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Argentina trounce China 86-66
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-31 15:09
Olympic champion Argentina kept alive its hope of winning the title of the
Stankovic Continental Champions Cup basketball tournament after beating China
86-66 on Saturday.
Liu Wei of China
attempts a pass in a Stankovic Continental Champions Cup in Beijing July
30, 2005. [newsphoto] | Argentina and Lithuania have both collected three wins against one loss at
the six-team round-robin tournament. In the last rounds lated for Sunday,
Argentina will play Puerto Rico while Lithuania face Angola.
Coming off a 83-77 defeat to Lithuania on Friday, Argentina started strongly
against the host and Asian champion. Paolo Quinteros made four three-pointer in
the first quarter to lift the South Americans up to a 29-16 lead.
The Chinese managed to pull within 35-27 in the second quarter, but that's
the closest they could get. Going into the second half with a cushion of 47-35,
Argentina improved to 65-43 amid the third quarter and never looked back.
China, who fell to a 2-2 record, will play Australia on Sunday.
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