The Bayi Rockets put themselves into driving seat with a 96-90 away win Sunday over the Beijing Ducks in the game one of the best-of-five semifinals of the Chinese Basketball Association league.

Center Mo Ke shot 6-out-of-9 from behind the arc to score 24 points for the visitors, including a crucial one to give the Rockets a 87-82 lead with over four minutes to go.

Veteran shooter Li Nan recovered from the fever to contribute 19 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals for Bayi.

Beijing's center Mengke Bateer scored 11 of his 26 points in the first five minutes of the game to put the home team 16-7 ahead, but received little help after that to finish with 15 rebounds as well.

Point guard Zhang Yunsong was fruitless in the field and power forward Jiao Jian was 1-out-of-7 in the field, which got the most boos from the disappointed local audience. Guard Xie Libin scored 17 points for Beijing.