CBA北京男籃首奪總冠軍 馬布裏來中國實現冠軍夢
Former NBA superstar Stephon Marbury led the Beijing Ducks to their first-ever Chinese championship Friday, scoring 41 points as the host team knocked off title holders Guangdong Tigers 124-121.
Fellow American Randolph Morris sealed the victory for Beijing, hitting two free throws with 21 seconds left on the clock, while a three pointer by Guangdong's Aaron Brooks was wide of the mark as time expired.
Marbury, the former New York Knick, led a balanced Beijing attack in a physical contest played before a capacity crowd of 18,000 in the capital, with six Ducks scoring in double figures.
In their first-ever Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) championship, the Ducks beat southerners Guangdong, winners of the last four straight league titles, five games to one in the best-of-seven series.
Marbury, who has led Beijing all year with his scoring and play-making, ended up with 41 points on the night for the winners, while Zhai Xiaochuan scored 22, Zhu Yanxi contributed 16 and Morris notched 14.
Guangdong was led by Brooks with 22 points and another American, James Singleton, with 29.
Marbury, a two-time NBA All-Star, has reinvented himself since arriving in China in 2009 following a tumultuous 13-year NBA career that saw supreme talent on the court but often poor off-court behaviour and various spats with coaches and team-mates.
But in China, the multi-millionaire has led by example, taking his gritty, muscular game and infecting a roster of young Beijing players with fight and tenacity.
He has also embraced the culture while working to sell his "Starbury" brand of shoes and sports apparel with a "love is love" marketing campaign.
【新聞快訊】2012年3月30日的夜晚，2011-2012賽季CBA總決賽第五場在北京五棵松打響，北京金隅隊在主場以124比121戰勝廣東宏遠，總比分4-1奪得本賽季的總冠軍，歷史上首次奪得總冠軍。當馬布裏用41分和7次助攻爲自己和球隊贏得第一個總冠軍的時候，五棵松體育館裏18000名球迷都在高喊他的名字。
這場比賽，北京隊贏得十分艱難———第二節一度落後15分，靠馬布裏的神奇表現才挽回頹勢；在第四節很長一段時間裏，北京隊都處於落後位置，直到離比賽結束還有4分鐘的時候，北京隊才以116:114暫時領先。此後比分陷入膠着，最後20秒，比分還是121:121，讓比賽充滿了總決賽的味道。最後20秒，莫里斯罰球，兩次罰球都磕磕絆絆地爬進籃筐，123:121。廣東隊暫停，佈置戰術，小布打籃下卻被莫里斯蓋帽。當比賽還剩6秒鐘時，陳磊被犯規，獲得罰球機會，2罰1中，124:121，這個比分被保持到終場，北京隊如願以償。
這場比賽，北京隊早就做好了奪冠的準備，在賽前，頒獎儀式就已準備好，體育館的每一個位置都放了一件“我愛北京”的T恤。全場都在爲馬布裏高呼“MVP”。馬布裏來到中國的第一年，就一直在說，要奪得總冠軍，而這一次他終於夢想成真。
