Wheelchair Basketball Men loses to Australia in the international tournament on August 30 at 20:37
The wheelchair basketball men's international tournament, which strengthened the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year, is now on its second day, and Japan lost 60 to 77 against Australia, the strongest nation.
This international tournament was held as part of the strengthening of Japan, and in addition to Australia, which won a bronze medal at last year's world championship, Iran and Korea participated.
Japan, ranked 9th in last year's world championship, played against Australia on the 30th day of the second day of the tournament.
Japan is aiming for a “tempo-basketball” that quickly turns into an attack from strict defense, and on the 30th, there were also scenes where it was possible to connect from Australia with a pass cut to haste.
However, on the 30th, he lost 60-77 due to lack of decisive power.
In Japan, the success rate of shots, excluding free throws, was only 37% in this match, nearly 10% lower than Australia's success rate of 46.5%.
In Japan, Hiroaki Kasai scored 21 points, the highest number of teams, followed by 11 points scored by Rio Fujimoto, and two of the pillars of the attack scored more than half of the overall team score. One of the points of strengthening is the improvement of scoring ability other than the two expected to be.
Japan will play against Iran, who finished 4th in the World Championship on the 31st.
"If you don't make a good shot, you can't win"
The Japanese coach Kohei Oikawa, head coach, said, “The opponent's defensive pressure was strong, but he couldn't win if he did n’t make a good shot. I wanted to do it. "
According to the team's oldest and pillar of attack, Rio Fujimoto, “There was a part of Japanese basketball that could quickly switch from defense to attack, but there was a tie and a mistake in the shot, so I lost my rhythm. I think I was able to protect it well and I didn't make it easy to shoot, but Australia was very decisive. "