BTW, at this stage, Mo Ke is a much better player than Yi. Yi is clueless and useless on the court. His time probably will come in 2008. CNT missed too many 3s in the late first quarter. In one ugly period where LTV made a 13-0 run, Li, Du and Zhu launched 5-6 ugly 3s while Yao did not even touch the ball once. Yao has been facing soft double the whole game before he touches the ball. After he touches the ball, it's usually an ugly triple team.
China is playing too much zone defense. And as usual shooting too many threes - though they are hitting them.
Macijauskas, Arvydas 19 points, 2 assists, 1 board - mainly his shooting has been devastating for the Chinese. If he had a bad shooting day this would be a close game.
Well according to NBC he very well could be the next Rimas Kurtanitis... http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletebios/5028464/detail.html
He rained death upon the 88 US team from the outside when he was playing for the Soviets. He hit the shots in the semis that put us away. I think he also played on the 92 LNT that won the bronze. Anyway, I believe among Lithuania Basketball aficionados, he is a notch below Sabonis and on or around the same plane as Marcullonis.
Given how good Lithuania is, and the type of shots they are making, China is hanging around more than expected.
China has played decently. Lithuania just kills you with 3s. Can't do much about that. Yao showing alot of fire and physicality here in the 4th. Im impressed with his offensive board work. A few times though, he has passed off when he could have taken it in strong.
