China 31-34 down 3 after 1st half. Yao played the whole 20 minutes on two bad toes. He is 5-5 from the field and 3-3 from the FT line with 13 points. The main difference in the game is that Li Nan somehow found his outside shooting and is 4-7 from 3s, thus keeping China in the game. Du Feng and Mocha started the game instead of Zhu and Yi. The other progress for CNT is that they only turned the ball over 8 times in the 1st half against 6 times by SM.
Du Feng is a POS. 1-7 from the floor, just missed a wild open trey from a kick out by Yao from an offensive board.
Yao and 1! 7-7 from the floor, 4-4 from the line with 18 points. China down 4 in early 3rd quarter. Du just made a 3.
CHina up by ! CNT outrebounded SM 25-18. Guys are also taking care of balls and guards are knocking down some 3s.
Yao basket. He has a double double with 22-10 by the end of 3rd quarter. CNT down 3: 51-54. China has played its best game at the Olympics today.