Before Sunday, many were talking about if Wang Zhelin of the Fujian Sturgeons, also last season's CBA MVP, can challenge Yi Jianlian of the Guangdong Southern Tigers, who's one of the best players in CBA history.

The game on Sunday was not the final answer but could at least give some hint. Not only Guangdong beat Fujian 143-126, Yi Jianlian also outperformed Wang Zhelin by putting down 32 points in 16 minutes, including getting 25 in the first quarter. By contrast, Wang Zhelin got only 18 points in 24 minutes. In fact, both him and Fujian realized the game was long gone when Guangdong led 80-56 in the first half.

In the end, let's congratulate Yi Jianlian for becoming the career rebound leader in CBA history. Having reached No. 1 in both career scoring and rebounding, is Yi Jianlian the best player in CBA history?

Winning seems so hard for Bayi Rockets

What did the Bayi Rockets need to do to win a game? The team came so close to finding the answer but they failed to reach it as they lost to the Nanjing Monkey Kings 97-95.

This was definitely not the game coach Cui Wanjun wanted to see for Nanjing. Only two of his players reached double-digit points – Joseph Yung put down 49 points, four rebounds, five assists and Hamed Ehadadi got 12 points, 18 rebounds, three assists. The whole team only delivered 12 assists and trailed by six (95-89) when there was only one minute left.

Then Young buried a 3-pointer, finished a three-point play, tying the game 95-95. Later on, Yu Chen missed a jumper. Ehadadi got the rebound and passed the ball to Li Hongpeng for fast break. Li Hongpeng made a layup to get two points, 97-95 and there were 0.2 seconds left. Alp Arslan missed Bayi's last shot after he went 1-8 in the game.

Bayi saw all of their starting five score over 10 points. Zou Yuchen and Lei Meng had 26+13, 23+7, respectively. However, it seemed that they needed to work a little harder before the team can get their third win of the season.

Jeremy Lin, Udoh lead Beijing Ducks to win

In a low-scoring game in Qingdao on Sunday, the Beijing Ducks beat the Shanghai Sharks 86-76, thanks to the remarkable performance of their American pair, Jeremy Lin and Ekpe Udoh.

The poor performance of Lin and Udoh in the Ducks' last game and the fact that they lost it drew tremendous criticism to both of them, despite that neither of the two played more than 20 minutes on the court. In Sunday's game, Lin and Udoh were given longer time and bigger roles, and they responded the team's trust with great work.

Lin put down 26 points, eight rebounds and six assists. In the third quarter alone, he went 6-7 to score 14 points, expanding the Ducks' lead to 15 points (64-49). Udoh forced everyone to realize his existence with 31 points, 19 rebounds and three blocks. More importantly, he seemed to grow more familiar with his teammates on the court.

Shanghai could not find the basket at all in the game, especially their starting lineup, three of which got only two points each. Shanghai's 10 assists, 39.47-percent field goal rate and 15-percent 3-point rate all reminded them how much they needed to work on their offense.

Kyle Fogg's game-winning 3-pointer ends first OT game since restart

The first overtime game since the season restarted took place between the Beijing Royal Fighters and the Jilin Northeast Tigers in Dongguan on Sunday. In the end, thanks to a 2.9-second game-winning 3-pointer sunk by Kyle Fogg, the Royal Fighters claimed the victory 117-115.

The Royal Fighters' two foreign players, Fogg and Arnett Moultrie, again made the biggest contributions to the team's win. Besides the last valuable shot, Fogg scored 48 points, six rebounds, nine assists and five steals. Simply speaking, Fogg alone carried half of the team's offense. Moultrie got 20 points and eight rebounds.

Despite the team's loss, Jilin's Jiang Yuxing shot down 36 points, four rebounds and six assists at an epic FG rate of 87.5 percent (14-16). Jiang also delivered four steals. Cui Jinming dropped a double-double of 19 points, 10 rebounds for Jilin.

Zhejiang suffer first loss since restart

To most CBA fans' surprise, the Guangzhou Loong Lions defeated the Zhejiang Lions 100-92 on Sunday, putting an end to Zhejiang's winning streak since the season restarted.

Guangzhou's Marcus Hunter put down 26 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists. He managed to achieve something – points, free throws or an assist – every time he drove into Zhejiang's paint. Thanks to Hunter's efforts, Guangzhou remained the leading side in all four quarters on their way to pocketing the victory.

Though Zhejiang's dual star Hu Jinqiu and Sun Minghui both dropped impressive numbers on the court – Hu Jinqiu had 27 points, 18 rebounds, three blocks and Sun Minghui got 20 points, six rebounds, seven assists, the team were doomed by their disappointing 3-29 performance form the 3-point line.

Antonio Blakeney returns to bring Jiangsu to victory

The Jiangsu Dragons had their best scorer, American guard Antonio Blakeney, return in the game against the Tianjin Pioneers. The 24-year-old repaid the team with 42 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and more importantly, an end to Jiangsu's three straight losses.

Having rested for two games because of injury, Blakeney entered the zone from the beginning. He went 6-9 from downtown and 8-10 on the free throw line, destroying the opponents' defense form both sides. Under his leadership, Jiangsu had another five players reach double-digit points in the game.

Tianjin's young men did their best as Jin Xin scored a double-double of 24 points, 11 rebounds, Shi Deshuai dropped a universal 14+7+6, but they were unable to stop their team from swallow their fifth loss in a row.

Other scheduled games on Sunday:

Nanjing Moneky Kings vs. Bayi Rockets

Fujian Sturgeons vs. Guangdong Southern Tigers