Wang Zhizhi scored team-high 20 points to help China breeze past Jordan 86-58 against a sluggish start to reach the final of the Doha Asian Games men's basketball tournament in Doha yesterday.

Wang also dished out two rebounds and three blocks. NBA prospect Yi Jianlian scored 17 points and pulled down 10 rebounds while Mo Ke and Zhu Fangyu contributed 13 and 12 points respectively.

China's man-to-man defence proved a failure as they were trailing 26-21 in the first quarter.

"We are not very well in the start but finished well. I am happy we finally enter the finals," said Jonas Kazlauskas, coach of the Chinese team, "because we had some problems on the defence and Jordan had some good three pointers. It's very difficult to cover very well, so we put on zone defence."

After changing to zone defence, China gradually found their rhythm.

Within three minutes left in the third quarter, China made a 12-point run to lead the game 57-38. Mo Ke's three pointers and Zhu Fangyu's four improved their biggest margin over Jordan even to 29points.

China attempted 44 three pointers and converted 22, a 50% percent proved the key to the victory.

"Their three-point shooting is not normal," said Mario Palma, head coach of Jordan, who merely converted five three-pointers out of 21 attempts.

The fourth quarter proved a garbage time.

"But I'm only three months in Jordan and in the last three months, we never lost any game. And it's the first time we lost more than 10 points. However, there are more games coming," added Palma, "China is a very good team. They can play any team in the world."

Captain Al Khas Zaid paced Jordan with a game-high 27 points and five rebounds. Abbas Islam managed 12 points, 10 rebounds and three assists.