China beat India 117-62. Yao played so so and the same as last game: only the first half. Here is his line of stats for the 20 minutes: Points 14; FG: 6/13 (46.2%); FT% 2/3 (66.7%); 12 rebounds; 2 block shots; 1 assists; 1 steal; 3 personal fouls and 3 turnovers. But Yao's presence is important at the defensive end. The first half score was 61 to 23, comparing with the seond half score: 56 to 39. Bateer played better than the last game and scored 11 in the second half. All 12 Chinese players were given playing minutes. Mostly bench players played the 4th quarter.
The best part about any of these games is that Yao is only playing limited minutes. This will save his legs for the Rocket season.
Yao will play sparingly till the finals. It looks like China will meet Korea at the finals. Yao will be playing the full 40 minutes, probably ... Anyone think that the few dyas late for the training camp would matter for Yao?
