The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league concluded its All-Star voting on Friday as Yi Jianlian, the veteran center from Guangdong Southeast Tigers, held on to the first place for the third straight season.

The results also marked Yi's fifth time to be the top vote-getter in CBA All-Star voting.

Yi, the league's all-time points leader who just represented China at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, led the ballot with 192,084 votes. Former Toronto Raptor guard Jeremy Lin, who now plays for Beijing Ducks, won the Northern Conference with 109,969 votes.

Averaging 20.4 points and 11.1 rebounds per game this season, the 32-year-old Yi helped the defending champion Guangdong stay at the top of the table after 21 rounds.

The two-time All-Star MVP will also debut in the one-on-one session, a newly-added event in this year's All-Star games, which will take place in Guangzhou on Jan 11 and 12. Yi will be challenged in the front-court by Zhou Qi, the 2.17-meter center from Xinjiang Flying Tigers, while Jeremy Lin and Zhao Rui from Guangdong will be the backcourt pair.

Both Zhou and Zhao played for Team China in 2019 FIBA World Cup held in China from August 31 to September 15.

Below are the starters for the 2019-2020 CBA All-Star games.

South: Zhao Rui (Guangdong/Guard), Hu Mingxuan (Zhejiang/Guard), Shen Zijie (Shenzhen/Center), Wang Zhelin (Fujian/Center), Yi Jianlian (Guangdong/Center)

North: Guo Ailun (Liaoning/Guard), Jeremy Lin (Beijing/Guard), Han Dejun (Liaoning/Center), Zhai Xiaochuan (Beijing/Forward), Zhou Qi (Xinjiang/Center)

In Friday's CBA, Zhejiang Golden Bulls secured their fourth straight win by beating Shenzhen Aviators 108-105, while Zhejiang Lions survived a sloppy fourth quarter, beating Guangzhou Long Lions 106-102.

In the first game, Marcus Edward Denmon came off the bench to score a game-high 37 points, while Sylven Landesberg made 23 points and eight assists. Dwight Buycks led Shenzhen with 26 points, Gu Quan and He Xiling added 21 points respectively.

"We played pretty good in the first half. Our rivals changed their strategy in the second half, but we shook off the pressure eventually," Zhejiang Golden Bulls head coach Liu Weiwei said.

In the other game,  Dez Wells scored a game-high 34 points to help Zhejiang Lions win this match. 

After Zhejiang led 82-72 into the last quarter, Zheng Zhun, who scored a team-high 27 points, made his 3-pointer to initiate a 20-5 run for Guangzhou and overtook the lead at 92-87. Then, Wells stood out for a 9-0 spurt to regain the lead for Zhejiang. With 90 seconds on the clock, Wells hit a three to gift Zhejiang a 100-94 lead and seal the victory.

(With input from Xinhua News Agency)