On January 4th, Beijing time, a very dramatic game occurred in the CBA regular season. In Fujian's 101-99 victory over Jiangsu, Fujian led 97-80 in the last 4 minutes. But then, Jiangsu launched a 19-2 attack wave, almost reversing the game, and shocked Fujian into a cold sweat.
In the first quarter, Kaba scored a tip-in, Zeng Lingxuan scored 4 points in a row, and Germain scored a layup. Kaba made two free throws, Yan Shi hit a three-pointer, and the two sides tied at 7. Germain made two free throws, Wu Yujia hit a three-pointer, and Kaba hit a throw. Germain broke through and scored, Cui Xiaolong hit a mid-range shot, Meike hit consecutive three-pointers, and then dunked, Fujian stopped Jiangsu 19-14. Germain counterattacked and scored, Kaba made a tip-in, Meike made two free throws, Germain hit a three-pointer, Ma Jianhao responded with a three-pointer, and Meike scored another 4 points. Kaba scored from the basket, Zou Yang made a three-pointer, and Meike returned a three-pointer! In the first quarter, Fujian led 36-23.
In the second quarter, Meike continued to score, Ma Jianhao responded with a three-pointer, Riley also scored a three-pointer, Germain broke through, Cui Xiaolong responded, Germain counterattacked and hit again, Fujian led 42-31. Kaba made two free throws, Wu Yujia hit a three-pointer, Zhao Yiming succeeded with a basket, and Germain hit another three-pointer! Then the two sides continued to fight, Kabba made a tip-in to break the scoring drought, and Germain scored a three-pointer! Near 51-37 lead. Cui Xiaolong made two free throws and then hit a three-pointer. Zhao Yiming scored a tip-in. Cui Xiaolong made another mid-range shot and Zhao Yiming hit a three-pointer. At halftime, Fujian led 56-44.
In the third quarter, Cui Xiaolong made two free throws, Liu Zhixuan hit a three-pointer, Li Yiyang responded with a three-pointer, Zou Yang scored 2+1, Zhang Yongpeng scored from the basket, Jiang Haoran made a mid-range shot, and Fujian led 64-51. Jiang Haoran continued to score, Li Yiyang scored at the buzzer, Wang Huadong hit a three-pointer, Liu Zhixuan scored 2+1, Joseph Yang responded with a mid-range shot, Jiang Haoran hit another three-pointer, and Jiangsu caught up to 62-68. Zou Yang scored a layup, and Jiang Haoran also made a breakthrough. Liu Zhixuan hit another three-pointer, and Zou Yang and Zhao Yiming scored 4 points in a row. At the end of the third quarter, Fujian led 74-67.
4 minutes and 37 seconds before the end, Joseph Young hit a three-pointer. At this time, Fujian already led 97-80 by 17 points. But then, Jiangsu All-China Class launched an incredible counterattack. First, Ma Jianhao hit a three-pointer, and then Cui Xiaolong caused a violation of his opponent's body and made two free throws. Then Jiang Haoran scored 7 points in a row inside and outside, and Jiangsu Province shot 13-0 and caught up to 93-97. At this time, Fujian Zou Yang finally scored to stop the bleeding. But Jiangsu Ma Jianhao then hit two three-pointers in a row. Jiangsu launched a 19-2 attack wave and directly caught up to 99.
However, at the critical moment, Li Zhanglin made a tip-in from a self-shooting shot. The Jiangsu team made a mistake in the final kill and failed to complete the foul tactics at the critical moment. In the end, they lost 99-101. However, Jiangsu's wave of all-China class pursuit of points still gives people hope for their future.
