China's basketball coach, Bob Donewald Jr, says he is making a cake for the 2012 Olympics in London and everyone still needs to wait to see if it is a delicious one.
Wang Zhizhi hugged his younger teammates, smiled and left the Istanbul stadium after his last World Championship match against Lithuania on Tuesday.
Yi Jianlian fought for every rebound and point in the paint, even though he was suffering from a sore Achilles' tendon.
China head coach Bob Donewald Jr did the same thing in Ankara on Thursday morning. Some hours later, his team dramatically advanced into the knockout round of the FIBA World Championship.
Yi Jianlian was a "warrior", head coach Bob Donewald Jr said, for playing despite sustaining an Achilles's tendon injury against Russia.
China head coach Bob Donewald Jr is confident the national team's next generation of players will be unstoppable at November's Asian Games after impressive showings in World Championship games against big teams like Greece and Russia.
Chinese coach Bob Donewald said Wednesday China's national team is moving forward despite losses at the men's basketball world championship.
China's young basketball team failed to bounce back from its loss on Tuesday night to Puerto Rico and is now on the brink of World Championship elimination after falling to Russia, 89-80, on Wednesday.
Whether head coach Bob Donewald admits it or not, the current China team is still in great need of Yao Ming in the paint.
Puerto Rico defeated China 84-76 on Tuesday, scoring their first victory at the men's basketball world championship.
China's young center Zhang Zhaoxu has had little playing time so far at the FIBA World Championship in Turkey, but he is the team's prime motivator before games.
China's national team said Saturday they regretted the narrow loss to Greece in the preliminary rounds of the 2010 FIBA World Championships in the afternoon.