Jimmer Fredette won the battle between the best two scoring guards in China as the Shanghai Sharks knocked off the Shanxi Dragons 108-89 on Sunday.
Fredette led the way for the Sharks on the offensive end of the floor for the ninth straight game, finishing with 38 points on 16 for 29 shooting from the floor, including 4 for 10 from beyond the arc and 2 for 2 from the free-throw line. He added eight assists, eight rebounds and a steal in 41:30 of action.
Former Mountain West Conference foe Jamaal Franklin totaled 32 points for the Dragons as he lost his foot hold as the No. 1 scorer in the league as well as the game. He shot 11 for 27 from the floor, but just 3 for 12 from 3-point range and 7 for 12 from the free-throw line. He chipped in with 11 rebounds and seven assists, but also had nine turnovers.
Fredette had plenty of help as Zhang ZhaoXu led four other Sharks in double figures with 15 points on a perfect 7 for 7 shooting night to go along with nine rebounds.
Lu Wei added 14 points on the strength of a 4 for 7 shooting performance from distance while Guerschon Yabusele managed 11 points, six rebounds and four assists.
The Dragons had two other players score in double figures, including Zeng Xu who had 15 points on 6 for 11 shooting from the field with seven rebounds and four assists.
Yan Pengfei chipped in with 13 points and five rebounds while Samuel Dalembert recorded nine points and 11 rebounds.
With the 38-point effort, Fredette now leads the league in scoring at 40.2 points on 51.6 percent shooting from the floor, including 45 percent from 3-point land. He also manages 7.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 2.3 steals.
Up next for Fredette and the 8-1 Sharks is a Friday night matchup with the Fujian Sturgeons. The Sturgeons are 3-6 on the season after a 118-80 loss to Liaoning on Sunday.
They are led by former NBA players J.J. Hickson and Dwight Buycks. Hickson is averaging 29.8 points, 14.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists while Buycks is putting up 20.8 points, 8.0 assists and 5.5 rebounds.
JMoneySports 
not good enough for the NBA (nothing but assailants)
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Is there a way to view the Jimmer games on the internet?
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I haven’t found a way yet.
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Joseph “Not good enough for the NBA”
Hey Joe, how many 3 pointers did you sink in high school, college, ,NBA or playing overseas? I didn’t think so, it’s reported he is currently under contract for one a year with his current team. Probably a little more than you’re making now
at the kwiki mart. He seems to be playing with a lot of college and former nba talent. Some people live such miserable lives they can only spew negativity on good people just trying to make a living and doing their best with skills they have. Got any skills Joe besides video games and living in your parents basement? I didn’t think so.
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For those who want to follow the CBA during the season, in addition’s to Jay’s “Jimmer Tracker,” you can go to http://cba.hupu.com/schedule for the latest scores. When you click on the score of a game, the stat sheet will open. If you hold your cursor over a team’s name, the English spelling will appear at the bottom of your browser window in the status bar, 上海大鲨鱼 is Shanghai (Dashayu) Sharks for example.
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Within the stat sheet, if hold your cursor over a player’s name (all are in Chinese characters), his English name shows up at the bottom of the screen in the status bar so you know who you are looking at. Jimmer’s name is typed as 吉默-弗雷戴特 (Jimo Fuleidaite) in Chinese. The first number column is minutes, followed by the three shooting columns, OR, TR, assists, steals, PF, turnovers, blocks, and points.
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Did Jimmer get hurt in this game? He hasn’t played since. Great season so far. Love watching him play and love hearing the Shanghai fans shout MVP!
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The Sharks haven’t played since this game. They play again Friday.
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oh, duh. I didn’t see stats for him for the last few games on one site so I thought he wasn’t playing recently, but this article and another site shows stats for recent games. My bad.
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