Don't miss out on a historic moment for local women's sports as Silvia Fowles and the Beijing Great Wall play against the Bayi Kylins for the WCBA championship this evening.

Leading the best-of-five tournament with two wins in hand, a win tonight would make Beijing a three-time champion in the 14-year history of Chinese women's basketball.

Six foot-six center Fowles led Beijing to its second championship last year, and her domination of the court is again demonstrated through dominant victories over her Nanjing rivals.

Beijing Great Wall cruised to a comfortable 82-65 win over Bayi Kylins on Tuesday in which Fowles scored 27 points, nailing all of her 13 shots from the field. The Kylins narrowed a 23 point-halftime deficit by 13 points, but were never able to recover in a game where they gave up 22 turnovers.

The Kylins fared even worse against Beijing in the first game of the finals, getting outclassed at home in a 92-57 upset last Saturday. Fowles sealed the win with 25 points as the whole team contributed with 21 assists.

But as dominant as Beijing Great Wall has been on the court, it seems the one thing they can't control is people's attention. Even with glory destined for the Beijing women's basketball team, the city remains fixated its favorite local athlete: men's basketball star Stephon Marbury.

Regretfully, the 2015 CBA MVP failed to lead the Beijing Ducks men's basketball team to the playoffs last month. And yet, the disappointment abruptly vanished when Marbury announced recently he wants to return and play for Beijing in the final year of his contract, giving hope to devoted basketball fans believing he can deliver the city its fourth CBA championship.

On the other hand, Marbury's intentions worry some Beijing fans who think the return of the 40-year-old injury-prone player will delay the team's inevitable restructuring, arguing that his presence may just be a means to sell tickets instead of winning games in a competitive league.

And lest we forget, Beijing loves Marbury. A lot. Beijing is the town that presented Marbury with a statue for winning its first basketball championship, and has since put him on postage stamps, made his life into autobiographical plays, and even opened a museum in his name. In fact, Beijing loves Marbury so much that he is the fifth American basketball player to be granted the Holy Grail for expats in China, a permanent residency card.

Unfortunately, Sylvia Fowles hasn't captured the love and respect of Beijingers that Stephon Marbury has been given. But then, Fowles has yet to follow Marbury's lead and cater to his Chinese fans. After all, Marbury has attributed all his success to China, describing Chinese culture as being "filled with love, compassion, and care."

Cheer on Fowles and the Beijing Great Wall tonight at 7.30pm on CCTV-5, or watch in online at Zhibowu or 360 Zhibo.

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