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Australia puts Yi on lockdown en route to 67-55 win

Wednesday, 30th July 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

Nanjing—Australia forced 23 turnovers, held Yao Ming (姚明) to 14 points and kept Yi Jianlian scoreless on its way to a 12-point win over China's men's basketball team Wednesday afternoon at the FIBA Diamond Ball tournament.

"We lost the game against Australia," Yao told FIBA after the loss. "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."

The team's second leading score was Li Nan (李楠), who is getting ready to play in his fourth Olympics with the team. The 31-year-old with the outside shooting touch had 11.

China lost point guard Liu Wei to an as yet unidentified injury in the first half.

Tags: FIBA Diamond Ball, Li Nan, Yao Ming, 姚明, 李楠