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Hoop dreams
(Beijing Weekend)
Updated: 2007-09-04 10:31
Beijing fans of the NBA no longer need to feel disappointed that a series
of exhibition games set to take place in mainland China and Macau?this
month will be skipping Beijing. As Beijingers will now also have a chance
to get a preview of the upcoming NBA season on September 14 when Yao Ming
and the Chinese national team take on the Phoenix Suns' star guard Steve
Nash, Denver's Carmelo Anthony, and this year's number one draft pick
Greg Oden of the Portland Trailblazers, along with a team of other NBA
players to raise money for the Special Olympics, the China Hope Project
and the Chi Heng Foundation which benefits Chinese orphans with AIDS.
Meanwhile, the original series of exhibition matches will see LeBron
James and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers take on Orlando Magic in
Shanghai on October 17 and in Macau on October 20. The Cavaliers will
also play China's national team on October 18 in Macau.
The announcement was made on the heels of last week's Team USA victory in
the semifinals of the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas, where the
American team that included Carmelo Anthony, as well as NBA superstars
Kobe Bryant (who will be in Beijing this week) and Lebron James,
demolished Puerto Rico 135-91 to earn a spot in the 2008 Beijing
Olympics. The victory was also another step towards vindication for the
Americans, who have not won a gold medal in its last three major events,
the 2004 Olympics, and the 2002 and 2006 world championships.
Meanwhile a recent online poll in China posited the question of who will
pose the biggest challenge to the favored Americans come 2008. Fifty-six
percent of the respondents said that Argentina (who won the gold in 2004)
would be the American鈥檚 biggest competitor, while twenty percent
responded that Spain would pose the biggest challenge. Thirteen percent
even believed that the Chinese Men's National Basketball team would give
the US a run for its money. Wishful thinking? Perhaps, but considering
that the Chinese roster will include Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Yi
Jianlian, who by then will be very familiar with NBA play, don't be
surprised if the boys put on at least a little pressure on the dream team
in Beijing.
2007 Yao Ming and Steve Nash NBA Exhibition Charity Match
Time:? 7.30pm., Sep 14
Location: Beijing Shougang Basketball Centre
Price: RMB 500-4,800
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