The Italian team did not challenge Yao Ming inside. They sank 13 3-pointers. Those 39 points won the game for them.
82-65 was the final and Ming scored 26 points on 10-12 shooting I'm "told" .... trying to get confirmation though.
http://www.basketnet.it/news/?id=13305 Era la prima gara ufficiale di Yao Ming dopo essere stato la prima scelta di Houston ai draft NBA. Non male: 26 punti, 10/12 da due e 6/9 ai liberi. 26 points, 10/12 from the field, 6/9 from the line
Should be on Guangdong (canton) provincial TV sports channel. Now some net guru may be able to find it out?
yeah can someone translate the whole article please? I heard Ming actually played pretty well. But the Italian team did not try to go inside. They kept sinking 3 pointers (like 13 of them). So not much Ming could have done.
The national Italian strikes China 82-65 01-07-2002 hours 21:19 TAI YUAN - In the Bihne Sports Center, in front of 6000 spectators, Italy di Carl Recalcati strikes in the first contests of the Torneo of the Nations China 82-65: ' ours has been a character test yes - Carl Recalcati to fine contest asserts but also the demonstration that if we put in practical the things made in training, making the just choices, we succeed to win '. It was the debut of the tournee Chinese and against not only the square of house, but also against the tower Yao Ming, coccolato from all, applauded from the public, cross and delight of the Chinese square whom he has lost when he has not known to find alternatives to the game on the lungagnone of the Houston Rockets. Here to Tai Yuan the things are made the standard of approximately. Not there is pressappochismo, but the timetables can vary at the last moment: the ten minuteren approximately in order reaching the field of training in morning, in truth are reveal 35 to you, like the contest of the evening: Italy has played to the 20,30 approximately, that is to the 21,00. It was the first official contest of Yao Ming after to have been first chosen of Houston to draft the NBA. Far from negligible: 26 points, 10/12 from two and 6/9 to the free ones. From Italian part Marconato, Galanda and Cittadini, with the aid for the doublings of Tonolli, they are alternated to the guard of the Chinese center, with alternate fortunes in the first two quarters and with happening in the second part of the contest: ' we have understood as to limit it after to have old the emotion to have it of forehead-it has said Galanda to fine contest andargli under it is a suicide, therefore we have begun to dargli more space for the shooting, with guards systematic doubling '. ' For large being, it is large - it admits Alexander City that he has framed its test with two schiaccioni- but is also true that in order to strike it you must take advantage of its aims weak people: it is not fastest, even if it knows like moving, above all using the foot hinge, you must anticipate it most possible in order fargli not to receive the ball and then not to bite to its feints '. Citizens, it has made as well as dark job in this contest, in defense like in attack. The just things, therefore, about which Recalcati spoke also. And the just things have made them also Pecile and Mian, after the interval, making to recover Italy from -8 (36-28) to the +5 of the end of third time (50-55). The first one pushing Italy and riproponendo the battle of David against Golia with Yao Ming, rubandogli every ball time that tried to palleggiare with doublings arranged to us, the other with an arrogant contest, where it has marked 20 points (the maximum in National after 98 presences), marking from three and two in the more difficult moments: ' Mian is our hammer - Recalcati- explains does not have chiedergli to invent, but to put it in condition for making the things that it knows to make better. Good the companions who this evening have made it. Italy leaves well with the shooting of Santarossa, while China puts it endured on the physical plan. Moment of bending for Italy to 15' and the fear that the square can still risentire of the transfer and the jet lag one, with iYao Ming that ago beautiful and the bad time sottocanestro. After the Pecile interval it gives loads, persevera Mian, Righetti puts in crisis the Chinese with ten heavy points, while Galanda, Marconato and Cittadini put the mask to Yao Ming, and in attack to turn they are exhibited in spectacular schiaccite. Continuous Bulleri for intensity the job of Pecile, while our defense, a po' to the time is not only prevailed, but it takes the windward on the Chinese attack that is extinguished slowly. Tomorrow Italy plays with Australia, that it has struck Yugoslavia 79-68, to hours 18,30 approximately premises. China-Italy 65-82 (15-20, 36-28, 50-55) Italy. Bulleri 5 (2/3, 0/1), Galanda 11 (1/2, 3/5), Tonolli (0/1 from three), Marconato 4 (2/3), Righetti 15 (5/6, 1/6), Pecile 15 (1/1, 4/9), Santarossa 6 (0/1, 2/4), Mian 20 (2/4, 4/4), Podesta, Michelori, Citizens 4 (2/4), Rombaldoni (0/2). Trainer: Carl Recalcati. China. Shiquiang 2 (1/1, 0/1), Wei 9 (4/5), Xiaobin 8 (2/4), Cheng 2 (0/2 from three), Weidong 4 (2/2, 0/2), Ke, Nan 10 (2/3, 2/2), Fangyu, Ke 4 (2/4), Ming 26 (10/12), Te' er of, Yuyang, Feng. Trainer: Wang Fei. Spectators: 6000 Notes: Autocanestro di Yao Ming on bounce to the shooting free of Pecile. It makes it technical to Bulleri the 12', distortion to the left ankle for Podestà T2: Ita: 15/27; China: 23/31, T3: Italy: 14/30; China 2/7; TL: Italy: 8/14, China: 13/21 Partial: 5' 7-10; 10' 15-20, 15' 26-23, 20' 36-28, 25' 41-36, 30' 50-55, 35' 56-69, 40' 65-82. (Mimmo Cacciuni - Communicated Federbasket -
26 points on 10-12 shooting sounds pretty damn good to me. Too bad he didn't get any help from the other four guys on the floor.
Because most of us fans in china can't watch it. And now It's 3:40 AM in china time now. Most people here are sleeping. few people are talking about it now.
What I don't get about chinese basketball is why they don't feed their stars. If I had a guy that could hit 80% of his shots. I would give him the ball every time. 12 shot attempts is rediculous for a star. He should have taken atleast 20 shots.
i believe most of his shots r 2nd chance points, like tip-ins etc. (francis should happy coz yao doesnt have to shoot 20times a game to get to 20pts)
conclusion: Basketball is not a subject of newspaper in China. Repoters do not like work on it. Few Chinese fans are caring about Yao Ming. They The level of Chinese Basketball? It is even hard for them to figure out the final result, asking stats? no, please. Please don't argue Mao with a Chinese. It's really a hurt. This is not a problem of math. On China problem, you great smart Americans may be wrong at most of time.
Rumor: A USA spy plane launched fireworks to celebrate July 4, but by mistake, one of the spark fell into Omar's new wedding party, sent 100 happy brides to God's place, left 300 single heart-broken men waiting for the last kiss.
As the wise man once said, "Can't we all just get along?" How 'bout we check the politics at the door and discuss basketball here?
