Nagoya (Japan), Sept. 12 -- China opened its Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's basketball campaign with a commanding 99-61 victory over Kazakhstan here, while Japan and South Korea both secured their second straight wins.
China seized control with a 14-0 run in the opening quarter and built a 31-12 lead. A 6-0 burst early in the second stretched the advantage to 25 points on Friday.
Kazakhstan briefly cut the deficit to 17, but China quickly responded. Liao Sanning and Cui Yongxi converted fast-break opportunities before Yu Jiahao completed a three-point play,helping China take a 58-31 lead into halftime.
China extended the lead to 79-44 by the end of the third quarter and led 86-48 midway through the fourth before comfortably closing out t...