ManualRam wrote:1pt 4reb 2blk 2TO in 15 min vs USA.
USA's got some bullies in their frontline.
Not really the reason. I neven saw someone more desinterested into happenings on court. Before the game he kind of stood alone not chatting with teammates much, then joined shootaround making all "standers" nothing but net not far from 3pt line. Then in first minute and half of play he had two defensive rebounds and rejected big time someone (haven't noticed who) - USA won the tip off, scored and then steal immediately an it took almost a minute for China to even cross halfcourt line, hence the defensive stats acumulated. Then on offense he just slowly wandered towards american basket and just stood there (far from basket) like all he wanted was a nod that he can return to their defensive site, occasionaly halfheartly screening if the play gets near him by accident. He got subbed quickly and later in the game did something but nothing special, except another sopund rejection. Bowed towards both sidelines to audience when going to bench. I don't know what to think aboiut it, it is unlikely we would get any inside info from chinese nt but considering his numbers day before this can't be his usual showing I guess. Maybe something troubled him, maybe he was told to rest for other games, maybe he was sick, maybe it was just a lack of effort, who knows.
That being said, the other chinese center, Wu Quanxi, was clearly enjoying himself, was all smiles with his teammates since before the game, played with effort, didn't avoid contact and showed some post moves (and scored that way). They couldn't be different that night, both body language and body type wise.
When we are at it Yuan Shuai (No.6) had a pretty good game, great three point shooter, woudl have bigger impact if he could get the ball more, his guard mates were trying a bit too much by themselves sometimes. Boxed out bigger opponents on defense repeatedly. His made shots was so nothing but net, effortless, I was actually shocked when I realized he missed a three later in hte game (from boxscore he obviously missed some more meanhile, but I didn't notice and may have been observing bigs battling for position instead). Played more as an off-guard on most possesions.
Edit: Correction, I mixed the other center's name. Now, corrected.
