CCTV9英语新闻：CBA: Dentmon scores 40 points as Blue Whales take 2-1 lead

To begin with basketball and Game Three of the CBA Finals as the Sichuan Blue Whales hosted the Liaoning Flying Leopards. After winning Game Two on the road, Sichuan returned home looking to take a 2-1 lead in the best of seven series and they would be helped in those efforts by Justin Dentmon who turned in a big game in front of their home fans. 

Sichuan 109 - Liaoning104

Sichuan would dominate much of the early going and begin pulling away midway through the second quarter with Dentmon knocking down threes to build a nine point lead.

Mike Harris gets in on the act as he hits from distance and the Blue Whales are up by 10. Shavlik Randolph helps Liaoning stay alive as his triple makes it 45-37 for Sichuan with less than four minutes in the second q.

Randolph would finish with 24 points and 12 rebounds. The American goes end to end to finsih with a lay-up and foul. He would convert the free throw and Liaoning trail by five at the intermission. 

But the Blue Whales remain in control thanks to plays like this Dentmon pass in addition to the guard's game high 40 points.

Sichuan's three foreign players help them stay ahead. Hamed Haddadi combines with Harris for the bucket inside.

Haddadi racks up 28 points and 25 rebounds as the Blue Whales down the Flying Leopards 109-104 to take a 2-1 series lead.

 Sichuan 109 - Liaoning104

"Our team played a great game tonight. We handled our emotions well and did a great job on rebounds and defence. We also contained our opponents well on three-pointers," 

"Justin Dentmon played an important role in the victory. He scored and guided us to play as a team," said Sichuan Blue Whales Coach Yang Xuezeng.

"We didn't do well in defending Dentmon. We failed to contain his scoring, and that led to the defeat. However, we did a better job in grabbing rebounds," said Liaoning Flying Leopards Coach Guo Shiqiang.