Bad news for the Chinese men's basketball team! Japan defeated Venezuela with 15 points and won another victory Yuta Watanabe 21+8
On August 31, Beijing time, in the men's basketball World Cup qualifying match, Japan defeated Venezuela 86-77, completed a 15-point reversal, and won another victory. This is obviously bad news for the Chinese men's basketball team, which just won Angola. The Japanese men's basketball team trailed by as many as 15 points before successfully turning around in the final quarter. Yuta Watanabe had 21 points and 8 rebounds, 23 points and hit 6 three-pointers, and Yuki Kawamura had 19 points and 11 assists.
Statistics
Japan: Yuta Watanabe 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, Shin Bieshima 23 points, 6 three-point shoots and 2 steals, Yuki Kawamura 19 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, Hodkinson 6 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, Keiso Tominaga 5 points
Venezuela: Tilves 20 points and 6 rebounds, Uscat 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals, Eckel 10 points and 10 assists, Mota 12 points
The star of the field
Yuta Watanabe, Shin Hieshima and Yuki Kawamura played well and made great contributions to the reversal of the Japanese men's basketball team.
Highlight moments
Yuta Watanabe steals a violent dunk!
Tilves pulls up the bar to score a layup!
Isamuki Kawamura beats 2+1!
Tilves dunks to score!
Than Enjima Shin's final state is hot, and he hit three points in a row!
Match Review
In the first quarter, Yuta Watanabe hit a three-pointer, and Tilves also took color from the outside. Shin Hieshima also hit a three-pointer, and Uscat hooked the score. Yuta Watanabe made a steal and hit a 3-point shot. Tomiken hit a three-point shot, leaving Japan one point behind. Tilves scored five straight points, and Yuta Watanabe scored on a layup. Venezuela led Japan 19-15 in the first quarter, with Tilves scoring 12 points in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, Suarez and Uscat scored consecutive points, and Venezuela played a wave of 8-0, already leading by 12 points. Shin Bieshima hit a three-point shot to break Japan's scoring drought. Uscat scored 2+1, and Yuki Kawamura returned with 2+1. Yuta Watanabe scored on a layup, Yuki Kawamura hit 2+1 again, and Keisei Tominaga hit a three-point shot, and Japan narrowed the gap to 3 points. Hernán hit a three-pointer, Mota hit a shot, and Racecourse made it 2+1. At half-time, Venezuela led Japan 41-36. Japanese naturalized center Hawkinson did not score in the first half.
Yibian fought again, Eckel threw a shot, and Hawkinson hit two free throws, and finally opened. Yuta Watanabe hit a three-point shot, and Japan narrowed the gap to 1. Tilves scored on a layup, Mota scored on a free throw, Eckel and Kubilian hit three-pointers, Tilves scored a dunk, and Venezuela went on an 11-0 run. Watanabe Yusa took the shot, Tominaga Keisei hit a quick attack, and Japan trailed by eight points. Eckel scored another 3-pointer, and Yuta Watanabe hit a shot. After three quarters, Venezuela led Japan 62-53.
In the final quarter, Gonzalez, Mota and Eckel scored back-to-back points as Venezuela stretched the gap to 15 points. Kawamura broke through to score, and Shin Eshima hit a three-point shot, and Kawamura scored a layup, and Japan responded with a wave of 7-0. Uscat scored on a basket, Shin Uejima scored 8 points in a row, Uscat hit another basket, Hawkinson hit one of two free throws, Yuta Watanabe hit two free throws, Shin Eshima scored a layup, Yuki Kawamura and Shin Hieshima hit three points in a row, Japan overtook Venezuela and eventually won.
Both sides start
Japan: Yuki Kawamura, Shin Hieshima, Yuta Watanabe, Yuda Baba, Hogginson
Venezuela: Tilves, Leon, Clemente, Eckel, Uscate