everyone, please, stick to this thread, this topic, to provide game updates.........here only! Thanks.
Can do. Here are my updates so far. ____________________________________________________ channel 207 on Direct TV. Back on 9:12 At this time it is 11 China 10 USA Back on 9:16 ( based on my computer time) nothing much at first, Ming did make O'neal lose the ball in traffic ( he ran into him) OUCH, Yao Ming blocks the ball as a player runs in for a dunk. Called for goaltending though. Yao Ming steals the ball, but called for double dribbling. Time out. Back on 9:20 So far nothing, mostly USA stealing the ball and running it down for layups. Yao on the bench with 6 points and 4 rbs. Back on 9:30 Back, Finley is at the FT line. Marion for a monster jam, off a fast break. Time out. Ming will be back after Time out. ESPN only showing MING, hence why 10 min break. Back on 9:34 Ming loses the ball ( 2 players went for the steal when he had it over his head) Ouch, La Frentz blocks his shot, but he was fouled Luckly... Makes 1 FT. score 39-17. Ming posts up, Wallace knocks it away. Ming Offensive Reb, ball out of bounce. NICE JUMPER, Ming over everyone from 17ft (like 4-5 people around him) Marion another Jam. Ming Steals the ball for a fast break ending with a 3 by one of his teamates. This kinda stuff just shows why he will give other players FITS. Wallace can't score on MING! He keeps losing it or passing off. Ming tips Reb. This results in a fastbreak by USA, but it comes back to China from a steal. Ming trys to get a layup, but gets fouled. Makes both FT 11pt/5reb for 4 of 7 from the field. Ming tries to post up Davis, but misses. Ming blocks another shot. ESPN fades out. MING looks great! I didn't expect this at all. Back on 10:14 Missed a bunch of updates becasue Clutch closed BBS for a sec. Ming gets rebound and passes it up for a missed layup. Ming turnaround Jumper good. Ming BLOCKS DAVIS from a sure dunk. Ming throws outlet pass that turns to a turnover. Hakeem anyone? Time out Back on 10:23 Time out? Back on 10:32(3Q) 40-71 USA Ming in the post, bump, bump, bump, shoots. Off the back of the rim. He backed the guy under the basket. He looks tired now though. (holding his knee's, walking up slowly) Ming passes it to teamate for a long 2. HELL YEAH, Ben Wallace tries to shoot over Ming, but Ming alters shot. Rolls off the rim and into Ming's hands. Ming gets a nice pass in the post and gets fouled, no FT though. Ming striped, Marion with dunk. Davis with Dunk. Time out 6:03 left in the Quarter. EDIT Back on 10:40 Ming loses rebound. Marion dunks over a China player, not Ming thank God... Ming turnaround, miss. foul. Ming seems to stay around the basket, especialy on the defensive end. And they say he is an outside player and he can't block shots??? YAO MING BLOCK. Do I sound like a repeating record? MING BLOCK, ON LAFRENTZ I THINK! He tried to shoot over Ming, and ming just reached up and tossed it back. Ming Reb. END OF GAME 13pt/10reb/4blk/3stl Jay Williams ended up dunking on Ming. ____________________________________________________
Man I can't wait until Yao is playing with our guys who can actually play, these Chinese guards suck!
Uh...I think ESPN stopped showing it because Ming went to the bench. Couple things I can say is that he hit a pretty far turnaround J, made O'neal trip, and made I think O'Neal miss a short shot. He kind of blocked a lay up by A.Miller, but it was called goaltending. He got a steal, but double dribbled at about his 2nd dribble after the steal. Pretty good show for me. I though maybe he would struggle big time. But he's holding his own. Only bad thing I've seen is he was not quick enough on a P&R and fouled A.Davis. That was the only noticiable Big mistake. (I don't expect Yao to be PG, so the DD didn't really matter to me.)
Please just keep checking back at my post, I'm going to keep posting till I goto bed. Ill Post after ever 5 or so mins.
Hell yes he blocked Oneal, and that punk-ass Jay Williams but my man Tolbert is knocking his athleticism.
Yeah, then he swatted someone who tried to dunk on him. Some guard I think.(I hope Jay.) End of half, 11pts, 4/8fg, 2blks, 5rbs,1stl,1ast is what I got. He could have had 3blks but they called goaltending. On another note, the stat screen showed 253 as Yao's weight. Huh?
Halftime - 51-28 US over China Yao 11 Points. - Only stat they gave for him. During a halftime interview, Coach Musselman of the GSW agrees Ming has skills. Says he'll protect the paint for Houston this year.
I've got Yao with 11 points 5 rebounds 2 steals 1 block (at least) 4/8 from the field Yao altered a lot of shots in the first half when he was in the game. The one thing that I noticed was that the Chinese were able to keep it close until Yao went out and they did not score a point until Yao came back in.
