After Yao Ming declared his retirement in July,Yi Jianlian took Yao's place as China's main man in basketball.It was Yi's important free throw(1)
that
that
helped China(2)d
efeat
efeat
Jordan 70-69 in the nail-biting final.
In that game,Yi(3)s
cored
cored
25 points and 16 rebounds,and blocked five shots.In fact,Yi's role as team leader started even(4)b
efore
efore
Yao's retirement when Yao could not play because of an(5)
injury
injury
(受傷) to his knee.However,Yi is(6)u
nder
nder
huge pressure now because his team do not cooperate well for (7)
lacking
lacking
(缺乏) of understanding.Yi tries hard to develop an understanding with teammates.He(8)p
asses
asses
his experience and skills on to his teammates after(9)
returning
returning
back from America every summer.He used to concentrate on(10)
himself
himself
,but now he is eager to assist his teammates.