On the 18th, the Japanese national basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics played the final warm-up game before the performance against the powerful France in Saitama City, and Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe, who play in the NBA and American professional basketball, played 81-75. I won.
On the 18th, the men's basketball team, Japan, who ranked 42nd in the world ranking, played the last warm-up game before the performance with France, the 7th-ranked powerhouse in Saitama City.
In the first half of the game, Hachimura scored a shot while receiving a foul under the goal, aggressively attacking with Watanabe who is also active in the NBA, and the two of them scored half the score of the team and led to 46:30. I folded the first half.
In the second half, the defense against the two players became stricter, and in the final stage, France, where four NBA players had participated, was caught up to the tie.
However, Yudai Baba took the opponent's pass and scored a dunk shot, and other players scored more points, and Japan won 81-75.
Hachimura, who scored 19 goals to be the top of both teams following the warm-up game on the 16th, said, "I think that I was able to get in the defense well from the first half and that led to the victory. I still have practice, so I will prepare well. I want to do it and go to the actual production. "
The Japanese national basketball team will have their first match against Spain, which is ranked second in the world, on the 26th of this month.