The Xinjiang Flying Tigers and Beijing Royal Fighters front right defend Tacko Fall Front Left of the Xinjiang Flying Tigers during the 3rd round match between the Chinese Basketball Association CBA league in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, October 15, 2022 -- 2023. PHOTO XINHUA BEIJING The Xinjiang Flying Tigers beat the Beijing Royal Fighters 98 -- 92 in the 2022 -- 2023 Chinese Basketball Association CBA league.
Xinjiang started strong with Tacko Fall and Abdusalam Abdurexit penetrating Beijing's defense. Xinjiang managed to lead 19 -- 15 after the first quarter despite Liao Sanning and Yu Changdong's baskets.
Robert Golden led an 8 -- 0 run for Beijing to take advantage of the advantage early in the second quarter. Xinjiang built its leading position again, with a flurry of 3 pointers from Zhu Xuhang and Christopher Clemons, and led 58-45 into the second half.
The 3 pointer of Zhang Fan started Beijing's attack in the third quarter, with Zou Yuchen and Liao also contributing on the offensive end. Liu Xiaoyu pulled Beijing within 70 -- 77 after three quarters.
Isaac Haas helped Beijing narrow the gap to two points, and Beijing tied the game at 87 -- 87 with four minutes left. After a timeout, Zhu and Abdusalam gifted Xinjiang a 5 -- 0 scoring run to regain its grip on the game.
Clemons led Xinjiang with 24 points, followed by Abdusalam's 23 points and 15 rebounds.
Zhang scored 21 points, leading four other Beijing players in double-digits.
In the other game on Wednesday, the Beijing Ducks defeated the Qingdao Eagles 94 -- 79.