Xinjiang grabs 21st straight home win against Shandong

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Ding Yanyuhang missed the final three-pointer shot before the whistle, making Shandong team encounter a 111-114 defeat in Xinjiang in the 12th round of 17-18 Chinese Basketball Association league on Tuesday.

Shandong never win over Xinjiang in Urumqi city, now the embarrassing record extends to 21 games.

The defending champion was trailing 79-82 at the beginning of the last quarter, but Li Gen led his team to turn the table and forced the opponents Jia Cheng and Ty Lawson to foul out.

Shandong stops their four consecutive wins. /VCG Photo

Shandong's Sui Ran took an elbow to the face from Xinjiang's Shirelijan Muhtar, and would be in pain. Shirelijan got a technical for that.

Ding, the Chinese MVP of last CBA' s regular season, had a chance to score the equalizer in the last 11.4 seconds, but failed. The audience roared with celebration claps for its team's seventh win in the season.

Ding and Li scored 23 points apiece. Xinjiang's Darius Adams added 34 points and 11 assists for terminating Shandong's four consecutive wins.

In the other four games played on Tuesday, Guangdong beat Tianjin 99-91, Guangzhou defeated Shanxi 112-110, Qingdao upset Sichuan 107-104, Shenzhen edged Aolong 102-100 and Tongxi beat Bayi 101-96.