Guangzhou Loong Lions

The Guangzhou Loong Lions (Template:Zh) are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. They play in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

History

The team was founded in November 2000 as Shaanxi Gaitianli Kylins by the Xi'an Dongsheng Group. In August 2001, they won the "B" league championship, and were promoted to the CBA. In the 2004–05 season, the Shaanxi Kylins finished in fifth place in the North Division, and were out of the playoffs. In 2005–06, they finished sixth, and were once again out of the playoffs. The team was scheduled to participate in the 2008 season of the International Basketball League (IBL). They were replaced by the Shanxi Brave Dragons.

In 2010, the Shaanxi Kylins moved from Xi'an to Foshan, and renamed themselves the Foshan Dralions. The club opted to start rendering its English name as "Long-Lions" rather than "Dralions" before the start of the 2014–15 season.

In 2016, the Foshan Long-Lions moved from Foshan to Guangzhou, and renamed themselves the Guangzhou Long-Lions. In 2017, the Nanhai Long-Lions were founded as the affiliate team. The team has also competed in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). Their youth squad currently competes in The Asian Tournament.

Players

Current roster

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Notable players

• Template:BkiconTemplate:Bkicon Lorenzo Brown
• Template:BkiconTemplate:Bkicon Jeremy Lin

Games against NBA teams

On 2 October 2017, the team played a pre-season game with the Washington Wizards at the Capital One Arena, which made them the second CBA club to play against the National Basketball Association club.

2 October 2017

Boxscore

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96–126

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Capital One Arena, Washington

12 October 2018

Boxscore

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111–140

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Capital One Arena, Washington

8 October 2019

Boxscore

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86–144

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Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Honours

Seri Mutiara Cup 2016 Champion

Seri Mutiara Cup 2017 (6th place)

External links

• Official website
• Guangzhou Loong Lions on Weibo.com Template:In lang