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August 30 - Sept. 5, 2002

Yao Misses the Shot

By Eric Lai
Special to AsianWeek

The most impressive physical feat by a Chinese person at last Thursday night’s USA versus China exhibition basketball game occurred during the halftime show, when a smiling Chinese lady riding a 10-foot high unicycle launched six bowls perched precariously on her right leg into a perfect-10 landing on top of her head.

The least impressive physical feat at the game — a warm-up for the World Championships to be held in Indianapolis at the end of the month — was by No. 1 draft pick Yao Ming, who blew an uncontested one-handed dunk in the lane, jamming it against the back of the rim, despite standing at 7 feet 5 inches, a height so great that the 21-year-old center probably just needs to stand on his tippy-toes to slam-dunk the ball...

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