Chinese miracle? Yao snaps nowitzki 59-55 & goes into final 8

August 17th, 2008

The game was tensed, full of nervousness, especially with the 2 foreign NBA stars placed head to head.

Yao ming who plays for the Houston Rockets had to lead China into a definite and urgent win against Dallas Macericks’ Dirk Nowtizki and team mates.

Played in the final seconds, the nerves exhausting game was being watched by millions, for its importance; a win qualifies the host nation into the quarter final.

Despite the Germans come back into the game, nowitzki’s 24 points weren’t enough to stop the 3 pointer of China in the final 18 seconds.

The difference was now of 4 points and is hard to reduce despite the NBA’s German final shot from long range, hopelessly unframed. Deutschland is unfortunately knocked out, while China passes into the next level.

German coach is proud of his team’s performance, despite the elimination and wished his team could keep up with leading the game, such as it was before the break!

From the Asian point of view, it was a huge enthusiastic moment, a bit hard, but after a long series of criticism on TV and sports news, they made it through. Their qualification posted them against Greece, a much anticipated game for the hosting nation this 18th.

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