Yao Ming powerless as hosts China flop at Basketball World Cup
Venezuela’s Heissler Guillent runs with the ball past China’s Guo Ailun during the Basketball World Cup Group A game between Venezuela and China in Beijing September 4, 2019. — AFP pic
Basketball, along with football, is the most popular sport in China. But that has failed to result in a top-class team and there is no current successor to trailblazer Yao. Coach Li Nan said China never fully recovered from Monday’s crushing 79-76 overtime defeat to Poland. China, ranked 30th in the world, placed their hopes largely on the shoulders of a towering front court of three seven-footers: Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin.
Because of the format of the World Cup, China’s tournament is not over and they will now need to rally themselves to compete in a low-key classification round with Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying in play.
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