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With the Chinese media gushing over the success of the Olympics, the latest issue of Southern Window - a highbrow news magazine with a circulation of 500,000 - caught my eye. The cover illustration features a couple of law textbooks and a teacher with a wooden pointer giving instruction to a businessman and a government official. The coverline: "Rule of Law Starts With Limitation of Power." Sounds boring? In China, it's almost revolutionary...
...even better after halftime. With eight minutes left in the game, Spain's Rudy Fernandez, who will play for the Portland Trail Blazers this season, sank his fourth three pointer - he finished with five - to cut the American lead to just two, 91-89. The place went berserk. China's fans love Team U.S.A. but they adore a close game even more. Time out, U.S. Could Spain really pull off a shocker...
...Lakers. "They did what they were supposed to do." Namely, feed Bryant the ball. But unlike past years, Kobe didn't hog it every time. On the next four trips, Bryant made one of those wild shots in the lane that only he can hit, assisted on a three pointer, dropped a slick pass to Dwight Howard for an easy dunk, and a drained a trey of his own. The U.S. got the lead back up to nine...
...Argentina actually pulled within six, when Anthony launched a desperation three pointer ahead of the halftime buzzer. Juan Pedro Llanas Gutierrez blocked it, and it looked as if we had a game here. But wait, a whistle? The ref wanted to pull the tweeter out now and kill Argentina's momentum? It was a terrible call, and it meant three shots for 'Melo. He sank them all, giving the U.S. that tiny bit of comfort it carried into the third quarter. Game over...
...Utah Jazz's Deron Williams nailed a three pointer at the buzzer to end the first half with the score at 55-43 and give the U.S. some much needed breathing room. Team USA had led by just one at the end of the first quarter, and the quick silver Australian point guard Patrick Mills - "an NBA player for sure," said the admiring U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski afterwards - was giving them cause for concern, and ended up with 20 points...