Yao Back in Beijing, China Wins 8th Straight
Thursday, 26th June 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
Yao Ming returned to Beijing Wednesday and will report to practice Friday, according to several media reports. The Chinese men's national team got its second win over a Lithuanian team (this BOCOG report calls them Lithuania's "C team") the day before. Yi Jianlian had 26 points and five rebounds in the 110-92 win in Shenzhen.It's China's eighth win in a row, but the last three came over Croatia's B team, and the three before that came against a University of Memphis team that was missing its top three players. China won the first game over Lithuania "C" by a score of 87-70. Wang Zhizhi, Li Nan and Zhang Qingpeng hit three three-pointers apiece.
China, coached by Lithuanian Jonas Kazlauskas, has not actually decided its roster for the Olympics.
Tags: basketball, Li Nan, national team, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Zhang Qingpeng