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China - CBA 04/15 11:35 7 [5] Zhejiang Lions v Shanxi Loongs [12] L 109-96
China - CBA 04/13 11:35 7 [12] Shanxi Loongs v Zhejiang Lions [5] W 132-118
China - CBA 04/10 11:35 7 [5] Zhejiang Lions v Shanxi Loongs [12] L 107-97
China - CBA 04/06 11:35 52 [12] Shanxi Loongs v Beijing Royal Fighters [9] W 117-103
China - CBA 04/02 11:35 52 [12] Shanxi Loongs v Beijing Ducks [11] W 102-94
China - CBA 03/31 11:35 50 [12] Shanxi Brave Dragons v Tianjin Pioneers [14] W 124-117
China - CBA 03/29 11:35 49 [13] Nanjing Monkey King v Shanxi Loongs [12] L 123-122
China - CBA 03/25 11:35 48 [12] Shanxi Loongs v Sichuan Blue Whales [20] W 117-77
China - CBA 03/23 11:35 47 [9] Qingdao Eagles v Shanxi Loongs [12] L 118-113
China - CBA 03/21 11:35 46 [17] Jilin Northeast Tigers v Shanxi Loongs [12] W 101-108
China - CBA 03/19 11:35 45 [2] Liaoning Flying Leopards v Shanxi Loongs [12] L 117-111
China - CBA 03/16 11:35 44 [12] Shanxi Loongs v Nanjing Monkey King [13] W 135-107

Wikipedia - Shanxi Loongs

The Shanxi Loongs, also known as Shanxi SDIC Raptors Club or Shanxi Fenjiu Shares are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The Shanxi Fenjiu Company is the club's corporate sponsor, while its mascot is a dragon.

The team was known in English as the Shanxi Brave Dragons from the Summer of 2007 until September 2018, when a rebranding ceremony was held, unveiling a new logo and nickname. Loong is the Chinese word for dragon, in both Mandarin and Cantonese.

History

Originally known as the Henan Renhe Dragons (河南仁和) due to corporate sponsorship by the Henan Renhe Group (河南仁和集团), the team rebranded as a result of an agreement signed with the Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel Group (河南济源钢铁集团) in early November, just before the CBA's 2004–05 regular season began (jigang is an abbreviation for jiyuan gangtie or Jiyuan Iron & Steel).

In conjunction with this change—the club moved from its original home city of Zhengzhou to Jiyuan—in the middle of its first season. From 2004 to 2006 they were known as the Henan Jigang Dragons (河南济钢猛龙) or Henan Jigang or Henan Dragons, and were based in both Jiyuan and Luoyang, Henan.

During the 2004–05 CBA season, the team's first in the league, the Henan Dragons finished in seventh and last place in the CBA's North Division and out of the playoffs. In the 2005–06 CBA season they suffered the same fate yet again.

Before the 2006–07 CBA season, the team headed to Taiyuan, and changed its name to the Shanxi Yujun Dragons or Shanxi Yujun or Shanxi Dragons. They signed with a new sponsor the following year, and became known as the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons, but the club has fared little better on the court since its relocation.

In January 2010, the Brave Dragons signed former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury. He only stayed with Shanxi through the end of the 2009–10 CBA season, before leaving for Foshan, and eventually Beijing.

In August 2011, the Brave Dragons played an exhibition game against the Georgetown University Hoyas during the Washington, D.C. squad's two-week summer trip to China, but lost by a final score of 98–81.

Echipa de baschet Shanxi Zhongyu din China este o echipă profesionistă de baschet care concurează în Divizia 1 a Asociației Chineze de Baschet (CBA). Echipa este situată în provincia Shanxi, iar orașul său natal este Taiyuan. Shanxi Zhongyu a fost fondată în 1999 și s-a alăturat CBA în 2009.

Echipa nu a câștigat niciodată un campionat CBA, dar a ajuns în semifinalele play-off-ului de două ori, în 2011 și 2019. Cei mai notabili jucători ai lui Shanxi Zhongyu sunt Yi Jianlian, fostul star NBA, și Wang Zhelin, actualul star al echipei naționale a Chinei.

Culorile principale ale lui Shanxi Zhongyu sunt albastru și alb. Arena lor natală este Centrul Sportiv Shanxi, care are o capacitate de 5.500 de spectatori.