David Andersen sank two free throws Saturday to give Australia a come-from-behind 76-75 victory over Jordan in its opening match at the basketball world championship. (Discuss the Australia-Jordan match in our World Championships forum) Andersen finished with 22 points and center Alex Maric led Australia with 23, while forward Zaid Abbas led Jordan with 20 [...]

Tianjin, China – The 2009 Asiabasket All-Tournament team was named yesterday amidst a little controversy over one of the selections. (edit: this was an unofficial selection from sports.cn – we apologize for the inconvenience) The team was led by Asia Championships MVP Hamed Haddadi of Iran, followed by Chinese veteran Wang Zhizhi, do-it-all Iranian swingman Samad [...]

Yi Jianlian and Hamed Haddadi came up big for their respective national teams last night, propelling each squad to an unblemished 5-0 record in the 2009 Asia Basketaball Championships. With the two NBA big men leading their teams over Jordan and Korea, China and Iran are now the remaining teams without a loss. China to [...]