周三的比賽是目前中國隊在本屆世錦賽中表現最好的一場。在以100比83擊敗塞內加爾隊后，中國隊取得世錦賽的首場勝利。姚明表現依然穩定，全場拿下26分9個籃板和3次助攻。在經歷前3場比賽的低迷后，王治郅終于“重出江湖”，貢獻19分和9個籃板。此外，王仕鵬投中4個三分球，拿下17分，劉煒16分。目前在D組中，除美國和意大利提前出線外，剩下的兩個出線名額將在中國、波多黎各和斯洛文尼亞中產生。今天中國與斯洛文尼亞的比賽，將決定小組出線的最后兩個名額。

China's Yao Ming celebrates their win against Senegal during the first round of the world basketball championships in Sapporo, Japan August 23, 2006. [Reuters] Yao Ming scored 26 points, right at his tournament-best average, and China beat winless Senegal 100-83 on Wednesday for its first victory at the basketball world championship. Former NBA player Wang Zhizhi added 19 points and Wang Shipeng had 17, including three big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, for China (1-3). The Chinese, who close Group D play against Slovenia, kept alive their hopes of reaching the round of 16 but still needed help. Jules Aw scored 19 points for Senegal (0-4), which is all but certainly headed for a winless stay in Japan. Senegal closes its tournament against the United States on Thursday night. Houston Rockets center Yao, who came in averaging 26.7 points, had 10 in the first 5:03. But he managed only two more the rest of the first half, and Senegal led 49-45 at the break. Senegal pushed the lead to 55-47 early in the third quarter before Yao scored eight straight points to tie the game. His two free throws with 4 seconds left gave China a 71-68 advantage heading to the fourth. The game was tied at 73 before Wang Shipeng hit a 3-pointer and Wang Zhizhi followed with a bucket . Senegal was still within four midway through the period, but Wang Shipeng nailed consecutive 3-pointers as China pushed its lead to 90-80 with under 3 minutes to go and cruised from there. (Agencies)

Vocabulary:

3-pointers: 三分球 tie the game: 拉平比分 bucket: 可以指“籃球”或“球籃”，此處引申為“進球” （英語點津陳蓓編輯）