Abudurexiti will deservingly win the Gold Medal game man of the match award. That's all for today as I, Amulya Shekhar, took great pleasure in bringing the proceedings of a topsy-turvy game fitting of a finale to you. Do hit me up on Facebook (facebook.com/chatmeupwontya) or Twitter (@amulyashekhar13).
China staged a champion-like comeback in the second half, using their perimeter prowess to get back in the game even with their bigs in foul trouble right from the 2nd quarter. Ehdadi bore the brunt of Iran's scoring load, but even the big man couldn't do much about the concerted all-round Chinese attack that overwhelmed Iran from the middle of the 2nd period.
Ehdadi is being punished by a lot of unsportsmanlike fouls through the course of this game, and Dong finally gets called for one of those. Ehdadi heads to the line to shoot 2, making 1 before the ball goes back to the inbound play.
Ehdadi fouls Wang but can't stop the shot going in. It's his first personal and Wang will shoot the and-1 free throw. He makes it with a clanger, 53-49 to China.
Zhao makes a catch-and-shoot 3 from the right wing to give China a 5-point lead! 50-45 and Iran call timeout with 7:48 left in the period! The momentum is squarely with the Chinese now.
Liu gets the shot to go in just as the game clock expires for halftime! The shot is ruled out, however, and the game is at 45-41 with a lead for Iran at halftime. Get back to us after a 15-minute break in this exciting showdown!
Abudurexiti makes his first 3-pointer of the game before Ehdadi gets the and-1 layup to go in. Score's at 44-41 to Iran, with Ehdadi shooting a free throw right now.
Zhou gets the block on Mirza at the other end, and proceeds to get fouled by him at the other end! He shoots 2 freebies and gets both to go, 40-36 lead for Iran only now.
Mirza fouls Fang with just 0.1 seconds remaining on the shot clock. Boneheaded play that puts Fang at the charity stripe, and he makes a mistake in converting the second freebie. 40-31 lead for Iran.