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Jonathan White

The Beijing Ducks’ play-offs hopes took a knock in Qingdao on Tuesday night when they lost 93-90 to the Nanjing Monkey Kings in the Chinese Basketball Association.
This was the second game of the restarted season for the Jeremy Lin-led Ducks but the loss saw them drop back out of the top four in the CBA standings – with those top four teams earning a bye to the second round of the play-offs. The Ducks are now seventh, on points scored.
The loss could prove even more costly as the 11th-ranked Zhejiang Golden Bulls are only a win behind the Ducks in the standings. Only the top eight teams go to the postseason.
Lin had the ball with 14 seconds to go and the Ducks down by three but he could not get a shot off.


Several media reports before the game said the 2019 NBA champion played through a knee injury in an effort to help his team.
The Monkey Kings had two foreigners – Hamed Haddadi and Joseph Young – available to play, while Beijing’s Ekpe Udoh was among a number of injured Beijing players.


Haddadi scored 18 points and posted 12 rebounds, while Young added 15 points and 11 assists.
Beijing acting coach Xie Libin said Lin was insistent he could play despite the injury.
“Before the game, he had been saying, ‘I will try to prepare for the event, I think it works. I definitely want to play the game’.”

Xie said he tried to give Lin as much rest as possible during the game, in which the former NBA star scored 15 points in 31 minutes. Lin also put up five assists and four steals.
Ducks teammate Zhu Yanxi scored a game-high 24 points, including six from beyond the arc.
Lin left with a bloody nose to go with his injured knee after Haddadi caught him with a hand.

Postgame interview Jeremy Lin: Tongxi played well today and we need to go back & adjust the game tomorrow.

Just hope you @JLin7 can stay healthy and away from the pain, can’t play without a healthy body! Let’s go LinWe all love you https://t.co/Qyf6OMKiob pic.twitter.com/ILG9Uho3f9
— Kwawa️#7 #NeverDone #StayHome #StoptheSpread (@kwawa_hsuk302) June 23, 2020

After 151 days without a game, the action is coming thick and fast for the Ducks who play second-ranked Xinjiang Flying Tigers on Wednesday night before meeting the Zhejiang Lions on Friday.


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NBA champion plays with swollen knee in loss to Nanjing Monkey Kings in Qingdao
Defeat is big dent in Ducks’ play-offs hopes before clash with second-ranked Xinjiang



NBA champion plays with swollen knee in loss to Nanjing Monkey Kings in Qingdao before clash with second-ranked Xinjiang.


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CBA: Beijing Ducks lose as Jeremy Lin plays through injury

NBA champion plays with swollen knee in loss to Nanjing Monkey Kings in Qingdao Defeat is big dent in Ducks’ play-offs hopes before clash with second-ranked Xinjiang

NBA champion plays with swollen knee in loss to Nanjing Monkey Kings in Qingdao

Defeat is big dent in Ducks’ play-offs hopes before clash with second-ranked Xinjiang