




"They eight guys (including three referees) played against we five, how could we win the game, I have nothing to say now!" Team China's big man Yao Ming said.



Yao Ming (L), is blocked by Splitter of Brazil (R), during the match of the 2006 Stankovic Continental Champions Cup Sunday in China. [AP]

No one would accuse Wang Zhizhi, China's former and first NBA star of having things too easy since his return to China's national team this April from the U.S. after a five-year estrangement from the team - the seven foot-one-inch center has spent most of his time on the bench after being injured five times in just over three months of training and games.