LITHUANIA-UNITED STATES MENS OLYMPIC BASKETBALL BOXSCORE FROM FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LITHUANIA (83) fg ft min m-a m-a reb a pf tp Stombergas 25 4-8 2-2 1-5 3 5 11 Siskauskas 18 1-6 3-5 1-3 0 3 5 Einikis 12 1-5 0-0 1-1 0 1 2 Songaila 23 4-6 4-5 1-2 2 5 12 Jasikevicius 34 8-16 6-6 1-3 4 4 27 Marciulionis 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Timinskas 25 4-8 2-3 0-3 1 3 11 Giedraitis 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 Zukauskas 25 3-10 0-0 3-5 2 3 6 Masiulis 21 2-4 3-4 2-3 1 1 7 Maskoliunas 8 0-0 0-0 1-1 1 0 0 __________________________________________________ TOTALS 200 28-65 20-25 11-26 14 26 83 __________________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.431. FT-.800. 3-Point Goals: 7-22 .318 (Jasikevicius 5-11 Timinskas 1-2 Stombergas 1-3 Marciulionis 0-1 Siskauskas 0-4 Einikis 0-1). Turnovers: 7 (Timinskas 2 Siskauskas 1 Zukauskas 1 Maskoliunas 1 Songaila 1 Giedraitis 1). Steals: 3 (Siskauskas 2 Maskoliunas 1). Blocked shots: 2 (Jasikevicius Zukauskas 1). UNITED STATES (85) fg ft min m-a m-a reb a pf tp Garnett 28 5-11 2-4 8-14 4 3 12 Houston 16 2-5 2-2 2-2 2 1 7 Mourning 24 5-5 6-6 0-1 1 5 16 Carter 28 7-15 2-6 0-2 1 2 18 Payton 22 1-5 0-0 1-1 1 3 2 Hardaway 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 Smith 12 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 4 7 Kidd 22 1-3 3-4 4-4 1 2 6 Baker 12 2-4 0-0 3-4 0 1 4 Allen 13 3-6 2-2 0-0 0 1 9 McDyess 9 1-1 0-2 3-6 1 2 2 Abdur-Rahim 7 0-1 2-2 2-3 0 0 2 ___________________________________________________ TOTALS 200 29-61 21-30 14-37 14 24 85 ___________________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.475. FT-.511. 3-Point Goals: 6-16 .375 (Carter 2-4 Smith 1-1 Kidd 1-1 Houston 1-3 Allen 1-2 Hardaway 0-2 Payton 0-3). Turnovers: 11 (Smith 2 Kidd 2 Allen 2 McDyess 2 Houston Mourning Garnett). Steals: 6 (Garnett 2 Baker 2 Allen Payton). Blocked Shots: 3 (Mourning 1 Carter Garnett 1). __________________________________ Lithuania 36 47 - 83 United States 48 37 - 85
Gold medal match U.S.-France box score FRANCE (75) fg ft min m-a m-a reb a pf tp Rigaudeau 27 2-8 5-8 0-2 2 4 10 Foirest 16 1-4 0-0 0-1 2 2 3 Risacher 34 5-9 3-6 1-3 0 1 15 Bilba 30 1-8 1-2 1-3 1 4 3 Weis 12 0-2 1-2 1-2 0 4 1 Sonko 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Sciarra 31 5-11 7-7 2-4 4 1 19 Dioumassi 7 1-1 1-2 0-1 1 3 3 Gadou 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Julian 16 4-6 3-4 1-2 0 4 11 Palmer 21 4-8 2-2 0-2 0 4 10 ___________________________________________________ TOTALS 200 23-57 23-33 6-20 11 28 75 ___________________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.404. FT-.697. 3-Point Goals: 6-20 .300 (Sciarra 2-7 Risacher 2-4 Rigaudeau 1-7 Foirest 1-1 Bilba 0-1). Turnovers: 17 (Rigaudeau 5 Dioumassi 3 Risacher 2 Sciarra 2 Foirest 2 Palmer 1 Bilba 1 Weis 1). Steals: 5 (Rigaudeau 1 Foirest 1 Dioumassi 1 Julian 1 Palmer 1). Blocked Shots: 1 (Risacher 1). UNITED STATES (85) fg ft min m-a m-a reb a pf tp Houston 21 2-8 2-2 1-4 1 0 8 Mourning 26 3-5 3-3 2-7 1 4 9 Carter 24 4-7 3-4 2-4 2 4 13 Garnett 24 3-5 0-1 0-3 1 3 6 Payton 20 2-6 2-4 1-1 3 3 7 Smith 15 1-3 2-2 0-0 2 1 4 Kidd 15 0-0 4-4 1-7 2 4 4 Hardaway 9 0-2 2-4 0-1 0 1 2 Baker 10 3-3 5-6 1-5 1 4 11 Allen 16 4-8 2-2 0-1 0 2 13 McDyess 13 1-2 1-2 1-2 0 2 3 Abdur-Rahim 7 1-2 3-4 0-0 0 2 5 __________________________________________________ TOTALS 200 24-51 29-38 9-35 13 30 85 __________________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.471. FT-.763. 3-Point Goals: 8-18 .444. Allen 3-5 Houston 2-3 Carter 2-3 Payton 1-4 Hardaway 0-2 Smith 0-1). Turnovers: 21 (Mourning 5 Kidd 3 Hardaway 2 Garnett 2 Baker 2 McDyess 1 Houston 1 Smith 1 Allen 1 Abdur-Rahim 1 Carter 1 Payton 1). Steals: 11 (Carter 4 Payton 2 Kidd 1 Allen 1 Garnett 1 Smith 1 McDyess 1). Blocked shots: 4 (Baker 2 Mourning 1 Payton 1). __________________________________ France 32 43 - 75 United States 46 39 - 85
...it was a close game? ...the internationals are getting closer? ...the lithuanians are good, maybe we should scout there? ...stats are fun? What's the topic here?
By comparing stats of NBA vs INT'L games with what YAO & CHINA is doing against INT"L competition. Look at what KG and ZO did the european players in limited minutes and YAO's stats compare pretty well.
Or you can say that the US big men don't have huge stats because they play with so many other great players with game. Yao is the main option in China's offense.
china-lithuania SYDNEY, Sept 23,2000 (AFP) - Olympic basketball result on Saturday: Lithuania 82 China 66 (HT 53-42) Lithuania: Einikis (8), Stombergas (10), Zukauskas (4), Jasikevicius (8), Masiulis (16), Maskoliunas (5), Siskauskas (5), Songaila (19), Giedraitis (7). China: Sun (12), Guo (4), Hu (7), Liu (6), Wang (12), Yao (23), Zheng (2). Referees: Rick Degagne (CAN) and Milivoje Jovcic (YUG) Box score Lithuania PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI Gintaras Einikis 8 3-10 0-0 2-2 2 1 2 10 4 20:44 Saulius Stombergas 10 3-5 1-4 1-1 0 0 0 3 2 25:19 Eurelijus Zukauskas 4 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 4 5 4 13:42 Sarunas Jasikevicius 8 0-1 2-3 2-2 10 1 5 3 1 29:44 Tomas Masiulis 16 7-8 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 3 2 23:10 Darius Maskoliunas 5 1-1 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 14:59 Ramunas Siskauskas 5 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 30:06 Darius Songaila 19 7-10 0-0 5-6 3 3 0 6 4 22:24 Audrius Giedraitis 7 1-3 1-3 2-2 4 1 0 5 2 19:52 China PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI Jun Sun 12 2-4 2-2 2-2 1 0 1 1 1 22:38 Shiqiang Guo 4 0-3 1-5 1-2 1 2 3 4 1 35:59 Weidong Hu 7 1-3 1-4 2-3 1 0 1 0 4 19:28 Nan Li 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 1 15:59 Xiaoyong Li 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 4:01 Yudong Liu 6 3-7 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 10:16 Batere Menk 0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 3 0 8:56 Zhizhi Wang 12 4-8 0-3 4-4 1 1 3 6 4 26:13 Ming Yao 23 9-12 0-0 5-6 1 0 2 7 2 34:35 Jinsong Zhang 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 8:20 Wu Zheng 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 13:35
I don't know what the point of the post is, whether it's good or bad, but I see Darius Songalia's stats. I've seen him play at Wake Forest and I think he's going to be a player in the league. I believe he was drafted by Boston in this draft. Even though China lost to Lithuania, Ming put up some impressive numbers, 23 points off of 9 of 12 shooting, 5 of 6 from the line, and 7 boards.
