Yao Ming furious over benching

Source: China Daily | 08-20-2008 11:01

China superstar Yao Ming was furious at being benched in the defeat against Greece where a win could have ensured his nation's highest-ever finish in Olympic basketball, the team's coach admitted.

Yao had 16 points and five rebounds in Monday's 91-77 loss to the Greeks, but only played 16 minutes as coach Jonas Kazlauskas chose to rest him for Wednesday's quarter-final against Lithuania.

China's Yao Ming reacts at the end of the  men's preliminary round group B basketball  match China vs. Greece at the Olympic  basketball Arena in Beijing on August 18,  2008, as part of the Beijing 2008 Olympic  Games. Greece won the match 91 to 77.