On January 1, Beijing time, the CBA regular season ended 3 games of competition, and Guangsha easily defeated Tianjin and rose to the second place. Liaoning beat Guangdong 115-95, and Guangdong suffered 3 defeats in 4 games, and their ranking is still 7th. Fujian won 24 points against Tongxi, ending a 7-game losing streak and giving the opponent 14 consecutive defeats.
In the showdown between Liaoning and Guangdong, Guangdong only scored 10 points in the first quarter, and their three-pointer was 0 of 10, and Liaoning took an 18-point lead under the leadership of Guo Allen and Fogg. In the second quarter, Guangdong's three-point feeling rebounded, hitting 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, Guo Allen and Fogg continued to lead the team to stabilize the situation, and Guangdong recovered 5 points at halftime, 13 points behind 41-54, and there was still suspense in the game.
In the third quarter, Guangdong once chased only 9 points, but Liaoning multi-point blossom once again opened the point difference, and in the last quarter, Liaoning's leading score reached 31 points at most, and the game also lost suspense, and finally Liaoning won 115-95 by 20 points. Guo Allen had 22 points and 7 assists, Zhang Zhenlin 14 points, Fergus 22 points, Fu Hao 19 points, and Zhao Jiwei 16 points and 8 assists. Guangdong team Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie both had 19 points, and Yi Jianlian only got 3 points.
Guangsha easily beat Tianjin 105-84, the key to the victory and defeat of this game was in the second and third quarters, two quarters of the game, Guangsha won 20 points, completed the score of the reversal, but also opened the gap. In the fourth quarter, Guangsha also stabilized the situation and finally defeated Tianjin. Zhao Yanhao scored 30 points and was the hero of Guangsha's victory, Hu Jinqiu had 24 points and 12 rebounds, and Jones also contributed 20 points and 14 rebounds.
Fujian, who lost 7 consecutive games against Tongxi, who lost 13 consecutively, played very well in the first quarter of the game, scoring 22 points in a single quarter, and Fujian led by 14 points 39-25. In the second quarter, Edwards led the team to chase points, and Gordon remained steady, scoring 14 points in a single quarter and 36 points at halftime, and Fujian extended its lead to 21 points. In the third quarter, Gordon and Chen Linjian led the team to continue to expand the lead, and the fourth quarter also lost suspense, Fujian beat Tongxi 118-94, Tongxi lost 14 consecutive losses, Gordon 51 points, 11 assists and 7 steals, Chen Linjian scored 30 points.