Zhu Fangyu's impressive 30-point haul was not enough to prevent
Guangdong from slumping to a narrow defeat at the hands of Jiangsu
in the third match of the CBA finals.
Guangdong, the defending champions, had levelled up the
best-of-five series at 1-1 with a victory in Game Two but they fell
2-1 behind after going down 105-101 in the latest encounter.
Jiangsu were indebted to an excellent first quarter performance
in which they established a 29-17 lead.
Guangdong chipped away at their lead in the remaining three
quarters but couldn't overhaul their opponents, eventually falling
four points short.?
Tang Zhengdong was the star man for Jiangsu with 27 points and
13 rebounds while Hu Weidong also contributed 27 points for the
victors.
(
FIBA?April 19, 2005)