Iran tops group of death, beating China 77-68

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Iran tops group of death, beating China 77-68

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-30 20:00

TOKUSHIMA, Japan -- Hamed Ehadadi scored 18 points and got eight rebounds
to lead Iran to defeat defending champion China 77-68 here on Monday at
the final match of the group round of the 2007 Asia men's basketball
championship.

With the victory, Iran, who kept an unbeaten record, topped Group A,
which was called "Group of Death".

Having the bench players for the first two quarters, Iran sent its main
center Ehadadi at the start of the third and he changed the game totally.

He scored 18 points in 15 minutes and added eight rebounds, including
four each offense and defense. The Chinese players could not stop him on
the court but tried to prevent him from holding the ball.

As a result, Iran played a more fluent game than they had earlier and
rallied to the final victory with a 10-0 run in the third quarter.

Bian Qiang scored 15 points for China, Chen Chen added 13 points while
Yang Ming 11.

Iran will face Chinese Taipei on Tuesday in the quarter-final, while
China will clash with Hong Kong, China in the play-off.

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