Guangdong beat Liaoning to lead CBA semifinals 2-1

GUANGZHOU, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The Guangdong Southern Tigers defeated the Liaoning Flying Leopards 98-82 at home, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinals of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) playoffs on Monday.

Leading by eight going into the second quarter, Guangdong extended their advantage to 10 points before Liaoning cut the deficit to three at halftime.

Zhou Qi and Hu Mingxuan spearhead