SHENZHEN http://www.cheapintermilanshop.com/Miranda/ , China, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to Wang Zhelin's 22 points and Zhao Rui's 27, Team Red of the Chinese men's basketball national team edged out Egypy 71-70 here on Thursday to seize their first victory at the Stankovic Continental Cup 2017.

Wang, who took only six in Wednesday's match against Croatia, opened the match with six points in-a-row and helped China to finish the first quarter leading at 16-15.

Zhao Rui made in all his four three-pointer attempts in the second quarter to score 20 points by halftime. Wang also added seven and the host outscored the Egyptian 27-17 in that period and headed into the second half with a lead of 11 points.