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New Zealand beat China 90-70 at 4-nation tournament
(tvnz.co.nz)
Updated: 2005-08-10 09:31
But he lacked the support of his lustrous luminaries in absent seven-foot
trio Yao Ming, Mengke Bateer and Wang Zhi-Zhi - all of whom have experience in
the NBA.
China clearly had the Beijing Olympics in mind prior to the tour, selecting
just four players over 25 years of age in a youthful 14-man squad.
That lack of experience showed against New Zealand, a veteran team that still
boasts the majority of its Sydney Olympics squad from five years ago.
In a sometimes spiteful clash, the well-drilled Kiwis had too many weapons
for their Asian combatants.
New Zealand will look for its second win against traditional European power
Lithuania on Wednesday night, while China face Australia before the series
shifts to Sydney later this week.
In Tuesday's other match, Australia beat Lithuania 71-66 with Mark
Worthington scoring 17 points.
Tuesday's results:
Tall Blacks 90 (P Cameron 13 P Jones 13 E Book 13) bt China 70 (Li Nan 16 Du
Feng 13 Tang Zhengdong 12)
Australia 71 (Mark Worthington 17 Jason Smith 15 Glen Saville 12) bt
Lithuania 66 (Mindaugas Lukauskis 18 Giedrius Gustas 8 Martynas Andriukaitis
8).
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