SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- China proved its strength in curling as both the men's and women's teams reached the finals at the eighth Asian Winter Games here on Wednesday.
The Chinese men's curling team beat Chinese Taipei 8-1, setting a clash with hosts Japan after a six-game winning streak.
Both sides failed to score in the first half, but China found the pace in the second half, and won two points in the sixth end, one in the seventh and three in the eighth.
China's Canadian coach Marcel Rocque was satisfied with the result.
"I am happy we can prepare for the final now, and we have a chance to win the gold," he said. "We pushed them hard in the second half and forced them to make mistakes. In curling, even one tiny mistake may change the total situation."
In the other semifinal, Japan edged defending champion South Korea 6-5 to reach the final. South Korea will meet Chinese Taipei for the bronze on Thursday.
The women's team, led by veteran Wang Bingyu, also reached the final after edging Japan 6-5. They will take on South Korea, who defeated Kazakhstan 15-3, in the final on Friday.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- With needing only one more victory to reach the CBA finals, Xinjiang has to wait for next match, as they lost to Liaoning 107-109 on Friday in Game 4 of the best-of-seven semifinal series.
Zhao Jiwei tipped a missed shot in the last four seconds. After a red-face argument on the timer, Xinjiang got 0.3 second, but they failed to tie the game again.
"There must be something wrong with the timer, we are the visiting team and have to accept it. It doesn't matter, and we will do our best in Sunday's match," said Li Qiuping, coach of Xinjiang.
Liaoning established a 33-25 lead in the first quarter, as Liu Zhixuan scored four three-pointers out of five.
With help from Zhou Qi's rebounds and Li Gen's three-pointers, Xinjiang narrowed the gap to five points when the first half ended.
They exchanged the lead in the third quarter. Scoring two three-pointers in the last quarter, Guo Ailun helped Liaoning get a six-point advantage with two minutes remaining.
After Yu Changdong scored two points in a quick attack, Xinjiang tied the game. The controversial game-winning shot from Zhao Jiwei extended their semifinals to Game 5.
Liu Zhixuan scored a team-high 25 points, with seven three-pointers. Lester Hudson got 23 points, and Zhao Jiwei pocketed 10 points and 10 assists.
Zhou Qi paced Xinjiang with a game-high 28 points along with 13 rebounds, Andray Blatche and Darius Adams added 36 points altogether.
In the other semifinal clash on Friday, Carlos Boozer grabbed a team-high 27 points to help Guangdong beat Shenzhen 90-81.
Guangdong also needs only one more win to advance to the finals.
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