Jeremy Lin leads unbeaten Beijing Ducks to victory over Qingdao Eagles in the Chinese Basketball Association
- The 31-year-old scores CBA career high 27 points in 115-104 victory at Beijing’s Cadillac Arena
- Ducks are one of three teams to have 100 per cent record after first week of 2019-20 season
Jeremy Lin top scored again for the Beijing Ducks as they beat the Qingdao Eagles at home on Sunday night.
The 115-104 win is the Ducks’ fourth in a row to start the 2019-20 Chinese Basketball Association season. They are one of the three unbeaten teams along with Xinjiang Flying Tigers and the Jilin Northeast Tigers.
Lin played 38 minutes and scored 27 points, a new CBA career high. He also provided six assists and seven rebounds.
The NBA champion was effective from the free-throw line, making 11 of his 13. This included making four consecutive frees after a foul on a three-point attempt was followed by another for a technical foul given against Qingdao coach Wu Qinglong.
However, Lin struggled from distance and failed with all three of his three-point attempts.
His 102 points in four games is close to the 109 he scored in his first four games during the “Linsanity” period with the New York Knicks at the start of his NBA career in 2012.
Blood, sweat and tears for Jeremy Lin in China
The 31-year-old’s CBA average after four games is 36 minutes on court, scoring 25.5 points, seven rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.8 steal per game.
Jiangsu Dragons’ Antonio Blakeney leads the league in scoring, averaging 39.7 points per game, ahead of Jilin Northeast Tigers’ Dominique Jones on 37.2 points per game.
Zhejiang Guangsha’s Aaron Jackson leads the assists rankings with 12 per game.
Lin does not feature in the top five rankings for scoring, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals or minutes but with four wins from four his team look set for the play-offs.
After three home games the Ducks hit the road for games against the Shenzhen Leopards on Wednesday and then Blakeney’s Jiangsu Dragons on Friday.
