Beijing Ducks beat Shenzhen 120-62 and Sharife Cooper scores 40 as Liaoning stay unbeaten in CBA Round 3

Two teams are unbeaten after three rounds of the CBA season. The Beijing Ducks beat Shenzhen 120-62 at home on Thursday, and on Friday the Liaoning Flying Leopards beat Sichuan 104-93 behind 40 points and 17 assists from Sharife Cooper. Both are 3-0.

Round 3 was played over the two days, five games each night. The champions, Shanghai, lost 103-92 at Shanxi on Thursday and are 2-1.

Beijing Ducks 120, Shenzhen 62

Beijing led 32-18 after the first quarter and 62-29 at halftime. They won every quarter, and the margin was 58 points.

Lindy Waters III scored 21 in 16 minutes and made seven of eight threes. Zeng Fanbo scored 19, Barry Brown Jr. 15 and JaKarr Sampson 13. Beijing shot 45 of 82 and had 27 assists. All 12 Beijing players who played scored at least two points.

Shenzhen made 18 of 59 shots and turned the ball over 18 times. Terquavion Smith scored 19 for them, and Ibou Badji blocked six shots.

Shanxi 103, Shanghai 92

Shanghai led 32-24 after the first quarter. Shanxi won the second 30-14 to lead 54-46 at halftime, and the third 26-17. Shanghai won the fourth 29-23.

Lindell Wigginton scored 26 with eight assists for Shanxi, and Hamidou Diallo had 21 points and 10 rebounds. For Shanghai, Brandon Goodwin scored 20 with seven assists, Zhang Zhenlin 19, and D'Angelo Russell 18 with 10 rebounds.

Liaoning 104, Sichuan 93

Cooper played 34 minutes and finished with 40 points, five rebounds and 17 assists. Kyler Edwards scored 17 and Marquese Chriss 11. Liaoning led 59-52 at halftime and won each of the last two quarters.

The rest of Round 3

On Thursday, Guangdong beat the Zhejiang Lions 96-78 for their first win. Guangdong won the third quarter 31-17. Kyle Fogg and Cui Yongxi scored 16 each, and Fogg had nine assists. Rayjon Tucker scored 34 for the Lions.

Fujian beat Ningbo 95-76 and won the fourth quarter 29-17. Daryl Macon scored 20. Bennie Boatwright, who took his oath as a Filipino citizen on Wednesday, scored six in 15 minutes. Rolands Šmits had 22 points and nine rebounds for Ningbo.

Jilin beat Xinjiang 89-83 after leading 78-59 going into the fourth quarter. Xinjiang won the fourth 24-11. DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell scored 19 with eight assists for Jilin, and Zavier Simpson had 15 points and 15 assists for Xinjiang.

On Friday, the Beijing Royal Fighters beat Jiangsu 93-82. Jiangsu won the third quarter 32-18 to get within one, and Beijing won the fourth 24-14. Liao Sanning scored 17. Shandong won 106-97 at Nanjing, with 27 from Wang Lanqin and 24 for Nanjing from Guo Haowen. Tianjin beat Guangzhou 102-86 and won the fourth quarter 32-21. He Siyu scored 20 for Tianjin, and Chen Guohao 16 for Guangzhou.

The Zhejiang Golden Bulls beat Qingdao 88-80. Qingdao led 68-61 after three quarters, and the Golden Bulls won the fourth 27-12. Gabe York scored 28 for Qingdao, and Wang Yibo had 15 points and 10 assists.

The records

3-0: Beijing Ducks, Liaoning. 2-1: Shanghai, Shanxi, Fujian, Zhejiang Lions, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Beijing Royal Fighters, Guangzhou, Zhejiang Golden Bulls. 1-2: Guangdong, Shenzhen, Jilin, Nanjing, Shandong, Tianjin. 0-3: Ningbo, Jiangsu, Qingdao.

Scoring

Beijing Ducks 120-62 Shenzhen (Thursday)

Beijing Ducks: Lindy Waters III 21, Zeng Fanbo 19, Barry Brown Jr. 15, JaKarr Sampson 13, Zhao Rui 11, Chen Ying-chun 9, Zhai Xiaochuan 7, Fan Ziming 7, Zhou Qi 6, Lei Meng 5, Zhang Cairen 5, Taruike Jianiyou 2.

Shenzhen: Terquavion Smith 19, He Xining 10, Ma Haosen 7, Lu Pengyu 6, Wu Kaibo 6, Ibou Badji 5, Markell Johnson 4, Wu Zihan 3, Feng Xirui 2, Sun Haoqin 0.

By quarter: Beijing Ducks 32, 30, 29, 29. Shenzhen 18, 11, 12, 21.

Shanxi 103-92 Shanghai (Thursday)

Shanxi: Lindell Wigginton 26, Hamidou Diallo 21, Yuan Shuai 15, Zhao Jiaren 12, Petr Cornelie 12, Jiao Hailong 10, Zhang Ning 3, Wang Junjie 2, Liu Chuanxing 2, Jia Mingru 0.

Shanghai: Brandon Goodwin 20, Zhang Zhenlin 19, D'Angelo Russell 18, Li Tianrong 14, Wang Zhelin 6, JaVale McGee 6, Yan Pengfei 4, Xie Liyongwei 3, Li Hongquan 2, Liu Zheng 0, Ma Diancheng 0.

By quarter: Shanxi 24, 30, 26, 23. Shanghai 32, 14, 17, 29.

Guangdong 96-78 Zhejiang Lions (Thursday)

Guangdong: Kyle Fogg 16, Cui Yongxi 16, Luka Božić 14, Zhou Peng 11, Udoka Azubuike 10, Zhang Haojia 10, Hu Mingxuan 6, Xu Jie 6, Yang Tengfei 4, Jiao Boqiao 3.

Zhejiang Lions: Rayjon Tucker 34, Dez Wells 19, Hu Jinqiu 6, Cui Xinquan 6, Sun Minghui 5, Landry Nnoko 4, Wu Xiao 4, Li Junzhu 0, Li Jinxiao 0, Xu Junwei 0, Hou Mengze 0.

By quarter: Guangdong 19, 24, 31, 22. Zhejiang Lions 24, 20, 17, 17.

Fujian 95-76 Ningbo (Thursday)

Fujian: Daryl Macon 20, Li Yiyang 15, Zou Yang 14, Javion Hamlet 14, Yang Xihao 13, Zeng Lingxuan 13, Bennie Boatwright 6, Liu Li 0, Feng Mingzhen 0, Liu Jinyu 0, Zhang Qingrui 0.

Ningbo: Rolands Šmits 22, Zhao Yanhao 11, Wang Fanyi 11, Rutubura Rutubura 8, Frank Miller 7, Yu Changdong 7, Dai Hao 4, Ning Hongyu 2, Shao Weiyun 2, Xu Yuzhuo 2.

By quarter: Fujian 22, 26, 18, 29. Ningbo 23, 20, 16, 17.

Jilin 89-83 Xinjiang (Thursday)

Jilin: Jiang Weizhe 19, DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 19, Tyler Cook 16, Liu Yanyu 10, DeVante Jaylen Wilson 10, Yu Zechen 7, Wan Menglin 6, Xu Xitong 2, Wang Zirui 0.

Xinjiang: Zavier Simpson 15, Abudushalamu Abudurexiti 14, Aizi Maiti 14, Qi Lin 13, Dedric Lawson 12, Xerzat Samat 6, Cameron Young 6, Zhang Junsheng 2, Qu Xiaoyu 1, Ge Haoran 0.

By quarter: Jilin 21, 28, 29, 11. Xinjiang 18, 21, 20, 24.

What is next

Round 4 starts on Saturday, October 24, with three games: Guangdong host Ningbo, Shanghai host Fujian, and the Zhejiang Lions host Jilin. Beijing Ducks host Guangzhou and Liaoning host Xinjiang on Sunday, October 25.

Round 2 is in our report from Tuesday and Wednesday.