Chinese cagers beat Uzbekistan for 2nd straight win

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-12-05 08:53

Chinese cagers beat Uzbekistan 91-68 here on Monday for their second straight win at the Doha Asian Games men's basketball tournament.

Uzbekistan, who lost to Lebanon 106-70 on Saturday, managed to stay within 30-24 early in the second quarter, but China closed the quarter with a 14-3 run for a cushion of 44-27 at the half time.

After the two sides exchanged runs in the third quarter, China went into the fourth leading at 62-49.

Uzbekistan cut its deficit to 10 points early in the final period, only to see China score 13 straight points for an unshakable 78-55 lead with five minutes remaining.

Sun Yue scored 22 points and NBA prospect Yi Jianlian added 21 to lead the Asian champion, who will next play Chinese Taipei on Wednesday.



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