Like in previous posts, I won’t be going into a lot of detail. I’ll use mostly images and then just add captions to each one that will, hopefully, capture the essence of the latest developments in Asian hoops.
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| Big wins, injuries, and All-Star festivities! |
- In the CBA, the Liaoning Flying Leopards continue their winning ways, while Andray Blatche impresses anew.
- All-Star festivities kicked off and heated up in Korea and Japan.
- Taiwan Beer had a big win against Yulon Luxgen to move up in the Taiwanese SBL standings.
- In the Iranian Superleague, Petrochimi Bandar Imam had a huge win over Azad University to remain tied for the top spot.
- Sagesse had a HUGE win over rival AL Riyadi in one of the the LBL season’s most awaited games.
2014-2015 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA):
- Images from OSports.cn.
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| Andray Blatche continued to be extremely productive in the CBA, dropping 43 points and grabbing 29 rebounds in a win over Zhejiang. |
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| Guo Ailun and the Laioning Flying Leopards remained firmly entrenched at the top spot after beating the Bayi Rockets, 94-75. |
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| Steph Marbury had only 2 points, but at least his Beijing Ducks still won against Chongqing to move up to 23-8 in the CBA standings. |
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| Yi Jianlian's 26 points and 7 rebounds helped push GuangDong over Tianjin this past week. The Southern Tigers are currently in solo second with a 27-3 slate. |
2014-2015 Korean Basketball League (KBL):
- Images from Jumpball.co.kr.
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| 6'7 Jyong Hyo-Geun of the Incheon ET Land Elephants was adjudged best Korean dunker during the Slam Dunk contest. Overall winner was Anthony Richardson of Wonju Dongbu Promy. |
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| Korean NT mainstay Kim Sun-Hyung was named MVP of the main All-Star Game after scoring 16 points for the Junior All-Stars. |
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| Moon Tae-Jong played for the Korean National Team in the preliminary All-Star Game. He played opposite younger brother Moon Tae-Young, who scored 27 points in the win for the KBL All-Stars. The younger Moon was named All-Star MVP. |
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| Veteran floor general Yang Dong-Geun played for both the Senior All-Stars and the National Team. Sadly, he lost in both contests. |
2014-2015 Japan National Basketball League (NBL):
- Images from the NBL.
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| Atsunobu Hirao and the Hiroshima Dragonfiles have had a great debut so far in the NBL. They counted the Toyot Alvark as their semifinal victim in the Emperor's Cup. |
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| Naoto Tsuji tries to drive past Joji Takeuchi in the semifinals of the Emperor's Cup. Tsuji's Toshiba Brave Thunders lost to the Hitachi Sunrockers and got eliminated. |
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| The 2014-2015 NBL All-Star Game is set for this Saturday! |
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| The famous Takeuchi twins faced off in the Emperor's Cup Finals, with the Hitachi Sunrockers emerging victorious, 81-66, over the Hiroshima Dragonflies. |
2014-2015 Taiwan Super Basketball League (SBL):
- Images from TSNA.
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| Taiwanese-American Doug Creighton has been shooting the lights out this season so far for Pure Youth Construction. He hit 7 triples in a win against the Dacin Tigers this past week. |
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| James Tyler had 13 points, 16 rebounds, and NINE BLOCKS for the Bank of Taiwan as they beat the Dacin Tigers, 66-61, last week. |
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| Naturalized Taiwanese center Quincy Davis is projected to miss a ton of time after reportedly getting a slipped disc injury. He was still signed up to be the national team's main reinforcement, though. |
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| Wei Zhangbo's 4 triples and 18 points were still not enough for Bank of Taiwan to beat the Fubon Braves. Bank of Taiwan is second to the last in the standings with a 6-12 record, while the Braves are a solid second with 14 Ws in 19 games. |
2014-2015 Iran Basketball Federation (IBF) Superleague:
- Images fro Nasim and ISNA.
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| Amir Alahverdi of Naft Aabadan treis to evade the double-team from Mahram Tehran. Mahram won this one, 74-58. |
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| Yonas Lalehzadeh swipes at the ball even as Saeid Davarpanah attempts to penetrate. Davarpanah had a game-high 28 points to lead Mahram in the big win. |
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| Former NT point guard Aren Davoudi tries to get past the pressure defense of Hamed Afagh. Davoudi had 8 points in the 87-91 loss. |
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| Meisam Mirzaei of Petrochimi Bandar Imam tries to grab the board against Hossein Rahmati and Rouzbeh Arghavan of Azad University. |
- Images from Sports-961.com.
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| Amir Saoud played efficiently in a back-up role for Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, which lost to Sagesse Al Hekmek Beirut, 74-97. |
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| NT playmaker Rodrigue Akl had a measly3 points as Sagesse won over archrival Riyadi. Sagesse is second in the standings behind RIyadi, which is at 7-1 after its latest win over Hoops. |
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| Mohammad Ibrahim hit 5 treys on the way to a game-high 17 points as United Byblos Amchit beat Hoops Club, 87-59, |
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| Tyrone Nelson of Hoops challenges the D of UBA's William Pharis. Nelson had 14 markers as Hoops remained the only winless team in the LBL. |
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