Birthday Yao Ming leads China victory over Japan

Birthday bo custom Inflatable Arch Yao Ming scored 16 points and 13 rebounds（篮板球） in leading China to an 86-53 victory over Japan at the Asian Men's Basketball Championships.

Yao, who turned 25 on Monday, was pitched（指派......作为投手） only for a brief time in the first and third quarters, but that was enough to claim the fourth consecutive win for China in the tournament.

Du Feng added 12 points for China, while Zhu Fangyu and Li Nan scored 11 and 10 respectively.

China will take on Lebanon in the next match, on Wednesday.

After a 6-6 start, Yao scored six points to initiate a 10-0 run for China, which was to see them lead the game until the end.

China manufacture Inflatable Advertising built up a 37-15 point lead in the first half and the gap was extended to 30 points by the end of the third quarter.