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Sino-Aus Challenge - Game 2

I cannot see Greenwood heading to footy. He will go pro as a baller and likely end up in Europe, and then coaching hoops in the USA when he retires.

afl interest in greenwood, his grandfather kicked a lotta goals for melbourne.
mr rabbott keen to cut back on abc and sbs coverages

I noticed a china player clapping above his head to the crowd like it was the end of the game with 2 minutes to go, so the china coach did motion to them to come off, then changed his mind.
Lemanis did tell them to stop physical stuff and play basketball at time out in the fourth

Regarding the Jervis incident at halfcourt that resulted in two and possession for China, it seemed like the ref was indicating to the Chinese coach that there were multiple techs for players coming onto the floor from the bench. So it could've simply been those canceling out in China's favour without anything being called on either Jervis or the Chinese player.

But we'll never know, because nobody on the TV side of things bothered to find out. Was any announcement made in the venue?

China has a long history of terrible behavior on the international basketball stage, especially when things on court are not going well.

Here is a sample of some of China's shameful performances in international competition...

Qmnlgb, you must be a moron! As I said before, learn the rules. You obviously don't know them. You must also have been watching a different game.

Steve,what's the so called fucken rules are you saying,the rule that I Can punch you but you cannot touch me ,the rule we win and you must lose? what hell this shit of robbers rule is.
refs must be half blind,they see the dirty actions by Chinese but ignore the worse ones taken by your boomers throughout the game.
By the way, how about the five free throw penalty, fantastic judgement, isn't it?

I loved the passion shown by both sides, I would have thought an Olympic or World Cup qualification was on the line had I not known better. Neither team backed down which was great.

Ok there were some bad decisions in the heat of the moment but that should not be surprising as both teams played with a lot of pride.

Lets not get too carried away with the "he should have", "they should have" or "they were" type comments, just enjoy the game for what it was, a "friendly" that provide a great deal of entertainment. In the end nobody was seriously hurt and at worst there may be a few bruised egos. No need to turn this into an international conspiracy.

I'm looking forward to watching the next two games as it was great watching two opponents putting it all on the line both on the court and from the sidelines.

(10/20)

The unprofessionalism shown by the Chinese players and coaching staff makes it hard for them to be accepted as legitimate contenders on the world stage. It was like watching a 'B' grade match at the local basketball club with all the bitching and dirty tactics going on.
And to the obvious Chinese supporters on this thread, learn the rules of basketball before you come on here with your childish rants. No wonder your team played like they did. Even the players themselves didn't seem to know the rules. Twice they got called for goaltending when the ball had touched the backboard. The bemused look on the players faces was priceless.

Game 2 Recap is now up on PnR:

2014 Sino-Australia Challenge: Boomers storm to a 2-0 series lead

The Australian Boomers picked up where they left off in the final periods of game 1 of the Sino-Australia Challenge Series in Perth by outmuscling China 85-64 in an at times fiery encounter in game 2. Led by Mark Worthington with 14 points in a game that saw five Boomers score in double figures, it was the late game antics that this match may be remembered for.

have you watched the game? boxing or wrestling? you fucking dirty Australian dogs! 3 shameless judges, 12 sordid players and a big herd of fucking fans, you have insulted basketball

Piss weak refs shouldn't have restarted the game until the Chinese coach had left. How many times during the match did he put his hands on an official? And who was the Chinese assistant? We were five rows Behind their bench. What an absolute peanut. The way they carried on for every call that they didn't like was a disgrace.

Yeh, stange behaviour by the chinese. The coach almost called the team to walk off and abandon the game and refused to leave the court when he was ejected. And the chinese player trying to trip Rhys Martin on that fast break. Are their any penalties given out by FIBA when behaviour like this occurs, it was pretty disgraceful on behalf of the Chinese

A couple of dubious early foul calls against China and they're over the limit with 6mins left in Q1...

Who told the refs they're the stars of the show?

Just loving the fact that we can watch on FTA TV!

I think the Boomers may steamroll the Chinese tonight and will be better for the game 1 hit-out.

2014 Sino-Australia Challenge: Boomers come from behind to steal game 1

2014 Sino-Australia Challenge: Introducing the Boomers