The Chinese men's basketball team lost to African Champions Angola 66-74 in their last friendly match of their warm-up tour in Spain Tuesday morning Beijing time.

Wang Shipeng shot a team-high of 17 points and star center Yi Jianlian got a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds.

Angola made an excellent 13-0 run into the match. China managed to level the score with 3-points in the second quarter, but was unable to keep up with their opponent's pace later in the game.

China's field goal percentage of 38.78 was ten percent behind the African side.

Previously China's men's basketball team has suffered a fourth consecutive loss after they were beaten 77-66 by reigning world champions Serbia and Montenegro on Monday.

The team ended their tour through Europe with one win and six losses. This tour forms part of China's preparations for the world championships coming up in Japan in September. Star players Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi were not with the team as both were nursing their injuries.

(CRI August 1, 2006)