After a tight game, Guangdong Southern Tigers defeated Beijing Ducks 111-107 in the eighth round of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league here on Tuesday.

Marshon Brooks had a game-high 31 points plus three rebounds and seven assists while Jonathan Gibson had 21 points and two rebounds.

Trailing by 23-20, Xu Jie's three-pointer opened a 13-0 run for Guangdong to lead 33-23 in the first quarter.

Guangdong enlarged the gap to 14 points as Brooks had a lay-up to lead 57-43 in the first half, and Brooks's three-pointer at the end of third quarter extended Guangdong's advantage on 83-73.

Beijing came all out to tie it 107-107 but Brooks made four free-throws in the last 17 seconds to seal the victory for Guangdong.

Du Feng, head coach of Guangdong, deemed that both teams fought very fiercely in this game. Beijing is a strong team and introduced some new players like Li Muhao and Fan Ziming this season to make itself stronger, which is also the candidate to win the championship.

Simone Pianigiani, head coach of Beijing, said that their opponent's performance was exceeding expectations.

"Guangdong had good systems and understood each other well between players. Beijing had chance to rally, but not made it. There's nothing to complain about. Players' fighting spirit and desire to win was really positive for the team," said Pianigiani. 

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