China's basketball warm-up against Olympic opponent Angola

Tuesday, 29th July 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

China's men's basketball team plays Angola tonight in the FIBA Diamond Ball tournament at 7:30 p.m., Beijing time. China lost to Angola, 72-71, when the teams played in Hangzhou just over a week ago. They will face each other again in the Olympics on August 14 at 2:30 p.m. China will play three games in the Diamond Ball tournament. In addition to the Angola game, they play Australia on Wednesday July 30; their opponent and game time on Friday, August 1, will be determined by results from earlier in the week.

The game, being played in Nanjing, will be broadcast in China on CCTV-5. There is also a women's FIBA Diamond Ball tournament coming up in Haining, China. China will play Mali on August 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Australia on August 3 at 7:30 p.m. The team will also play August 5, time and opponent to be determined by the results of the earlier games.

More on the FIBA tournament and China's Olympic basketball draw coming soon.

Tags: Angola, basketball, FIBA, FIBA Diamond Ball, Olympics

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