The CBA All Star team beat the KBL All Star 104-85 at the second
phase of a two-round matchup between the best players of the
Chinese and the South Korean domestic basketball leagues on
Tuesday.
The CBA, standing for the Chinese Basketball Association, lost
the first round of the All Star games 96-86 Sunday to the KBL, the
Korean Basketball League, at Seoul, South Korea.
Anthony Miles played just half of the game and scored 20 points
and grabbed seven rebounds for the CBA. Guards Zhu Fangyu and
LiuWei contributed 18 and 17 points respectively while Yi Jianlian
having 17 points and six rebounds.
Forward Charles Minlend had 23 points and 12 rebounds before
fouled out midway in the fourth quarter for the KBL All Star.
Korean sharp shooter Moon Kyund Eun buried six 3-pointers to
collect 21 points.
The CBA team led for the most of the game to even the series
1-1.The 2005 version of the CBA-KBL All Star was also leveled at
1-1.
Guard Shin Ki Sung's 3-pointer with 2:36 minutes left in the
first half gave the Koreans the only lead at 34-33.
Moon had four consecutive 3-pointers at the start of the second
half to close the gap to 51-50.
Substitute forward Miles had solid game on both ends of the
court to keep the CBA team in the game.
The KBL All Star had two fouled out and one injured in 20
seconds towards the end of the fourth quarter before the CBA team
stamped its dominance inside the painted area to claim the
victory.
(Xinhua News Agency January 25, 2006)