Beijing, January 25 - Comments from coach Gert Jan Van Der Linden (NED) and player Paul Toes (NED) after Netherlands beat China 58-46 in t he men bronze medal match.

Gert Jan Van Der Linden (NED) - Coach

On CHN's performance:
"China played better after going through a series of matches. They worked as a team and played their best. They did take a lot of shots, but could not get them to go in."

On their performance:
"We played against China, but also against ourselves. We missed 20 out of 24 shots in the first quarter." 


Paul Toes (NED) - Center

On China's performance:
"It was quite good as compared to last time, they sunk more shots."

On the captain's (Anton de Rooij) injury:
"He injured his finger 2 games ago and this time hurt his hand, which aggravated his injury."

On interceptions:
"We made many good interceptions, because we communicated with each other on court leading to good cooperation."

On strategic changes during the game:
"After half-time, we set up a 3-man press which helped us nail more shots."

On training plan:
"We will train more on working as a team and personally, towards improving my individual skills."

On touring Beijing:
"We went to a silk shop and visited the Great Wall. It was really cool, tomorrow at 12:00 we are going back to Netherlands."