On August 29, Beijing time, the men's basketball world preliminary tournament continued, the Iranian men's basketball team collapsed in the last quarter, was played by Australia a wave of 33-10 offensive frenzy, and finally lost to Australia 68-98.
In terms of statistics, Iran's Jamshidi scored 17 points, Sajad Mashayekhi 11 points, 6 boards and 5 assists, while on the Australian side, Nikkay scored 20 points and 7 boards, Anthony Waghigh scored 10 points and 7 boards, and Vasilević scored 23 points and 5 boards.
In the last match, Iran defeated Japan 79-68, and so far, Iran has achieved a record of 5 wins and 2 losses, which is equal to Kazakhstan and China, ranking fourth in the group. Australia, on the other hand, is in full swing, with a seven-game winning streak and so far they are the only team in Group F to remain unbeaten.
After the start of the first quarter, Iran took the lead in layups, followed by Australia's three-pointer in color. Halfway through the first quarter, Australia led 12-10. However, in the following minutes, Australia used three-pointers to play a small 15-5 surge, instantly widening the point difference to 27-15, leading by 12 points to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Australia continued to extend its lead, and with 6 minutes left in the second quarter, Australia already had a 17-point lead and a 37-20 lead. As Iran seized on the weakness of Australia's lax defence, narrowing the points gap a bit before the end of the first half, trailing Australia 30-41 at halftime.
Easy to fight again, Iran continued to bite the score, the third quarter played a wave of 28-24 scores, a single quarter net victory over Australia by 4 points, the first three quarters of the war, Iran narrowed the point difference to only single digits, 58-65 behind the end. In the final quarter of the game, Australia set off a wave of 9-0 attacks, and the point difference was instantly pulled to double digits. Halfway through the fourth quarter, Australia has taken a 20+ lead, and the victory and defeat of the two sides have been known.
Iran's loss to Australia was actually expected. After all, before that, the Chinese team also lost 2 games against this Australian team, and there was no chance of victory. Moreover, in the battle with Australia, Iran still has a number of main players absent, such as haddadi and others we know are not on the big list, and Kazmi did not play.