On the evening of October 13th, the 2024 - 25 season
CBA Regular Season First Round
Continuing the game, Jie Mann exploded in overtime, and Beijing Men's Basketball, sitting at home, beat Shanghai Men's Basketball 110 - 107 to open the new season.
Beijing had six players missing, with Zhou Qi suffering from a foot injury and Zeng Fanbo, Fang Shuo and Zhai Xiaochuan sidelined. Only 3 minutes into the game, Wang Zhelin picked up 2 fouls. The game was tied at 8-8 in the first 5 minutes, then Shanghai scored 3 three-pointers in a row to create an 11-0 attack wave to establish an advantage. Beijing cut the deficit to 4 points with free throws, and then both teams accelerated their offense tempo. At the end of the first quarter, Shanghai led Beijing 29 - 26.
Beijing tied the game at 38 in the second quarter, and Wang Zhelin scored consecutive points inside. Li Hongquan committed 3 fouls and Shanghai led 50-43. Wang Zhelin sent a great pass to Liu Zheng, who scored a rebound on the baseline. Fan Ziming grabbed the front court rebound and finished two shots in front of Wang Zhelin. Watters hit his third three-pointer, followed by Zhang Cairen's layup. At the end of the first half, Shanghai led Beijing 59 - 51.
In the third quarter, Solomon finished the airborne dunk, and then the Shanghai team erupted from the outside and scored three consecutive three-point shots, the Shanghai team led by 16 points to stop the Beijing team. Zhang Cai Ren made 2 free throws and 1 of them was a foul shot, and Waters sprained his right ankle when he landed on the ground. Before the end of the quarter, Chen Yingjun scored a breakthrough layup. At the end of three quarters, Shanghai leads Beijing 84-77.
At the end of the quarter, Dai Hao made a three-pointer and Chen Yingjun added a basket from the top of the circle to give Shanghai a 91-84 lead. Fan Ziming missed a rebound and then Wang Zhelin scored an open layup to give Shanghai a 10-point lead again. Li Hongquan committed 5 offenses, Chen Yingjun scored 2 3-pointers in a row, Beijing played a wave of flow, down 4 points to stop Shanghai. Jie Mann scored three points and Shanghai called timeout again. Chen Yingjun scored his 3rd triple in a single period and Beijing went back up by 2 points. Qiu Tian committed a full graduation, Li Tianrong scored a layup, Shanghai tied the game at 101 with 16.9 seconds left. Li Tim Rong gave Chen Yingjun a big hat and the game went into overtime.
In overtime, Wilson scored 4 points in a row, Jieman scored a layup and caused Wang Zhelin to commit 6 fouls, the two teams were tied at 106. Jie Mann hit a 24-second whistle three-point shot, Wilson missed a key pass, and Zhang Cailin made 1 of 2 free throws with 3.2 seconds left in the game, leaving Shanghai trailing by three points.
Beijing Men's Basketball Team: Omot, Solomon, Raymond, Fan Ziming, Chen Yingjun. Shanghai Men's Basketball Team: Li Hongquan, Waters, Wilson, Liu Zheng, Wang Zhelin.
