LHASA, July 19 -- Oxygen mattered in the opening match of China's National Basketball League when players from the plain had to inhale oxygen from time to time on Saturday evening.
Players of Nanjing military team needed to be substituted every minute and were forced to inhale oxygen once they sat at the sideline during the game against the Lhasa team at the altitude of 3,658 meters. The competition time was also cut by two minutes each period to 10 minutes.
The Lhasa team finally won the match 53-32 in their NBL debut. Team Lhasa is the first ever professional basketball team from the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
The NBL is another basketball league parallel to the better known CBA league, only smaller and with a shorter history. There are nine teams in the league for the 2015 season while the CBA has 20.
PLA soldiers eat raw snake meat in harsh training
Doctors use 3D-printed skull to save girl
Yunnan-Myanmar Road: The past and present
Campus belle of Xiamen University gets popular online
Who says moms cannot be trendy and hot?
10 Chinese female stars with most beautiful faces
Stunning photos of China's fighter planes
Eight fruits that defend men's health 
Top 10 secrets of longevity
Investors worried about impact from futures
Accusations over GDP figures are frivolous
Dream jobs: wiped workers recharge with power naps
Chinese man throws birthday pool party for pet sea lion at luxury hotelDay|Week
