The Guangzhou Loong Lions suffered a bitter loss against the Shanghai Sharks 105-101 on Saturday. The game remained close throughout and Guangzhou had the chance to tie the score in the last six seconds when they had the ball and trailed by three (104-101). Then Tian Yuheng committed a five-second violation because he could not find any teammate to finish a throw-in. Guangzhou had a foul on Shanghai, but fortunately, Dong Hanlin missed a free throw with four seconds still remaining. Then Zheng Zhun lost the ball to Zhang Zhaoxu, putting an end to the game.
The Shandong Heroes defeated the Shenzhen Aviators 111-107 in overtime thanks to Wu Ke's valuable offensive rebound in the last possession, as well as Li Jingyu's two free throws. both teams shot their last bullets as there were four players fouled out.
The Zhejiang Golden Bulls beat the Zhejiang Lions 109-98 on Saturday thanks to Wu Qian's 35 points, five rebounds, 12 assists and five steals. Wu buried eight 3-pointers in the game, helping the Golden Bulls win the "Zhejiang Derby." Sun Minghui and Hu Jinqiu put down 21 points, eight assists and 26 points, 21 rebounds respectively for the Lions.
The Beijing Royal Fighters achieved an easy win over the Tianjin Pioneers 97-83, which should not come as a shock. The true surprise, however, was that Tianjin's Liu Wei only played six minutes before he was fouled out. Of course, Beijing was not much better as their orchestrator, Sun Yue, was ejected after an unsportsmanlike foul and a technical foul in his 22 minutes of play.
Despite Wang Zhelin's struggling 4-16 field goal performance, the Fujian Sturgeons claimed a big win over the Sichuan Blue Whales 105-84, thanks to Ty Lawson's 21 points, seven rebounds, 13 assists and three steals. This was Fujian's fifth victory in the past six games.