Japan looked down on Korea. 'Disgrace' at home
Japan looked down on Korea. 'Disgrace' at home
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The mercenary skills of Ahn Joon-ho, the coach of the Korean national basketball team, were still alive.
Coach Ahn had to play at the Softbank Cup in Japan with a national team comprised mainly of young players aged 24 on average. 바카라사이트
The training period was extremely short. He spent a break after the 2023-2024 season, and only convened players on June 29 to begin training.
On the other hand, Japan maintained a "real-time mode" in preparation for the Paris Olympics, including two warm-up matches against Australia, ranked fifth in the world, last month.
In the FIBA world rankings, Japan ranked 26th and Korea 50th, showing a wide gap.
Moreover, the games are held in Japan. Everyone was worried. How many points did they lose.
Under such unfavorable conditions, coach Ahn sank Japan with his experienced mercenary skills.
The national team, led by coach Ahn, won 85-84 in the first match against Japan at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on the 5th.
Active NBA players Rui Hachimura (LA Lakers) and Utah Watanabe (Mempsis) were missing, but Japan's main players, including Yuki Dogashi and Makoto Hiejima, and naturalized player Josh Hawkinson participated in the match.
Japan took the lead early in the game. Hiejima hit two 3-pointers to take an 8-0 lead.
South Korea, which failed to score for three minutes, chased Japan with a three-point shot by Byun Joon-hyung (Sangmu) and finished the first quarter 13-15 behind by two points.
In the second quarter, Lee Jung-hyun's three-point shot fired. On the other hand, Japan had a poor field-fighting success rate. Korea disrupted the Japanese defense with its dominant field-fighting rate, turning the tide and leading 46-35. Korea also overwhelmed Japan in rebounds and assists.
South Korea, which did not reduce its offense's reins in the third quarter, led by 20 points at the end of the quarter with consecutive putback points by Oh Jae-hyun (SK) and Ha Yoon-ki (kt).
Confused by the Korean team's struggle, Japan made a fierce chase in the fourth quarter. With about four minutes left, Akira Jacobs burst into two three-pointers to keep up with the score 74-80, putting pressure on Korea.
Japan, which chased by one point three minutes before the end, succeeded in turning the tables with 36 seconds left.
However, Lee Jung-hyun scored two points with 14 seconds left and tied 84-84 with 0.9 seconds left, and Ha Yoon-ki scored one of two free throws in the rebound process to secure a dramatic victory by one point.
Lee Jung-hyun was active with 27 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists, including 6 3-pointers, while Ha Yoon-ki, the main character of the winning point, helped with 15 points and 7 rebounds.
The second match between Korea and Japan will take place on July 7 at the same venue. Attention is focusing on whether Japan, which humiliated Korea after belittling the latter, will deploy Hachimura and Watanabe.