducks, who managed to check off all three last night during Game 2. Randolph Morris had a game-high 33 points to go along with 12 [...]
Beijing defeated Guangdong 108-101 in the opening game of the best-of-seven CBA finals. The game was played at Beijing as the finals format is 1-2-2-2, with the opening game at the home of the lower-seeded team. So this was a must-win game for Beijing if it hopes to earn the championship, Stephon Marbury led the way with 36 points, 6 [...]
The best CBA Finals ever? With two hours away from Game 1′s tip-off, it’s obviously tough to answer that question. Most anticipated CBA Finals ever? Now that’s something we can answer more definitively. Yes, yes and yes. Yes, 18,000 times over. With tickets in such high demand this Beijing-Guangdong match-up, the league agreed to take tonight’s opening game out of [...]
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