CHENZHOU-HUNAN, China - Import Andray Blatche had 22 points, eight rebounds, two assists and a block as China Kashgar brought down Lebanon's Al Riyadi, 96-88, to rule the Fiba Asia Champions Cup 2016.
Blatche, the Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player who is a mainstay in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), was supported by fellow import Darius Adams, who scored 19 points.
Dewarwick Spencer, who played for Mighty Sports in the Jones Cup in Taipei and the Merlion Cup in Singapore, paced Al Riyadi with 19 points and was later named tournament MVP.
Joining the two clubs on the podium was Petrochimi of Iran, who defeated Al Ahli of UAE, 100-74, to finish third.
Rounding off the top five were Al Shorta of Iraq, who turned back Pauian of Chinese Taipei in their classification game, 81-72.
In the final day's other classification game, Qatar’s Al Rayyan defeated Kazakhstan’s Barsy Atyrau, 84-78, to take seventh place.
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