The Guangdong Southern Tigers bagged their third consecutive
title of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league with an
88-81 win over visitors, the Bayi Rockets, on Wednesday.
In the league-winning game, Guangdong center Yi Jianlian dazzled
with a "double-double" game-high of 26 points and eleven rebounds.
Zhu Fangyu netted 21 points and grabbed five rebounds. Dixon Jason
added 15 points and six shots off the board.
Mo Ke led the Rockets' scoring with 24 points and six rebounds.
Li Ke nailed 19 points and Che Ke tallied 17. Veteran Li Nan also
netted double figures with 11 points for Bayi.
The Southern Tigers out-rebounded Bayi 40-32 with a scoring
average of 62 percent from the field, 17 percent higher than the
visitors. Winning the best-of-seven playoff finals with a 4-1
aggregate, the Tigers for the first time came out on top on home
ground since their 2003-04 season win.