Hebei Xianglan snatched a narrow win against series early leader Guizhou Senhang to take Game 2 of their best-of-five showdown at the ongoing semifinal round of the Chinese National Basketball League on Wednesday.

According to Asia-Basket, the former North Texas Mean Green player Shannon Shorter led the winning squad with an outstanding double-double performance of 42 huge points and 10 big rebounds along with two assists and two steals. The veteran professional basketball player went 14 for 25 from the field and made 10 of 12 from the foul line in 48 minutes of playing.

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Former Fort Wayne Mad Ants hotshot Tony Mitchell also had a spectacular double-double production of 34 markers and 14 boards while Chinese player Xuepeng Song finished the match with 12 points and four rebound for the victors. Locals Fu Song and Heng Yu contributed a combined 16 points for Hebei.

According to NowGoal, the game was close at the very start of the match. Guizhou capped the opening period with a two-point lead after staging a 30-28 run. They kept their slim hold of the lead until getting a break with a 26-25 charge and ended the first half of the game leading 56-53.

After the break, Hebei found new energy and stormed the opposing team with a remarkable 34-26 third quarter outburst to overtake the lead 87-82 going into the final period of the game.

The Guodong Zhang-headed basketball side did not give in and surrender the fight easily as Guizhou managed to outscore Hebei and fought back hard during the final twelve minutes of the match. They scored 32 points while containing the winning team to only produce 29 points but Hebei managed to survive the fourth quarter scare to take the second game of the series.

Foreign reinforcements Steven Burtt and Brandon Costner scored a combined 79 points to lead Guizhou. Game 3 will be played on Friday evening.

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