NBA numbers, notes & quote
Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News
Friday, November 9, 2007
1.32 billion is the population of China. So there will be plenty of viewers in that nation tonight when Houston center and Chinese star Yao Ming faces his countryman, Milwaukee forward Yi Jianlian, for the first time in the NBA.
FOLLOW THE LEADER?
Yi's teammates didn't waste any time indoctrinating him into the NBA.
Before his first regular-season home game with the Bucks, Yi was told by veterans to lead the team onto the court. Yi obliged and ran onto the floor at the Bradley Center. Then he turned around and saw he was the only player out there.
"We've been kind of planning it all along," Bucks guard Charlie Bell said of the rookie hazing. "We got a kick out of that."
HE SAID IT
"I could have been the most crafty person and still couldn't do nothing against four people. . . . I could have been the best offensive player in the world, and they weren't going for it."
Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony, above, who said he was quadruple-teamed by Boston on Wednesday, when he scored 11 points and his team lost 119-93.
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