CBA: Jeremy Lin’s Beijing Ducks beat Guangdong Southern Tigers to set-up semi-finals decider

Ducks win game two 90-86 to go to decider against 2019 champions for a place in first CBA Finals since 2015

Victory ends Guangdong’s 31-game winning streak and sets up winner-takes-all showdown on Saturday

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Jeremy Lin of the Beijing Ducks in action during the CBA play-offs quarter-final win over the Fujian Sturgeons. Photo: Xinhua

Published: 10:51pm, 6 Aug 2020Updated: 11:05pm, 6 Aug 2020

Jeremy Lin’s debut Chinese Basketball Association season comes down to a winner takes all game against the Guangdong Southern Tigers after the Beijing Ducks bounced back to win game two of the play-offs semi-finals.

That ended Guangdong’s 31-game winning streak, which had included 29 regular season wins including a final day victory over the Ducks.

In Tuesday’s game one the Ducks threw away a 19-point fourth quarter lead against the reigning champions in game one but there was to be no repeat of that disappointment in Qingdao on Thursday.

It was Lin who put the win beyond doubt when he stepped up to the free-throw line with 14.1 seconds on the clock and an 89-86 lead. He sank the first and missed the second but there was not time for Guangdong to get another shot off to finish 90-86.

Lin, who could become the first player to win the NBA and CBA back to back, scored 25 points, plus six rebounds and three assists. Teammate Ekpe Udoh added 23 points while Sonny Weems scored 28 for Guangdong.