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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin: Chinese rookie Yi Jianlian displayed an array
of offensive weapons to score a career-high 29 points Saturday in
the Milwaukee Bucks’ 103-99 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.
Yi, the sixth overall selection in the National
Basketball Association draft last June, made his first 12 shots and
finished 14-of-17 from the floor with 10 rebounds.
Yi scored 10 points in the third quarter as the
Bucks built on their 58-47 halftime lead to take a 85-71 advantage
after three quarters.
Charlotte narrowed the gap to 97-89 on Raymond
Felton’s jumper with 4:44 left in the game, but Yi promptly
answered with a jumper of his own seconds later.
Yi’s performance showed vast improvement from
his first effort against the Bobcats.
In that, his second NBA outing, Yi scored just
two points on 1-of-6 shooting in a 102-99 loss at Charlotte.
Michael Redd added 27 points and Mo Williams had
22 as the Bucks improved to 9-3 at home.
Meanwhile, Jason Richardson scored 30 and Emeka
Okafor and Felton scored 17 apiece for Charlotte, who trailed the
entire game.
-- AFP
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