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So there was no change from my earlier post on Sunday concerning the CBA All-Star balloting. The final results were announced yesterday and the names I mentioned then remain as the starters, meaning that none of the nominated Sharks players (Liu Wei, Zhang Zhaoxu and Mike Harris) got through. Stephon Marbury and JR Smith have […]
February 8, 2012
At the worst possible time (or depending who you are talking to, the best), JR Smith and the Zhejiang Bulls are riding into town. Like their provincial neighbours, the Guangsha Lions, the Bulls are in panic mode, having lost a couple of games they shouldn’t have and flailing about trying to make it to the postseason. […]
February 5, 2012
The Shanghai Sharks came roaring back from their two recent losses on the road with a commanding victory over the Bayi Rockets. The once all-conquering powerhouse of Chinese basketball looked a frail version of their former selves and a young, confident Sharks side dismantled their guests with ease. With other results going their way, the Sharks now […]
February 5, 2012
With the CBA All- Star voting to end tonight and the results due to be announced tomorrow ( February 6th), the balloting has changed things once again with regard to who is in the starting line-up for the CBA’s big regular season event. The grand old men of Chinese basketball, Mengke Bateer and Wang Zhizhi have kept […]
February 5, 2012
Having put together a fantastic run of result once this season, the Sharks will need to repeat the trick if they are to have any chance of making the post season. Smashing through the Bayi Rockets is critical to doing this and the former giants of Chinese basketball, despite having won their last two games, […]
February 3, 2012
The Shanghai Sharks came, they saw, they got lit up. Shanxi’s high scoring duo of Marcus Williams and Charles Gaines did exactly what their guests were hoping they wouldn’t and blew Shanghai away with some red-hot shooting. After a plucky first half from the Sharks, the Dragons’ demolition men coolly stepped up a gear and promptly ripped the […]
February 2, 2012
Back from a holiday break, Niubball scribe, Edward Bothfeld, is back to talk all manor of CBA happenings and asses how the Chinese Basketball Association is shaping up in the crucial last couple of weeks before the regular season ends and the madness of playoffs begin.
February 2, 2012
After the disastrous final few seconds against Xinjiang, the Sharks now have to compose themselves as they visit Taiyuan for their game against the Shanxi Dragons (15-11). The team from North China are 10-2 when playing infront of their home fans and despite an almost naked reliance on their two overseas players, Marcus Williams and […]
February 2, 2012
Sometimes as a sports enthusiast, I’m reminded that sometimes its better to lose in a blow out than watch the game slip away right at the very end. Against Xinjiang, it was very much the latter as the Sharks fought hard and were full of pluck and spirit but ultimately lost to a Tigers side that […]
February 8, 2012
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