China Defeats Croatia 65-60 as Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian Play
by Arthur Volbert - Jun 12, 2008
China defeated Croatia today 65-60 as the team continues to prepare for the Olympics. Wang Zhizhi (214-C-79) and Yi Jianian made their first appearances for the team. Wang had 19 points and 6 rebounds in 17 minutes while Yi had 8 points and 7 rebounds in 15 minutes. Zhang Kai did not play today and Yao Ming is still recuperating from foot surgery. Wang was the only Chinese player to score in double figures as eleven players received playing time.
China defeated Croatia today 65-60 as the team continues to prepare for the Olympics. Wang Zhizhi (214-C-79) and Yi Jianian made their first appearances for the team. Wang had 19 points and 6 rebounds in 17 minutes while Yi had 8 points and 7 rebounds in 15 minutes. Zhang Kai did not play today and Yao Ming is still recuperating from foot surgery.
Wang was the only Chinese player to score in double figures as eleven players received playing time. Wang Shipeng played the longest at 25 minutes. Liu Wei had the next longest appearance at 19 minutes, 47 seconds. However, on further inspection, the total minutes add up to about 160, not the 200 that are in a full 40-minute game. Sometimes, in Chinese box scores, the minutes are not fully up to date.
China trailed 17-15 after one quarter but led 29-26 at the half. The game was tied 46-46 after three quarters.
I have added the uniform numbers of the Chinese players to my summary of the box score so you can more readily read the Chinese box score from the link. The box score columns, in order, are name, uniform number, starter, minutes, field goals attempted-made, three-pointers attempted-made, free throws attempted-made, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, assists, fouls, steals, turnovers, blocks,?, ?, ?, total points
Box Score:
http://cba.sports.sina.com.cn/look_scores.php?m_id=2057
China-- 15 14 17 19 65
Croatia 17 09 20 14 60
China 65
Wang Zhizhi 14 17min+19p+6r, Yi Jianlian 11 15min+8p+7r+1a, Liu Wei 5 20min+8p+2r+2a, Zhu Fangyu 8 18min+6p+4r+1a, Wang Shipeng 7 25min+9p+5r, Ding Jinhui 20 12min+7p+3s, Li Nan 11 17min+0p(0-4)+2r+1a, Sun Yue 9 17min+5p+1r+2a, Li Xiaoxu 22 12min+3p+2r, Zhang Qingpeng 17 4min+0p+1r+1a, Wang Lei 19 6min+0p
http://www.asia-basket.com/CHN/CHN.asp