An Olympic warm-up match ended yesterday. The 42nd-ranked Japanese men's basketball team defeated the 7th-ranked French men's basketball team, causing a big upset.
Although FIBA's world rankings are enough, French men's basketball is a recognized strong team. The team has Gobert , Fournier , Batum main players, and NBA's main players, and Nets 's Nets are also French players.
Yesterday was France's last warm-up match, and France also attaches great importance to the participation of all the main players, because their next game is to play the United States, so there is no situation of letting go.
Gobert played for 25 minutes, scoring 11 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks; Fournier scored 16 points and 4 assists in 29 minutes; Batum played for 25 minutes and scored 10 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
But the players of the Japanese men's basketball team obviously have to perform better. Hachimura Yokohiro made 7 of 7 shots and scored 19 points and 7 rebounds, Watanabe Yuta made 6 of 6 of 13 shots and scored 18 points and 9 rebounds, and Shin Hiejima scored 15 points.
Japan led France 16 points in the half game. Although France caught up in the second half, Japan still withstood the pressure. Their naturalized inside line Edwards even left the field due to injury.
After Hachimura Hachimura's 's Matsubashi Yuta returned, the Japanese team played more orderly and confidently. Under the leadership of two active NBA players, they scored 11 offensive rebounds in the whole game, but made only 6 mistakes.
In the previous warm-up match, Japan defeated Belgium 87 to 59. that game was Hachimura Shirato put on the Japanese team again after 680 days, and scored 24 points and 6 rebounds in just 19 minutes of playing.
We are all familiar with the two NBA players in Japan. Hachimura Shirato scored the starting value in the NBA, and Yuta Watanabe also gained a firm foothold in the NBA last season, so it is not a problem to continue to stay.
Of course, the Japanese team is not only the only ones who can make a move now, but Bishima Eshima, who scored 15 points against France, has also become famous for a long time. html joined the national team in 113, and scored 23 points on Asian Games in 2014.
Another main horse court Yuta once scored 18 points on the US team, and later played in the Development League team under the Mavericks . After
Afterwards, he thought that the domestic league level in Japan was too low and he couldn't continue to improve, so he chose to play in NBL in Australia. He reached the NBL finals last season, and his performance was remarkable.
So the Japanese men's basketball team is not what people think, relying on those two big brothers alone. Others have also been improving their own standards over the years, otherwise it would be impossible to make progress so quickly if only two people rely on them. I don’t know what the next time the men’s basketball team faces Japan.
