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Bateer Won CBA All-Star Game MVP - Feb.19, 2002
(Taipei, Taiwan - February 18) Although his Ebo Watch All-Stars lost
120-122 to Jordan All-Stars in the 2002 CBA All-Star Game, Beijing
Shogang center Menk Bateer was named MVP of the game while rumors of him
joining NBA's Denver Nuggets flying around. SINA guard Jason Woodard
scored game-high 23 points for the winner.
Alex Scales, who came from Jiangsu Dragons, made two free-throws with 18
seconds remaining to ice the game. Scales had 20 points and 5 assists,
while Yao Ming had 18 points, 17 rebounds and 3 blocks. Jilin F Sun Jun
and Bayi F Liu Yu-dong had 18 and 15 points, respectively.
Bateer paced Ebo Watch All-Stars with 21 points and 8 boards. Bateer
made all three of his two-point field goal attempts and was 5-8 from
three-point range, which surprised everyone because he is a 210cm
center. Wang Shen of Beijing Aoshen scored 15 points. Gong Xiao-bin of
Shangdong had 14.
DUNK CONTEST
Alex Scales and Steven Hart (Shanghai Sharks) were named co-champion for
this year's dunk contest. Guangdong's SF Ju Fan-yu came away with
third-place finish.
THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT
Beijing Shogang veteran guard Chang Jing-dong had 18 points and won the
shootout title over two-time winner Lee Nan (Bayi), who had 16 points in
the final round. SINA's Lo Shin-liang was third with 12 points.
