One needs 8 fouls to play under this kind of officiating. Yao was fouled 6 times in 7 minutes, and was called 2 fouls.
Yao sat down in the first with 2 fouls. Both were bad calls on clean blocks, but the refs might be making up for the fact that Yao has already gotten two players into foul trouble. He doesn't look too bad, but he isn't showing anything I haven't seen before.
Half time report CHN AUS 37 29 6/21 (31%) (2 point) 4/14 (29%) 4/8 (50%) (3 point) 5/22 (23%) 13/18 (72%) (FT) 6/10 (60%) 11 (Foul) 15 10 (ST) 11 9 (TO) 12 4 (OReb) 3 12 (DReb) 9 9 (Biggest lead) 3 8-0 (Biggest Run) 6-0 Q1: 21 - 13 Q2: 16-16
60% of their shots were 3-pt attemps? Maybe it is time for international BB to push back the 3-pt line. It seems international refs cannot tolerate blocks. They call blocks fouls pretty much automatically.
Wow, that lead evaporated fast... the boys down undah on an 18-4 run. Chinese guards having a hard time protecting the ball and breaking down under pressure. Sound familiar?
Finally, a team called a time out. I was wondering whether teams are forbidden to call a time out in exihbit games.
WOW AMazing Tony Parker 4 pts 2 fouls Kelvin Garnett 2 pts 3 fouls we really need to sign both of them to our team!
