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Jeremy Lin’s Beijing Ducks lose for first time in Chinese Basketball Association 2019-20 season

  • Shenzhen Aviators win 109-104 to end NBA champion side’s unbeaten run after four wins on the bounce in the CBA
  • NBA champion’s Beijing Ducks host the Jiangsu Dragons on Friday in China’s capital

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Jeremy Lin tastes regular season defeat for the first time as Beijing Duck. Photo: Xinhua
Jonathan White

Jeremy Lin top-scored for the Beijing Shougang Ducks but still suffered his first loss in the Chinese Basketball Association on Wednesday night.

The Ducks fell on the road to the Shenzhen Aviators by 109-104 despite Lin’s 28 points.

Lin also had nine assists and five rebounds as the Ducks gave up their unbeaten record for the 2019-20 CBA season.

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He was eight from eight from the free-throw line on Wednesday in Shenzhen and a CBA career high four from beyond the arc.

Another former NBA star was the main man, Shabazz Muhammad, who used to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He scored 35 for Shenzhen.

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