China scores 88 point win with wounded Yao benched
Posted on: Thursday, 15 September 2005, 00:18 CDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China romped over Saudi Arabia for a 98-10 win at the Asian Basketball Championships, even with star center Yao Ming on the bench and only its second-string team on the court, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
The hapless Saudis managed only four points in the first quarter of Wednesday's game and only two points in each of the following quarters.
With the lop-sided victory, three-time defending champions China earned a semi-final berth, where it will meet South Korea.
NBA superstar Yao, who plays for the Houston Rockets, never got off the bench, in part to allow his jaw, slashed open by an opponent's elbow in China's Tuesday 87-73 win over Lebanon, to heal.
Yao took a flying elbow to the chin early in the second half of that game, Xinhua said, and was so angry when no foul was called that he smeared blood streaming from his jaw onto the officials' table before storming into the locker room.
The 2.29-meter (7-foot-5) center ended up getting four stitches.
Source: REUTERS
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