The biggest problem of the Japanese men's basketball team was exposed, the two-time MVP was inaccurate, Watanabe tried his best, and it was difficult to win a victory

The men's basketball World Cup officially started, and on the first matchday, even if it sat at home, the Japanese men's basketball team was still difficult to stop the German men's basketball team with a neat lineup and strength. The NBA team of Schroeder, Theis and Wagner is obviously more lethal than the forward combination of Yuta Watanabe + Baba, and in the end, the German men's basketball team won by 18 points.

Perhaps from the point difference, the Japanese men's basketball team did not lose badly - after all, in the warm-up game not long ago, the all-out and unreleased Germanic chariot beat the Chinese men's basketball team by 50 points. But if you look closely at the matches between Japan and Germany, you will find that they have almost no chance of winning, and this is not only the feeling of facing the Germanic tanks, they will be at a disadvantage against most of the big European, American and African teams. The biggest problem with the Japanese men's basketball team is that it is too short and its height is completely unable to match the opponent.

In the 12-man main list for the Japanese men's basketball team, the tallest is their naturalized center player Hawkinson, who is only 2.08 meters, and when Hawkinson was suspended due to a hip injury, another naturalized center temporarily replaced by Evan Lux was only 2.03 meters. Leaving aside Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe, two NBA strikers, you will find that the star players of Japan's home leagues are basically defenders of various clubs, so their roster is basically composed of defenders.

However, these diminutive defenders can be regarded as leaders in Japan's B-League, but they are dumb against the world's top teams, after all, basketball is an inch-long long-term sport. It is said that our defenders are nest in the field, have a big temper in the CBA, and are not even good at dribbling in the international league - why not a few star guards of the Japanese team?

As Yuki Tomiken, who is known as the live-action version of Miyagi Ryota, who is only 1.65 meters tall, said: "As soon as the match started, I was suppressed by the height of my opponent. As a result, I missed some shots that had to be scored, such as open threes, and then the gap was widened. The former B-League MVP also won the Month of the Month this season. In a single month, he averaged 22.7 points and 6 assists per game, helping his club Chiba Jets achieve a brilliant record of 24 consecutive wins and set a league-best record; however, in the clash with the German men's basketball team, the small guard was lost under the opponent's defense, and the 1.85 meter Schroeder stood beside him like a giant spirit god, and finally Tomiken Yuki played 20 minutes without scoring a point, although he gave 3 assists and 2 rebounds, but also lost 3 turnovers and 2 fouls.

Yuki Tomiken's performance is like the epitome of the entire guard line of the Japanese men's basketball team. In addition to him, Yuki Kawamura, who is known as the leader of the new generation of defenders, has just won MVP and signed a new contract of 100 million yen for three years with the team, and was also lost in the game. At 1.72 meters, Yuki Kawamura was known as the first high school student that year, averaging 10.3 points per game during the World Qualifiers, shooting 53.1% from the field. With his strong performances in the club and national team, Kawamura's popularity in Japan has soared very quickly, even surpassing that of Yuta Watanabe, who has a relatively simple style of play. However, in the game against the German men's basketball team, Yuki Kawamura hit only 2 of 12 shots, contributed 7 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists and made 4 turnovers, which is not a small gap with Yuta Watanabe with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and Yuda Mababa with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. In addition, Keisei Tominaga, known as "Curry of Japan" and playing for the University of Nebraska in the NCAA Division I, is no longer magical, only throwing in a three-point and contributing 5 points.

When the proud and highly expected star guard line is collectively lost, it will not help that even Watanabe Yuta takes on part of the task of attacking with the ball, even brighter than Wagner Jr. Before the trip, Yuta Watanabe said in a high profile that he would help the Japanese men's basketball team to win at all, and tired of failure, if he could not lead the team to success this time, he would become a good man - quit the national team. At this moment, I am afraid that he has driven him into a desperate situation, how can the Japanese men's basketball team, which is divided in Group E, the death group, win a game? With the hard injury of the guard line being too short, how can Yuta Watanabe change his life against the sky?