McGrady still absent as Qingdao loses to Fujian again

 QINGDAO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Tracy McGrady, ex-NBA superstar, was still absent Friday due to injuries, as his Qingdao Doublestar lost to Fujian again a match of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league.

Qingdao was defeated by the opponent 92-95 in the first round. Zhang Shizhang, coach of Qingdao, blamed the weak defence as the reason for the second loss.

"But our players did their best. I am satisfied with their performances." Zhang said.

Chris Daniels snatched a game-high 29 points and 15 rebounds¹. Wang Zhelin, 19, got a team-high 21 points and six rebounds for Fujian and his teammate Macdonald notched² 15 points and seven rebounds.

"Macdonald didn't get many points tonight, but he made up in rebounds." Baldwin, coach of Fujian, said, "Chinese players really did a good job today."

Qingdao grabbled one-point lead in the first quarter, but the visiting team levelled the score 26-26 soon and led by 12 points when the first half ended.

Powered by Chris Daniels, an ex-NBDL player and top scorer in the 16th round, Qingdao managed to make up the deficit³ and surpassed Fujian with two points before the final quarter.

The two teams were back to draw 87-87 with four minutes remaining. The host team then got no point in two minutes and lost the game 92-104.

Asked when McGrady can play, Zhang said it depended on the doctor of the team.

McGrady, seven-time NBA all-star, got injuries in back and legs in last December and was absent in the last round against Guangdong.

1 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

2 notched   

a.有凹口的，有缺口的

参考例句：

• Torino notched up a 2-1 win at Lazio. 都灵队以2 比1 赢了拉齐奧队。
• He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game. 他在比赛开始后的五分钟里得了十分。

3 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。