GUANGZHOU, Jan. 12 -- Zhao Rui scored team-high 30 points as team South defeated North 167-166 after Hu Mingxuan's last-minute layup in the 2019-20 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) All-Star game here on Sunday.

Yi Jianlian started the game with two three-pointers to the cheers of the local audiences. As two all-star starters from team Guangdong, Yi, and Zhao welcomed the North Team with a 9-0 streak before Zhai Xiaochuan scored the first two points for the North with a dunk.

The CBA league introduced a one-on-one game for the first time in this year's all-star weekends. The South finished the first 12 minutes 41-29 before the first one-on-one game played by Jeremy Lin and Zhao Rui. The two players tied 9-9, which meant that they each contributed 18 points for themselves and their teams according to the rules.

The second quarter started with the South leading by 59-47. The guests put on a show of consecutive dunks to cut the deficit down to 84-89.

Hu Jinqiu and Han Dejun tied 8-8 in the centers' one-on-one game, which meant that the North and South team each added 16 points after their 122-118 third quarter.

The last quarter was played in the playoff-style, Hu Mingxuan's layup with 12.3 seconds left helped the South surpassed by 167-166 before they made a steal to secure the victory.

During the interval, Chen Linjian defended his title of Three-Point Shooting Contest while Chen Peidong defeating Wang Junjie to win the title of the Technics Challenge.

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