HANGZHOU, Nov. 28 -- Zhejiang Lions bagged their fifth straight win after comprehensively defeating Shandong Heroes 101-78 in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league here on Thursday.
The lions used a 11-0 run, with six points from center Hu Jinqiu, to establish a 32-22 lead in the second quarter. Liu Zheng scored five straight points for the home side to increase Zhejiang's lead to 17 points with almost six minutes remaining, before Zhao Yanhao made two free throws for the Lions to make it 51-37 at the half-time break.
The Lions led by at least 20 points for most of the third quarter and pushed the lead to 86-56 into the fourth quarter. Shandong used a 11-2 run to cut the deficit but the Lions still easily maintained their advantage to the end.
Kenneth Faried led the Lions with 22 points and nine rebounds, while Aaron Jackson scored 17 points and dished out 11 assists, and Liu Zheng added 13 points.
James Mays scored a team-high 18 points, while Jia Cheng and Tao Hanlin contributed 14 points respectively for Shandong.