Four players scored in double-digits as Yulon held off Dacin in the final quarter for a 70-66 victory in Game 1 of the 2010 SBL Finals on Friday and took a 1-0 series lead.
Leading by as many as 27 points, Yulon watched its lead evaporated in the final period, when Dacin cut the deficit to one point, before veteran point guard Chen Chih-chung made a pair of free-throws with 10.9 seconds to go to increase the lead to three points.
Yulon opened the game 15-6 and had a 12-0 run late in the second quarter, leading by 22 points (42-20) at the half.
Yulon: Lee Chi-yi 13p, Lu Cheng-ju 13p+6rb, Chou Shih-yuan 13p, Lee Hsueh-lin 11p, Tseng Wen-ting 4p(1-7 FG)+5rb+5a
Dacin: Tien Lei 15p+8rb, Byron Allen 15p+8rb, Chen Tse-wei 14p+6rb, Chang Chih-feng 11p+6rb
(Photos: ESPN Taiwan)