Basketball World Cup Japan loses 4 consecutive wins "Somehow wins" September 7 at 23:44

In the basketball World Cup held in China, Japan played New Zealand in a ranking game, losing 81 to 111, and four consecutive losses from the first round.

Japan, the world ranking 48th in the World Cup, which decides the best basketball boy in the world, lost all three games in the first round and went to the ranking.

Two match-up matches were held, and on the 7th day of the first match, we faced New Zealand, the 38th place in the world, which was the opponent of the last month's reinforcement game.

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Japan was led by New Zealand with three-point shots one after another, but Nick Fuzzycus showed the correct shot and finished the first quarter with the same score.

However, the second quarter, Japan, was missed at a stretch following a mistake in the shot and finished the first half with 39-55.

Japan lacked the accuracy of the shot in the second half, and the defender was able to widen the point difference because it could not stop the opponent's attack from a distance away from the goal, such as a three-point shot.

In Japan, Fuzzy Kas scored 31 points, but 81 vs. 111, losing to New Zealand with the most goals in this tournament, 4 losses from the first round.

Japan will be the last match of the ranking on the 9th, and will face the 28th place Montenegro in the world.

Lamas HC "I want to win one last game"

“We could n’t stop it even though we knew the opponent ’s attack style in advance,” recalled Japan ’s coach Julio Lamas head coach.

After that, he said, “The team has lost their confidence, unlike the one before the start of the tournament, but I want to finish with one win in the last game,” Montenegro on the 9th, the final game of this tournament. I showed a willingness to fight.

Watanabe “Switching and going”

NBA, Grizzlies's Yuta Watanabe said, “At the end of the first quarter, I felt I was bringing it to my pace, but I couldn't respond to the attack of the opponent who aggressively ran and attacked. I was embarrassed as a representative of Japan.

On top of that, he said, “There are many people who support me and I can't go back to Japan as it is. I always say that I have no persuasive power, but I want to switch.”