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Article: Guangdong tops CBA regular season, Beijing out of playoffs
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 20, 2009
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Guangdong tops CBA regular season, Beijing out of playoffs
BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Guangdong Dongguan Bank clinched
the top position of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) regular
season after beating arch rival Xinjiang Guanghui 106-96 in the
final round on Friday.
It was the fourth consecutive regular season champion for
Guangdong after they gave Xinjiang the first home loss in the
season. Jason Dixon had 23 points and 12 rebounds, leading Guangdong
to finish the regular season with 45-5.
Guangdong never trailed since the first quarter until the middle
of the third quarter while Myron Allen made two free throws for
Xinjiang to lead with 63-62. Guangdong made several ...