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BEIJING -- Back in October 2004, the Houston Rockets?-- led by Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady -- traveled to China, where they played two exhibition games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. College Jerseys Cheap . Chinese basketball fans were able to experience the excitement of an NBA game at home for the first time.Since then, China has been on the map of the NBA Global Games each year as the league aggressively caters to hundreds of millions of zealous basketball fans in the Asian economic powerhouse and the worlds most populous country.Among thousands of fans attending Wednesdays game between the Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans in Beijing was Zhai Xiaochuan, a 23-year-old basketball player from the citys home team.This is my home court where I normally play, but today I am here as a fan, he said. This is a strange feeling. By watching NBA players play, I am learning a lot.Also at the game was Zhais teammate and former NBA star Stephon Marbury, who is now without a doubt the most successful foreign player in China. Marbury drew big cheers from the crowd every time he appeared on the big screen. He was also greeted in the VIP luxury box by?NBA commissioner Adam Silver and former All-Star Gary Payton, who was watching his son play for the Rockets.The NBA has a strong presence in China, but whats next? Is there a possibility for the country to host an NBA regular-season game? Silver said no during the 2016 All-Star break in Toronto -- not even an All-Star Game.Many NBA players and teams are reluctant to travel 12 or 13 hours to Asia. When the Los Angeles Clippers played the Charlotte Hornets last year in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, L.A. head coach Doc Rivers said if given a choice he would rather keep his players at home.NBA teams have played regular-season games before in Asia. 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Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, -- Chris Archer moved closer to a potential 20-loss season, and two throws from right field were a big reason why.Archer lost his major league-high 17th game after giving up two runs, five hits and throwing 109 pitches over five innings in the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.The overall goal is to keep the team in the game and do the best you can with what you have on that day, Archer said. So I wasnt as fine as I wanted to be, but looking at the whole scheme of things, theyre No. 1 in the major leagues in every single category for a reason.The majors last 20-game loser was Detroits Mike Maroth (21) in 2003.Archer (7-17) won his first career start against the Red Sox on Sept. 19, 2012 but has dropped 10 straight decisions to them since.He did his job to give us an opportunity to win, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Wed like to see him go deeper in the ballgame, but credit the Red Sox lineup for some of that.David Ortiz extended his hitting streak to 10 games with an RBI single in the third. Ortiz scored to make it 2-0 when right fielder Steven Souza Jr. made an errant throw attempting to get Ortiz at third base after fielding Mookie Betts single.Obvioussly in hindsight I would rather not have thrown it, but I knew David Ortiz was running, Souza said. Cheap Jerseys. But it was a bad throw and it cost us a run.The Rays got an RBI double from Kevin Kiermaier in the fifth.The speedy Kiermaier was thrown out trying for a triple in the eighth by Betts from right field.Accuracy, Ive been pretty good Betts said. But hard (throws) was something I didnt know I could do. I think we were all kind of surprised there.Clay Buchholz (5-9) allowed one run, five hits, two walks and struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings for Boston. Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 23rd save.TRAINERS ROOMRays: SS Tim Beckham left after seven innings due to left hamstring tightness.ONE-RUN FAILUREThe Rays are 8-19 in one-run games, worst in the majors.We always talk about in tight ballgames, the separator is probably how to limit mistakes, Cash said. We had a couple of mistakes today that cost us.UP NEXTRed Sox RHP Rick Porcello (17-3), 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts against Tampa Bay this season, faces Rays RHP Matt Andriese (6-5) on Wednesday night. Cheap MLB Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping cheap nfl jerseysCheap Jerseys USA China Jerseys Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys For Sale Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Cheap NBA Jerseys ' ' '