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. 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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CINCINNATI -- The Milwaukee Brewers efficiently pushed aside the Cincinnati Reds.Milwaukee had only six hits -- two of them homers by Scooter Gennett and Domingo Santana -- and five of the six batters who walked scored and to help the Brewers win 7-0 and avoid a three-game sweep.Junior Guerra pitched six shutouts innings, Manny Pina drove in two runs and Chris Carter scored all three times he walked. Milwaukee snapped Cincinnatis five-game winning streak, a run that matched its season high.We put runners on base and hit home runs, manager Craig Counsell said. Thats the recipe for us.The shutout was the second of the series between the NL Central rivals. Cincinnati won 3-0 on Monday. The Brewers had lost four of their last five games.We walked six guys and five scored, Reds manager Bryan Price said. I think we hit more balls on the screws than they did, but they took advantage of walks.Guerra (9-3), in his third start since coming off the disabled list with right elbow inflammation, allowed just one baserunner past second base -- Jose Peraza on a one-out triple in the third inning. Guerra bounced back to strike out Tyler Holt and get Joey Votto to ground out to first baseman Chris Carter.Guerra allowed just three hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He also hit a batter.Hes putting together a pretty good season, Counsell said. Hes got a good sense of the moment and what he needs to do in certain situations.Milwaukee improved to 14-6 in Guerras starts this season.Hes very poised, Gennett added. Hes been consistent all year. He gets ahead, and hes able to execute when he gets behind. He pitches in, which is huge.Corey Knebel, Jhan Marinez and Taylor Jungmann each pitched an inning to complete Milwaukees seventh shutout, matching last seasons total.Carter and Gennett drew back-to-back walks to start the second inning and Santana singled to load the bases with nobody out against Tim Adleman (2-4). Carter and Gennett scored on Pinas bases-loaded soft single to left field.The second inning, the first three batters got to 3-2 counts, Counsell said.dddddddddddd We won three 3-2 battles.Adleman walked Carter with two outs in the third inning and had two strikes on Gennett before the second unloaded his 12th homer of the season into the first row of the right field seats.Its important to get ahead and tack on when you can, Gennett said That takes the pressure off your pitchers and gives them some breathing room.Santana broke the game open with a two-out three-run shot in eighth off Ross Ohlendorf, Santanas eighth of the season.Adleman allowed three hits and four runs with three walks and four strikeouts in five innings to slip to 0-3 over his last four starts.MOUND ARMYRHP Abel De Los Santos became in the sixth inning the franchise-record 31st pitcher used by the Reds this season. The previous record of 30 was set in 2003.NO SPARKCincinnati pitchers teamed up to hold the top three batters in Milwaukees lineup to a combined 0-for-14 with seven strikeouts and a walk.IRON MANCarter has missed just two of Milwaukees 146 games this season. He is four games shy of matching the career high of 148 he set in 2013 with Houston.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: SS Orlando Arcia and CF Keon Broxton collided in short left-center field trying to track down Perazas bloop single. LF Braun scooped up the ball and threw Peraza out trying to stretch the single into a double. Arcia and Broxton stayed in the game.Reds: 3B Eugenio Suarez was hit by a pitch in the left elbow leading off the second inning. He stayed in the game.UP NEXTBrewers: Milwaukees 11-game trip continues Thursday with the first of four against the Cubs in Chicago. RHP Jimmy Nelson (7-14) is 0-6 with a 3.59 ERA in 11 career games against Chicago.Reds: After taking Thursday off, Cincinnati opens a four-game series against Pittsburgh that includes a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. RHP Robert Stephenson (2-1) will start the opener for the Reds. ' ' '