Denmon stars as Zhejiang outlast Shenzhen 108-105 in CBA

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Zhejiang Golden Bulls secured their fourth straight win by beating Shenzhen Aviators 108-105 in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) at home on Friday.

After Shenzhen led 98-96, Zhejiang made three consecutive baskets from the arc to overtake the lead 105-101 before Dwight Buycks scored four points for the visitors to tie 105-105 with 4.3 seconds remaining.

Then Marcus Edward Denmon came out strongly for Zhejiang, hitting the winning three-pointer with 0.6 seconds remaining.

"We played pretty good in the first half. Our rivals changed their strategy in the second half, but we shook off the pressure eventually," Zhejiang head coach Liu Weiwei said.

Denmon came off the bench to score a game-high 37 points, while Sylven Landesberg made 23 points and eight assists. Dwight Buycks led Shenzhen with 26 points, Gu Quan and He Xiling added 21 points respectively.

Zhejiang stormed to a 13-3 run early in the first quarter and led 34-24 into the second quarter where the 29-year-old small forward Landesberg was unstoppable, scoring 12 points to help the hosts extend their advantage to 18 points and lead 61-43 at halftime.

Zhejiang once had the biggest advantage of 63-43 in the third quarter before Shenzhou rallied for a 35-20 run to cut it to five points.

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