Russia finished with a 20-12 lead after the game first 10 minutes, five of Russia's seven field goals were assisted (Alexey Shved got 3 assists) Russia's defense was suffocating China.
Alexey Shved scored 5 points, 3 assists & Andrei Kirilenko had 4 points, 3 rebounds and a block. Yi Jianlian tried to keep China afloat with 4 points and 4 boards.
2nd Quarter
7:56 - Shved dishes the ball to Ak-47 for a basket and a foul, this duo keeps looking for each other and doing so perfectly. Russia leads 23-15
5:57 - A Timofey Mozgov dunk gives Russia their biggest lead of the game, 30-18. Russsia's cutting to the basket, running their offense for easy layups and open baskets, however, China is struggling to even get a clean look, Russia's defense is very good.
4:31 - Yi Jianlian is 2 out of 6 from the field, not exploding offensively like he did against Spain, Russia has him in check.
2:10 - This is a no contest, Russia has stolen the ball at least 3 times in a row against the Chinese, Russia's being doing alley oops, trying passes behind their backs, they couldn't be more relaxed. Andrei Kirikenko has 13 points, 6-9 FG.
End of 2nd quarter - Shved missed a three at the last second and Russia goes to the locker room with a 40-25 lead. Kirilenko lead all scorers with 15.
Russia out rebounded China by 11 (28-17) and forced them to commit 9 turnovers, just one less than all the baskets they made in the first half (10)
Impressive stat: Kirilenko, Shved and Khryapa have scored 25 points, grabbed 15 boards and dished out 7 assists. China as a team has 25 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists.
3rd Quarter
9:00 - Sun Yue got a beautiful and took layup around AK-47.
6:13 - Russia leads 49-30. Last 2 Russia baskets have been a three by Vitaly Fridzon and a pretty well executed give and go.
5:00 - China started the quarter by making their first 2 baskets, for 5 quick points, but haven't scored in at least 3 minutes.
2:07 - Sasha Kaun has scored 7 points in the quarter (Including last 2 baskets) he's getting really good position and there's nothing China can do. Kaun has 7 points, while China as a team have 9.
China got 5 quick points in the last minute of the quarter and cut the lead from 27 to 22. China finished with 15 points in the quarter, however, there were times i didn't even thought they were going to reach 10.
End of 3rd quarter: Russia 61, China 39.
4th Quarter
9:00 - Yi Anlian took his frustration out and put Timofey Mozgov on a poster. China's down 21 (63-42)
2:30 - Russia has an 18 points lead (69-51) China has actually outscored Russia this quarter 12 to 8.
1:35 - Shved dunked the ball and brings Russia up by 20 again. Biggest lead was 27
Final score: Russia 73, China 54.
China scored 12 points in the first quarter, 13, 14 & 15 in the other three. When was the last time something like that happened in a game? Really a bizarre stat line.
Andrei Kirilenko ended up with 16 points & 9 boards, 14 and 6 for Shved, 13 and 6 for Kaun and 10 points for Mozgov, Yi Jianlian had 16 points and 7 boards for China
China now falls to two losses and no wins, while Russia stays undefeated.
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