Cheering and voices of clapping were bursting in Dongguan Basketball Center on the evening of November 12, when the countdown ended the game between Guangdong and Zhejiang.
Score was fixed at 101:65, as Guangdong men's basketball team won the championship again since they achieved the championship at China's National Games twelve years ago.
Although Zhejiang's center Yu Jiahao missed the game, due to the order from the club, Zhejiang team kept close and one point behind Guangdong team in the first quarter.
However, Guangdong took control of the game at the beginning of the second quarter and score gap between the two teams kept expanding in the first half with 53:42. Xu Jie scored 15 points with 5 out of 8 shots.
As the game stepped in the second half, Guangdong team completely dominated the game with Xu's three-point shoots and Liu Chuanxing's lay-out, especially Zhejiang's lack of squad depth became increasingly evident, as the game went on.
When the clock started the ten-second countdown, Guangdong's players started the celebration of the champion.
"I am so excited. We lost the game in the last two National Games. For me, basketball is the most eye-catching event for the National Games, and I am so happy that we won the championship, as the host of the National Games," said Du Feng, coach of Guangdong team at the press conference.
"I had won more than ten championships in my career, but I think this one is the most exciting one for me, and it could not be done without the efforts of our players," Du added.
5 players from Guangdong have scored in double figures. Xu got 18 points, the highest of Team Guangdong, while Wang Ruize got 16 points.
Sichuan achieved the third place with its victory over Liaoning.
Reporter: Yuan Zixiang, Zeng Xiangxing
Photo: Zeng Xiangxing, Yuan Zixiang
Editor: Ou Yangyan, Shen He
