{"id":123390,"date":"2011-08-18T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123390"},"modified":"2011-08-18T12:16:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:16:58","slug":"basketball-diplomacy-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/08\/basketball-diplomacy-gone-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Opens Talks in China as U.S.-China Basketball Game Ends in Violence (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

What was supposed to be a goodwill game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Bayi Rockets in Beijing ended badly when a fight broke out between players<\/strong><\/a>. From the Washington Post:<\/p>\n

\nGeorgetown senior center Henry Sims had a chair tossed at him by an unidentified person, and freshman forward Moses Ayegba, who was wearing a brace on his sore right ankle, walked onto the court with a chair in his right hand. According to Georgetown officials, Ayegba had been struck, prompting him to grab a chair in self-defense.<\/p>\n

It was the second time both benches emptied in physical game marred by fouls. By halftime, Bayi had 11 fouls while Georgetown had 28.<\/p>\n

Immediately before the fighting began, Bayi forward-center Hu Ke was called for a foul against Georgetown\u2019s Jason Clark. The senior guard clearly took exception to the hard foul and said so to Hu, triggering an exchange of shoves.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when players from the Georgetown and Bayi benches ran onto the court, and bedlam ensued. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n