BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions Liaoning smashed Aolong 119-87 to equal their 17-game winning record in the 28th round of the 2018-2019 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league here on Friday night.
Liaoning led the first period 26-18, expanded the lead to 26 after the third quarter, which made the last 12 minutes garbage time.
Five Liaoning players scored in double figures. Lester Hudson pocketed the game-high 30 points, Guo Ailun had 20 points and 10 assists.
Thomas Robinson got the team-high 24 points and 18 rebounds for Aolong. Xu Mengjun added 20 points.
Nine players of Guangdong scored double-digit points as the league leaders outclassed Shandong 132-97 at home.
Shandong's Jakarr Sampson scored a game-high 35 points, but was not enough to bring the visitors a win.
Yi Jianlian, a former NBA player, had 18 points for Guangdong. Ren Junfei and Zeng Fanri also scored 18 apiece.
Guangdong got a dream start of 19-0 and led by 34 points into the second half.
Elsewhere, Fujian beat Bayi 117-87, Jiangsu defeated Shanghai 126-106, Jilin lost to Zhejiang 104-93. Enditem
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