The scorching Guangdong Southern Tigers carried on in stretching their impressive winning run as they got the better of the Zhejiang Golden Bulls with a 103-96 victory in the 16th round of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) on Sunday evening.

According to EuroBasket, the former NBA journeyman Donald Sloan poured in game-high 28 points in leading the Southern Tigers to its 13th win of the season. The ex-Brooklyn Nets guard went 7-for-13 from the two-point range and made 11-of-14 from the free throw line while playing for solid 37 minutes.

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Chinese player JunFei Ren finished the game with 22 points, six assists, and two steals, while his compatriot Peng Zhou had an all-around game performance of 18 points, seven rebounds, four blocked shots, three steals, and two assists. Two-time NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer had another double-double game production of 15 markers and 10 boards for the winning team.

Local player Qian Wu paced Zhejiang with team-high 19 points, while Lu Yiwen added with 17 markers for the losing side, which suffered its 12th loss of the season.

With the victory, the Southern Tigers improved to a better 13-3 win-loss record and moved to the second-top spot in the CBA's team standing along with the Guangsha Lions, who also owns an identical 13-3 win-loss card. It was also Guangdong's 11th straight triumph after suffering their third defeat of the season against the league-leading team of Shanghai Sharks last month.

Basing from the game result in the website of NowGoal, the winning team put on an early 34-15 run during the first 12 minutes of the contest. However, the Ding Wei-headed ballclub was able to regroup and stage a 29-17 run during the second quarter of the match to cut the deficit within seven, 51-44 at the half.

The Southern Tigers have a 30-27 third quarter run and limited the opposing side to just 25 points production while they scored 22 points in final period to maintain their lead and sealed the victory.

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