Powerhouse Guangdong Southern Tigers visited Tianjin. The visitors took the initiative early on, and Yi Jianlian dominated the paints with his throwdowns. Yi grabbed 10 points in the first quarter.
But Tianjin's Chen Lei answered with three pointers but Tianjin still trailed 37-22, Guangdong then with a 15 point lead heading into the second quarter.
Yi rested on the sideline for much of the second quarter. Guangdong extended the lead to 18 at the break.
The visitors continued to attack from the outside in the third quarter while the hosts could never looked like staging a comeback.
110-76, Guangdong won the game and pocketed the regular season championship 4 rounds ahead of the end.
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