Birthday boy Yao Ming scored 16 points and 13reboundsin leading 皇冠体育app to an 86-53 victory over Japan at the Asian Men's Basketball Championships.
Yao, who turned 25 on Monday, waspitchedonly for a brief time in the first and third quarters, but that was enough to claim the fourth consecutive win for 皇冠体育app in the tournament.
After a 6-6 start, Yao scored six points to initiate a 10-0 run for 皇冠体育app, which was to see them lead the game until the end.
皇冠体育app built up a 37-15 point lead in the first half and the gap was extended to 30 points by the end of the third quarter.
Du Feng added 12 points for 皇冠体育app, while Zhu Fangyu and Li Nan scored 11 and 10 respectively.
皇冠体育app will take on Lebanon in the next match, on Wednesday.
(CRI)
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