周三的比赛是目前中国队在本届世锦赛中表现最好的一场。在以100比83击败塞内加尔队后，中国队取得世锦赛的首场胜利。姚明表现依然稳定，全场拿下26分9个篮板和3次助攻。在经历前3场比赛的低迷后，王治郅终于“重出江湖”，贡献19分和9个篮板。此外，王仕鹏投中4个三分球，拿下17分，刘炜16分。目前在D组中，除美国和意大利提前出线外，剩下的两个出线名额将在中国、波多黎各和斯洛文尼亚中产生。今天中国与斯洛文尼亚的比赛，将决定小组出线的最后两个名额。

China's Yao Ming celebrates their win against Senegal during the first round of the world basketball championships in Sapporo, Japan August 23, 2006. [Reuters] Yao Ming scored 26 points, right at his tournament-best average, and China beat winless Senegal 100-83 on Wednesday for its first victory at the basketball world championship. Former NBA player Wang Zhizhi added 19 points and Wang Shipeng had 17, including three big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, for China (1-3). The Chinese, who close Group D play against Slovenia, kept alive their hopes of reaching the round of 16 but still needed help. Jules Aw scored 19 points for Senegal (0-4), which is all but certainly headed for a winless stay in Japan. Senegal closes its tournament against the United States on Thursday night. Houston Rockets center Yao, who came in averaging 26.7 points, had 10 in the first 5:03. But he managed only two more the rest of the first half, and Senegal led 49-45 at the break. Senegal pushed the lead to 55-47 early in the third quarter before Yao scored eight straight points to tie the game. His two free throws with 4 seconds left gave China a 71-68 advantage heading to the fourth. The game was tied at 73 before Wang Shipeng hit a 3-pointer and Wang Zhizhi followed with a bucket . Senegal was still within four midway through the period, but Wang Shipeng nailed consecutive 3-pointers as China pushed its lead to 90-80 with under 3 minutes to go and cruised from there. (Agencies)

Vocabulary:

3-pointers: 三分球 tie the game: 拉平比分 bucket: 可以指“篮球”或“球篮”，此处引申为“进球” （英语点津陈蓓编辑）