China edge Angola 62-61 at Stankovic Cup
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-27 08:42

Asian champion China nipped African champion Angola 62-61 at the Stankovic Continental Champions Cup basketball tournament opening in Beijing on Tuesday. 

China edge Angola 62-61 as Continental Champions Cup opens. [Xinhua]

Angola erased a six-point deficit late in the fourth quarter to overtake the lead at 61-60 with 28 seconds to go, but Zhu Fangyu made both his free throws five seconds from the end to give the host the hard-fought victory.

Zhu finished with 15 points, four rebounds and three steals.

Reigning Olympic champion Argentina powered past Australia 88-57 

The South Americans, who had two Olympic gold medallists on the team, dominated from the beginning till the end. They were simply stronger, quicker and sharper.

Opening with a 11-3 burst, Argentina enlarged its advantage to 24-9 after the first quarter and improved to 46-18 at the half time.

With the Argentines dominating inside, the Australians had no choice but turning to their outside shooters. However, the Oceanian champions only made four three-pointers out of 23 attempts, compared to 10-for-18 by Argentina.

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