January 6, 2018
The headline game of another full Saturday was a possible postseason preview between Beijing and Shanxi. The game lived up to its billing as Sylvia Fowles got some help from Gao Song and the hosts beat Jonquel Jones, Wu Di, and Shanxi 96-92. Wang Jiaqi and Zhejiang beat Morgan Tuck and Shaanxi 82-77. Candace Parker and Wang Lili teamed up to lead Xinjiang past Wang Siyu, Lynetta Kizer, and Shandong 92-79. Sun Mengran had a good game for Bayi, but they fell too far behind Jiangsu to catch up in a 65-61 loss. Sichuan got good production from Yelena Leuchanka before minutes restrictions kicked in and the Zhao Xuetong led their domestic contingent as they just managed to hold off Li Meng and Shenyang 78-75. It took overtime, but the shocking result of the day came from Liaoning, where Wang Chengcheng and Wei Yuchun helped the hosts knock Shanghai out of the tie for first place despite the best efforts of Breanna Stewart and Peng Shiqing. Glory Johnson had a good game for Guangdong, but they lost to Heilongjiang 60-52 to continue a surprisingly poor season.
Beijing vs. Shanxi 96-92 BJ Fowles 32/13r Gao 22 Shao 13 Yang 10 SX Jones 31/17r Wu 22 Wu 18/6a Yu 13
Shaanxi vs. Zhejiang 77-82 SN Tuck 20/10r Gao 19 An 17/10r ZJ Wang 26 Dan 17/8s Huang 14/10r Dong 12 Zhang 10
Xinjiang vs. Shandong 92-79 XJ Parker 31/12r Wang 24/7r Dilana 15/8r Huang 11 SD Wang 21 Kizer 21 Ji 13 Yang 10/7r
Jiangsu vs. Bayi 65-61 JS Xu 15/6r Medvedeva 10 81 Sun 21 Pan 12
Sichuan vs. Shenyang 78-75 SC Zhao 26 Leuchanka 25/15r Gong 14 SY Li 23 Gu 18 Zhang 15
Liaoning vs. Shanghai 91-87(OT) LN Wang 23 Wei 21 Wu 18/6r Williams 16/15r/6s SH Stewart 33/16r Peng 22 Huang 12/6r
Heilongjiang vs. Guangdong 60-52 HL Zhang 14 Ji 14 Henry 12/18r Liu 12 GD Johnson 21/9r Huang 9
Standings:
- Beijing 17-4
- Xinjiang 16-5
- Shanghai 16-5
- Shanxi 15-6
- Jiangsu 12-9
- Zhejiang 10-11
- Bayi 10-11
- Heilongjiang 10-11
- Guangdong 9-12
- Liaoning 9-12
- Sichuan 7-14
- Shandong 7-14
- Shenyang 6-15
- Shaanxi 3-18