BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Liaoning Flying Leopards and the Guangdong Southern Tigers, two higher-ranked sides in the regular season, defended their home courts in Game 1 of the best-of-five quarterfinals of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league on Thursday.
Defending champion Liaoning had a dominant third quarter to overwhelm the Shenzhen Aviators 124-87, while Guangdong sailed past the Zhejian