Stephon Marbury played his second match in the Chinese Basketball Association last night against the league leading Guangdong Southern Tigers. It was a hotly contested match, that saw the league leaders come away with a 113-104 victory, and managed to keep the Shanxi Zhongyu at arms length throughout the evening.

The main matchup of the evening was between Stephon Marbury and former Lakers starting guard Smush Parker. Parker had 13 points, 6 assists and 7 rebounds while Marbury more than held his own with a 15 point, 15 assist and 4 …

It’s easy to look at Stephon Marbury’s first game for the Shanxi Zhongyu and claim his arrival a failure, as some of his Chinese fans have hastily concluded. In 28 minutes of play, he had 5 fouls, went 0-6 from beyond the arc, let his defensive assignment drop 34 points and 5 dimes, and ended up losing to the 15th place Dongguan Marco Polo.

But how about we focus on the positives? 7-11 from the field, 4 steals, 15 points, and the right play down the stretch when he unselfishly set …