China successfully avenged their Olympic quarter-final defeat, beating Lithuania 78-72 at the Four-Nation men's basketball tournament in Harbin Wednesday.

The host team were trailed by Lithuania 37-40 after the first half. They fought back to make it 57-58 in the third quarter.

Zhang Jinsong free threw 2 of 2 in the last minute to seal with victory for China.

Zhu Fangyu scored game-high 20 points, while Li Nan and Yi Jianlian each added 12 and 11 respectively.

China have won three matches out of four in the tournament.

They will next take on New Zealand in the city on Thursday.

(CRI July 21, 2005)