At 11:05 a.m. Beijing time on February 26, 2022, the third round of the first stage of the men's basketball team began, the Japanese men's basketball team vs the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team. As a result, the Japanese team narrowly defeated Chinese Taipei 15-21, 18-18, 16-14, 27-18, and the aggregate score was 76-71. Chinese Taipei men's basketball player Zhou Jiayu played well, but unfortunately lost a three-pointer in the last minute and lost by 5 points.
In the first quarter of the game, the Chinese Taipei team changed its previous slump and maintained a score lead from the beginning. Naturalized player William Artino played a very big role on the inside, coupled with the hair color of Zhou Yixiang and Wei Jiahao, Japan fell behind Chinese Taipei 15-21 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Japanese team strengthened the playing style of shooting 3-pointers on the outside, and Yuta Nishida's play played a role in stabilizing the situation and avoiding the collapse of the team. At the end of the second quarter, the Chinese Taipei team played 18-18, with an aggregate score of 39-33, continuing to lead the Japanese men's basketball team.
In the third quarter, the physical fitness of the Chinese Taipei players seemed to have a problem, like the end of the crossbow, and with it, the error rate also increased significantly. At this time, the Japanese men's basketball team also seems to have physical problems, but after all, there is a gap in the strength of the two teams, and in the third quarter, the Japanese team is still behind with 16-14 and the total score of 49-53.
In the fourth quarter, the Japanese men's basketball team strengthened the attack of the inner and outer lines, and hit three consecutive points, playing a 13-5 attack wave to reverse the score. The Chinese Taipei men's basketball team saw that the situation was not good, and urgently called a suspension. After the timeout, Zhou Jiayu and Yao Cheng used fouls and three-pointers to chase the aggregate score to 69-69. At the crucial moment, Japan's naturalized player Luke Evans played well, and Yuta Nishida hit a free throw in the final moment, and there were 18 seconds left in the game, and the Japanese team led by 3 points. In the final moments, Lin Bingsheng missed a three-pointer, and in the end, the Japanese team narrowly defeated the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team by 5 points.
In the whole game, most of the Japanese men's basketball team that participated in the substitute lineup did not play well, and was almost defeated by the Chinese Taipei team, and the process of reversing the victory also made the Japanese team coach break out in a cold sweat. In other words, playing Chinese Taipei is like this, and the next round against Australia seems to be a bit of a hangover.
This game also set 2 new records. First, the Japanese men's basketball team and the Chinese Taipei team have maintained a total victory in 3 meetings; second, the Japanese men's basketball team has suffered 7 consecutive defeats in the official game, and with the victory of this game, the Japanese team has finally stopped the decline of the losing streak.