A short update on the Melbourne Tigers Preseason.
See article below and watch footage of Tigers taking on the Might Yao Ming and China
Tigers down to Chinese giant
Thursday, September 6, 2007 - 08:40 AM
Melbourne Tigers
After three strong wins on the current pre-season tour of China, the Melbourne Tigers went down to the Chinese national team in Shenzhen on Monday night, 69-56.
The Tigers’ strong defense was impressive against the Chinese, holding them to just 69 points for the game as they trailed by just six points at half time.
Tommy Greer top scored for the Tigers with 12 points and Daryl Corletto also continued on his consistent form with 10 points.
Martin Muursepp and Chris Anstey are proving a dominant force in the early stages of their playing partnership together scoring a third of the Tigers total points for the game with 10 and 9 points respectively.
“We played reasonably well, it was a positive game against a very professional team and if we had of shot the ball better we would have had a good chance of winning,” Tigers Director Seamus McPeake said.
Despite facing an uphill battle against powerhouse NBA player Yao Ming, the Tigers held their own on the boards leading 40-38.
Ming scored 12 points and had eight rebounds for the game, also strong for the Chinese was recently signed Milwaukee Bucks NBA player Yi Jianlian who had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
“Yao Ming is a monster of a man at 7’6”, but we managed to keep them to just 69 points which is good, but we didn’t shoot as well as we have been.”
“If we make those important baskets in the next game we will be very likely to take home a win,” McPeake said.
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