China overpower Qatar to win back Asiad basketball title

时间：2006-12-18 00:35:18

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China's Wang Zhizhi competes during their men's gold medal basketball match at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Dec.15, 2006. China took the gold medal.

China's players celebrate on the podium after receiving their gold medals during the award ceremony for the men's basketball event at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Dec.15, 2006.
 
Dec. 16 - Former NBA player Wang Zhizhi has powered China to a 59-44 win over hosts Qatar to take back the Asian Games men's basketball title it lost to South Korea in a nail-biting 2002 final.

 

Wang, a 2.14m (6ft9) center and the first-ever Asian to sign with the US National Basketball Association, hit a whopping game-high 28 points for China's sixth Asiad gold on Friday.

 

Omar Abdelkader Salem scored a team-high 16 points for Qatar, who reached their first-ever Asiad final under American coach Joey Stiebing who took them to the Asian championship bronze in 2003 and last year.

 

"I'm very happy with the way we finished the tournament. We played at a very good level of basketball in the final," said China coach Jonas Kazlauskas.

 

"We controlled the situation on the court mostly full time. We played good defence and for sure Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian made this win possible."

 

Yi, 2.16m (7ft4), a top prospect1 for the NBA draft next season, has led China's scoring with an average 16.5 points per game as they lost none of the eight matches they played.

 

Wang, who returned home this year after playing for the Dallas Mavericks2, Los Angeles Clippers and the Miami Heat over four years, pumped in 12 points in the first quarter against a smaller but spirited Qatar.

 

Ali Turki Ali's three-pointer seconds before the buzzer3 slashed4 China's lead to 20-15.

 

Another Ali shot early in the second period left China's hanging by a one-point margin5 at 20-19 to the joy of a loud drum-beating Qatari cheer squad6.

 

China, five centimeters (two inches) taller on average, could hardly outdo Qatar in rebounding7 but piled up points with better shooting precision to lead 34-25 at half-time.

 

Wang helped spread the gap to 13 points at the start of the third.

 

But power guard Daoud Mousa Daoud's two long shots from the left perimeter8 cut the deficit10 to 40-37 with three minutes to go.

 

Wang's lay-up and jump shot from behind the line pushed China to a 47-39 lead going into the final stanza11.

 

It was a 10-point game at 53-43 halfway12 through the fourth quarter and China roared on with a 6-1 run. Ali Saad Abdulrahman's fade-away jumper in the paint bounced off the rim9 to end the final.

 

"I'm really happy for my guys. They did exactly did what I told them," said Stiebing, a former University of New Oreleans coach.

 

"Wang made some tough shots. I thought we defended him but he took advantage of his height. That's the reason why he played in the NBA and that showed tonight."

 

Kazlauskas, a Lithuanian, added: "We know our problems. I think Chinese basketball will now start preparing for the Olympics in Beijing. Now is the right way for Beijing."

 

China have yet to win any Olympic or world championship medal.

 

Iran beat Jordan 84-78 in a battle of dark horses for the bronze medal play-off.

 

China lost 102-100 to South Korea in the 2002 final after a 16-year reign13. They revenged that defeat by whipping the Koreans in the quarter-finals here and remained unbeaten through the tournament.

 

Qatar, who finished ninth in 2002, earlier lost to three-time champions South Korea 87-81 in a group match.

 



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1 prospect P01zn     
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
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  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
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2 mavericks 3ac87f645e7e17c0410306b33eb282f6     
未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )； 标新立异的人，不合常规的人
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3 buzzer 2x7zGi     
n.蜂鸣器；汽笛
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  • The buzzer went off at eight o'clock.蜂鸣器在8点钟时响了。
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4 slashed 8ff3ba5a4258d9c9f9590cbbb804f2db     
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
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  • Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
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5 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘
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6 squad 4G1zq     
n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组
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  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
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7 rebounding ee4af11919b88124c68f974dae1461b4     
蹦跳运动
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n.周边，周长，周界
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n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界
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n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
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n.（诗）节，段
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adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途
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n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
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