Yao leads all players in Athens with 20.4 points per game

[forenzi]

http://www.nba.com/athens2004/nba_stats.html

[fa7999]

Yao has played two truly great games (NZ and S&M) and carried his team to two wins.

Did ok in one game (Argentina), played a subpar game against Spain, and a horrible game against Italy.

[forenzi]

lets just hope yao continues his good paly today for the next game

[snowmt01]

He has been on the NBA.com frontpage for the 3rd time since the Olympics.

[yipengzhao]

yao ming is really good at playing basketball.

[snowmt01]

Yao 20.4 pts 9.4 rbs
1st in pts :)
2nd in rbs(Duncan has 11) :)
1st in drawing fouls :D
3rd in FT attempts :)
2nd in TOs :(

http://www.athens2004.com/en/BasketBallMen/results?rsc=BKM400A14&frag=BKM400000_C85B&btnSubmit=%3E%3E

China National Team

last in pts, stls, asts
second to last in FGP, 3P% and blks
1st in TOs

:D

[fa7999]

China National Team

last in pts, stls, asts
second to last in FGP, 3P% and blks
1st in TOs


Wow, it must be a shock that the CNT sucks!;)

[olliez]

......In their only other previous Olympic match-up, in the Atlanta 1996 quarterfinals, Serbia and Montenegro (then Yugoslavia) won by 67 points, 128-61.......
Wow, it must be a shock that the CNT sucks!;)

How surprising !

:eek:

[lancet]

Originally posted by snowmt01

China National Team

last in pts, stls, asts
second to last in FGP, 3P% and blks
1st in TOs

:D

Not bad for CNT to get into top 8. Considering the weak support he has, Yao's performances on the two wins are FANTASTIC! Now, he just need to do that on a nightly basis in the coming season and bring some MVPs and rings! :)

[yipengzhao]

yao ming is a beast. i read that towards the end he was cupping his hand to his year to taunt the serbian fans and then before and after free throws he was pounding his chest KG style.

haha... cool.

[emjohn]

I'd actually say Ginobilli has had the better Olympic run so far. Yao's numbers are largely due to the monster game against New Zealand, and he hasn't been consistent (9 pts against Italy?). Manu's numbers have been steady, and he's not the sole offensive option. Ginobili's winning too (undefeated). It could even be argued that Gasol is having as good a run, having killed Yao in the first game and with Spain undefeated.

Yao's doing well, but he's not truly dominating these games. Of course, Duncan would love to have any 20-point games himself.

Evan

[DeAleck]

Originally posted by emjohn
I'd actually say Ginobilli has had the better Olympic run so far. Yao's numbers are largely due to the monster game against New Zealand, and he hasn't been consistent (9 pts against Italy?). Manu's numbers have been steady, and he's not the sole offensive option. Ginobili's winning too (undefeated). It could even be argued that Gasol is having as good a run, having killed Yao in the first game and with Spain undefeated.

Yao's doing well, but he's not truly dominating these games. Of course, Duncan would love to have any 20-point games himself.

Evan

Ginobili isn't undefeated. Spain beat them.

[snowmt01]

Originally posted by DeAleck
Ginobili isn't undefeated. Spain beat them.

Italy just beated them by 1 pt. So US won't face Arg in the quarter finals.
Very good for Team USA.

[fa7999]

Yao's doing well, but he's not truly dominating these games.

Considering the weak support he gets and the collapsing D has has been facing, let alone the huge pressure on his shoulder, Yao is doing extremely well at the Olympics.

Give Yao another player the caliber of Gasol or Ginobili, China is talking about a top 3 finish at the Olympics.

[emjohn]

So corrected.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

What happened to that Kevin Garnett guy? Everyone here was riding his balls awhile back, seems to have dissapeared

[kwik_e_mart]

Originally posted by fa7999
Considering the weak support he gets and the collapsing D has has been facing, let alone the huge pressure on his shoulder, Yao is doing extremely well at the Olympics.

Give Yao another player the caliber of Gasol or Ginobili, China is talking about a top 3 finish at the Olympics.

Whoa! You're too ahead of youself right there...

There should be a few more of them... and also they have to be unselfish like Yao... not to mention it takes time to create team chemistry, which the current CNT really lacks...

[m_cable]

Originally posted by KaiSeR SoZe
What happened to that Kevin Garnett guy? Everyone here was riding his balls awhile back, seems to have dissapeared

He's chillin' with Snoop, and getting rubbed up by some hoes.

http://bbs2.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82774

[Luckyazn]

So CHINA plays LITHU next? and USA plays SPAIN next?

[wireonfire]

Even with a Wang Zhizhi, China will do much better. WZZ used to do quite well in international games.

[joeguo]

http://image2.sina.com.cn/2004/bk/p/2004-08-24/U581P249T3D92028F37DT20040824000330.jpg

[Hard Rock]

Originally posted by wireonfire
Even with a Wang Zhizhi, China will do much better. WZZ used to do quite well in international games.

yeah, at least he can knock down some open 3s and that'll help Yao's game BIG time.

[junshao]

After watching this game, I feel that Yao needs one good shooter, one good slasher to be extremely effective. Of course a PF who can score and rebound a little would help too. China won yesterday because finally they had one guy who could sank 3 pointers (LiNan) and one guy who could slash to the hoop and draw fouls (DuFeng). Also the PF (MoKe) also got into some positions where he could get pass from Yao and score.

Now Rockets surely have a better shooter and slasher in McGrady/JJ than China could ever hope for; a better scoring PF in J.Howard. I think Rockets can do really well next year!:D

[SmeggySmeg]

don't mean to be harsh on Yao's teammates, but damn if Yao wasn't scoring at 20 points a game, the CNT would be lucky to crack 30 points a game

[The Hungarian Rocket]

Originally posted by Luckyazn
So CHINA plays LITHU next? and USA plays SPAIN next?

Quarterfinals
Italy vs. Puerto Rico
Lithuania vs. China
Greece vs. Argentina
Spain vs. United States

[RocketForever]

Originally posted by The Hungarian Rocket
Quarterfinals
Italy vs. Puerto Rico
Lithuania vs. China
Greece vs. Argentina
Spain vs. United States

My predictions:

Italy vs. Puerto Rico
Lithuania vs. China
Greece vs. Argentina
Spain vs. United States

What are yours?

[boysp]

and he is also leading all NBA players with 9.2 rebounds

[Ghettostar85]

those who think he is a Rik Smits copy........would Rik SMits lead his team to the medal round and also lead the tournements ppg and rebound?

[Matador]

Originally posted by boysp
and he is also leading all NBA players with 9.2 rebounds

Actually Yao is avg. 2nd most rebs. with 9.4 per game and Tim Duncan leads all with 11.0 rebs/game.

international nba stats (http://www.nba.com/athens2004/nba_stats.html)

USA stats (http://www.nba.com/athens2004/usa_stats.html)

[rocket3forlife2]

2nd in TOs for yao !! ::




I hope he don't bing that part of his game back to houston ,but other then that he is doing ok.

[brasss]

Time to update Yao's average. he just had 29 pt, 11 reb game against Lithuania.

[noize]

Here's Yao updated stats from the oylmpics...



AVG MIN-31.3 REB-9.7 AST-1.3 PTS-21.8

[aznhowie20]

yao is good!

lets just hope he brings it to houston for the upcoming season...

[junshao]

I will take that stats for the coming season!:D