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Two words. Wilson Chandler. The American forward is the centre piece of a team gunning for a title run, and has hit the ground running in the CBA, with a points-per-game average of 33.8. The Hangzhou based outfit made the CBA playoffs in the two previous CBA seasons but didn’t make the final on either […]
November 26, 2011
We came, we saw, we lost. Again. Once more did the Sharks hustle, fight and play good defence but once again, they found themselves on the losing side and now have a 0-3 record for their troubles. Gerald Green, the source of more than one jib by yours truly due to the bizarre focus he receives […]
November 26, 2011
Xinjiang Tigers 111 – Bayi Rockets 92 Patrick Mills made 28 points including two three-pointers whilst Kenyon Martin made a low-key 12 points but with 12 rebounds and 4 assists as Xinjiang overcame boo-hiss military bad boys, Bayi. Mengke Bateer also got 19 points with 5 rebounds and 5 assists as the Tigers made short work of […]
November 25, 2011
Shanghai’s final road trip for now takes them to the Foshan Dralions, whose savvy marketing team clearly decided that being just one intimidating creature wasn’t good enough and threw and extra beast of slaughter into their name for good measure. Under the threat of being blacklisted from Chinese basketball, I am obliged to point out […]
November 23, 2011
Another road game, another hard defeat, another ‘what-might-been?’ result, another missed opportunity for some much-needed positivity . Shanghai Sharks fell to their second successive defeat in a game which had flashes of hope before being ultimately quashed in the cruelest of fashions. Mike Harris was dynamite, dialing up thirty-nine points and eighteen rebounds in a […]
November 23, 2011
Zhejiang Bulls 101 - Dongguan Leopards 73 J.R. Smith turned in a workmanlike performance as Zhejiang Bulls did away with Dongguan Leopards 101-73. Josh Boone put up 24 points including a couple of crowd pleasing dunks, and 13 rebounds, whilst Smith, now returned from his brief elopement to Beijing scored a modest 15 points plus five assists and six […]
November 22, 2011
After the last gasp defeat on Sunday night, Shanghai Sharks will face off again Rastafarian favourite, Shandong Kingston Golden Lions in Jinan. The Lions, who saw through the hype of Gerald Green to put Foshan Dralions to the sword in their previous game, will be looking to improve on last season where they ultimately finished […]
November 20, 2011
Shangdong Lions:93 – Foshan Dralions 79 Gerald Green scored 18 points in a losing effort as his Foshan Dralions lost at home to Shandong 93-79. The former Boston Celtic made was 3/6 from field goals and 3/9 at three-point attempt, also dished out two assists, but crucially failed to dunk at all, presumably to the absolute […]
November 20, 2011
“I’d expect the Sharks to get a victory but equally I can already hear myself writing a “what-was-I-thinking?” introduction to this Sunday’s match report”- sharkfinhoops.com (November, 16th, 2011) I had to say it, didn’t I? An occasionally vibrant Shanghai side lost at the death in a game that the Sharks players will look back ruefully […]
November 20, 2011
With the CBA pre-season hours away from becoming the regular season, there is still time for perpetually authoritative website, NiuBBall, to not only post its detailed team-by-team power rankings but also look down the fixture list this season and pick out the must-see match-ups over the course of this year’s CBA. Well, when I say […]
November 29, 2011
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