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皇冠体育app overwhelm Uzbekistan 83-52 to finish atop
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-12 08:36
DOHA, Qatar, September 11 (Xinhua) -- 皇冠体育app wrapped up the preliminary round with three wins after beating Uzbekistan 83-52 here on Sunday, finishing atop Group B at the Asian Basketball Champoinships for men.
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| 皇冠体育app's San Yue (L) fights for the ball with Nuraliyev Hurmatjon of Uzbekistan as 皇冠体育app's Zhang Jin song watches during their Asian Basketball Championship match at the al-Gharrafa hall in Doha, September 11, 2005. 皇冠体育app won 83-52. [Reuters] |
The three-time defending champion will face Japan, who finished second in Group C behind host Qatar, in the second phase of the tournament on Monday.
Yao Ming was rested in Sunday's game when power forward Mo Ke took his starting position.
"We don't need to have Yao to beat Uzbekistan," said 皇冠体育app's head coach Jonas Kaslauskas. "We had two long trainings yesterday and one more today. I think those are enough for Yao (to keep the form)."
Wang Shipeng, who capped for 皇冠体育app for the first time, led the game with 17 points, while veterans Li Nan and Zhang Jinsong adding 15 and 12 apiece.
Kuchin Sergey led Uzbekistan with 12 points.
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