Yao, Yi and Team China Serviced by the Boomers
Not a good start for YaoIt was just a friendly warm-up game, but the Chinese National team got absolutely destroyed last night by Australia. Even with the entire squad on hand, China only managed to put up 55 points – 14 of which came from Yao Ming, and ZERO of which came from Yi Jianlian. That can’t make Nets fans feel too good.
The Australians won 67-55, thanks to 9 points from Andrew Bogut, 10 from David Andersen, and 11 from Chris Antsey.
“We lost the game against Australia,” Yao said to FIBA after the game.
“They are a very good side but we didn’t play well. We made many turnovers. We have a lot to improve on in a short time but we will do our best.”
China committed 23 turnovers on the game, and allowed Australia’s physical play to get into their heads. The Boomers looked like the ’80’s Pistons, wrapping up Yao when he had an open look at the basket. Two “unsportsmanlike” fouls were called on Australia over the course of the game.
A loss like this doesn’t do much to dispel the looming “soft” label pinned to both Yao’s and Yi’s chests.
Source: FIBA
July 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Frank says:
67-55 = destroyed?
July 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Ross says:
Go home team.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
shake&bake says:
Chris Antsey playing Yao pretty much even. . .Uh-Oh.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
asmaticasiatic says:
They need to add me to the squad, only 5′10″ but am quick and can penetrate, get easy buckets for the bigs and outside shooters; Just turned 30 but could probably drop 10 to 12 with 8 assists since yao is gonna be doubled all the time/ and I’m part chinese…sign me up..lol
July 30th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Imperial-Mel says:
snif, snif…is something burning cuz i think some shrimp fried rice is going to get burned…lol
July 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Celts Fan says:
It’s not really Yao’s fault (The Chairman’s a joke, we know this, moving on.) There’s only so much you can do when the guards turn the ball over all the time. I didn’t see the game, but from everything I’ve heard about the Chinese team, their bigs are solid, their guards would get lit up by half the NYC HS teams and are extremely succeptable to pressure, so my guess is Yao had half the touches he should’ve and their guards had their pockets picked time and time again…
July 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
quick wit it says:
the combined score from that game is barely more than the US score alone vs. canada…
July 30th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Blue says:
67-55=destroyed if the team that lost is china and the team that won is australia.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
daquest?on says:
china sucks
July 30th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
doc says:
We all know everybody on China team stinks except Yao.I think Yi stinks too until he proves otherwise.@shake and bake.It dont mean he played him even because he scored almost the same points.Yao would give him 50 if he had Skip bringing the ball up on that team instead of whatever scrub thats doing it now.
July 30th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
GEE...them young kids don't trouble me says:
Granted what doc said was true. I still wonder sometimes how much Yao is really into the game of basketball itself. I wonder if he has the real desire and passion of winning at all cost.
I just think between his culture and the way he was raised dude just don’t care enough to a certain degree. It’s possible he won’t ever get that tenacity to be next level great.
I like Yao and all (although I take Dwight Howard over dude right now in less than a heartbeat) he just missing that nasty I’m going to dominate you all streak.
I just wonder.
July 30th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
hahns says:
yao v dwight…
as much as i think dwight has 0 post moves and his ft shooting is terrible….you gota pick dwight over yao bc of his defense and rebounding. yaos got a very nice touch around the basket, a nice jumper, and good ft shooting…he just doenst match howard in reb/defense
July 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
shake&bake says:
@ Doc- I know what you are saying, but Yao should give Antsey a lot more than 14, regardless of who is bringing the ball up.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
doc says:
@shake He might’ve touched the ball 10 times and had 14 points for all we know.@gee Hell yeah u better take Dwight unless u wanna get fired.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Allan says:
Team USA 2012
Guards- Chris Paul
Deron Williams
Brandon Roy
Micheal Redd
Andre Iguadala
Forwards- Lebron James
Carmelo Anthony
Kevin Durant
Bigs – Dwight Howard
Greg Oden
La Marcus Aldrige
Al Jefferson
Alternates – Andrew Bynum
OJ Mayo
July 30th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
kb24! says:
I agree…the Bigs on China are solid enough to compete…but their guards are garbage. Their handles aren’t so sweet. with small hands and shit
July 31st, 2008 at 1:14 am
Borgs says:
Blue,
China are rubbish. They’ll struggle to win a single game in the Olympics. On the other hand, Australia is a realistic outside medal chance. Unless, of course, they only finish fourth in their group and play the USA in the second round.
They have an excellent frontcourt by international standards, and their starting 2G was drafted by the Rockets last year and will be competing against Childress next season in Greece. St. Mary’s Pat Mills will be the key for them though.
July 31st, 2008 at 9:06 am
jjankechu says:
@gee
>> I just think between his culture and the way he was raised dude just don’t care enough to a certain degree. It’s possible he won’t ever get that tenacity to be next level great.
That’s some lazy-ass thinking. Is there something about kwame’s “culture” and the way he was raised? kandi’s? darko’s? griffin’s (rip)?
So he’s tall, but at 7′6 he’s just not going to be explosive like that, and he’s too old to really expect any more development. But hey, Rik Smits + is still a pretty good player.
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