On January 4th, Beijing time, Guangdong Hongyuan secured a crucial victory, defeating Shandong 98-93 at home. This win not only avenged their previous loss but also marked their second consecutive victory, sounding the charge for their return to the top eight. Guangdong's victory was accompanied by three pieces of good news! The first piece of good news is that Xu Jie played like Curry. In this game, Xu Jie played for 43 minutes, scoring 22 points, 11 assists, and 4 rebounds with 9 shots made out of 6 attempts. Notably, all 6 of his successful shots were three-pointers, with 8 attempts resulting in 6 successful shots, and most of these goals were from beyond the arc. Xu Jie has truly become the CBA's Curry! The second piece of good news is that Morand nearly achieved a "quadruple-double." Morand scored 8 points, grabbed 19 rebounds, dished out 10 assists, but had 7 turnovers. Although he had more turnovers, the 19 rebounds and 10 assists speak for themselves. The third piece of good news is the timely recovery of Du Runwang, who made 3 out of 5 three-pointers, dispelling the shadow of his previous game where he made only 2 out of 10 three-point attempts! In the last 15 games, Xu Jie has only played over 40 minutes twice, which shows how tired he must be now. In this game, all 9 of Xu Jie's attempts were from beyond the three-point line, which was actually to save energy. However, as the game progressed, we discovered that Xu Jie had become the CBA's…

After a 9-year career in Chinese football, Mukeshui has returned to his place of fame, Dalian. However, this time he is not joining Dalian Yingbo, who have just been promoted to the Super League, but instead remains in the second-tier league, signing with newly-promoted Dalian Kuncheng. Despite Mukeshui's age of 37, Dalian Kuncheng seems unconcerned and has offered him a long-term contract, clearly valuing his promotion-winning attributes. At 37 years old, Mukeshui can still be heavily relied upon in China's secondary league, and he should be grateful for two decisions he made: first, giving up basketball at 19 to focus on football, and second, accepting Dalian Yifang's invitation in 2015. Standing nearly 1.9 meters tall and very strong, Mukeshui initially wanted to become a professional basketball player due to his natural physical advantages. He was able to join Zimbabwe's national youth teams and play as a starting point guard in the African Youth Basketball Championship, demonstrating not only his athletic talent but also his ability to endure hardship. In 2007, during the African Men's Basketball Championship, his playing time ranked second in the team, and he was the assist leader. However, fate opened another door for him - due to the lack of indoor basketball courts in Zimbabwe, he had to train with an amateur football club to maintain his form. This unintentional move won him a contract with the club. For Mukeshui, who lived in the slums, it was natural to give up basketball since football could bring in income. Incredibly, in the third year after switching sports, he…