"I feel very bad," said the 2.26 meter Yao, who was fouled out with more than four mintues to go in the preliminary pool A match to finish with 12 points and eight rebounds for China.

    "I am really upset. I got hurt almost every time playing for the national team," he said, adding that "I cannot figure out the reason why (we played badly). Were they (teammates) nervous? or they would not take responsibilities? I just did what I could do."