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QUARTERFINAL SCHEDULE (Friday)
1400 Hrs: Jordan vs Philippines
1600 Hrs: Qatar vs Iran
1900 Hrs: Chinese Taipei vs China
2100 Hrs: Korea vs Lebanon
TIANJIN (FIBA Asia Championship) - Jordan and Korea displayed such prowess pitted against much more fancied rivals that those seeking competitive basketball in the knockout rounds were left well pleased.
Jordan provided a few shocks to China, but seasoned campaigner Wang Zhizhi turned the saviour for the hosts steering them to an 89-83 win. A win that gave China the top place in Group F and Jordan their first defeat in the Championship.
Korea, bronze medalists of the 2007 edition, gave defending champions Iran a mighty scare before the latter woke up in time to post an 82-66 win.
The result put Iran on top of Group E, while handing Korea their first loss.
In other Group E action, Chinese Taipei took the fourth available quarterfinal spot with a comfortable 99-79 triumph over Japan and Philippines were rather nonchalant in beating Kuwait 85-71.
In Group F, Lebanon overpowered and ousted last edition’s semifinalists Kazakhstan 91-45 to help Qatar book the fourth place after Qatar had rolled past United Arab Emirates 91-45.
Group E
A blistering 14-0 run helped Iran race past Korea
Korea did run the floor hard in the opening quarter.
Yang Donggeun, Kim Joo Sung and Yang Heejong sank a three-pointer each as Korea led 19-18 at the end of the first quarter.
They carried the edge into the second quarter too, but Iran made their move in the last three minutes of the first half.
Hamed Afagh scored five – including a three-pointer – of his game-high 24 points to lead Iran to a 14-0 run after Iran never trailed.
Afagh fired nine points in all out of his game-high 24 points and Hamed EHadadi scored six of his 21 in the second quarter as Iran took a comfortable 44-31 lead going to the change rooms.
EHadadi also collected a game-high 16 points.
Korea were surely brow beaten by that spree and never recovered.
Yang Donggeun led Korea’s scoring with 13 points, but five of them coming in the first quarter.
Kim Joo Sung had 12 and Yang Heejong had 11, but drew a blank in the fourth quarter.
Chinese Taipei justified their wild card entry by making the quarterfinals, thus keeping Japan out of the top eight for the first time.
“It’s quite an achievement entering the last eight in this highly competitive fray,” said Taipei coach Chung Kwang-Suk.
Japan held the scoring edge in the first five minutes of the game but a 10-0 run turned the tables in Taipei’s favour.
Tseng-Wen Ting returned a game-high 20 points, 14 of them in the second half. Lee Hsueh-Lin and Chang Chih-Feng had held the Taipei campaign on course before that.
Lee Hsueh scored 15 of his game’s 16 points in the first half. And Chang Chih contributed 12 for the game, 10 of them in the first quarter.
Tien Li was consistent throughout for his 16 points.
Joji Takeuchi and Kei Igarashi shared the scoring honours for Japan with 18 points each.
With everything including their standing in Group E eight-final round confirmed even before the start of the game Philippines played against Kuwait without any pressure.
Pauliasi Taulava played his longest game of the competition and justified it with a double-double – 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Cyrus Baguio led Philippines’ scoring with 14 points.
“We have achieved better than last time’s finish of ninth. That was the first goal here. Now we want to fight and go as far as we can,” Philippines coach Joseller Guiao said of the quarterfinal clash against Jordan.
Rashed Alrabah and Mohammad Ashkanani both returned a game-high 20 each for Kuwait.
Group F
Seasoned campaigner Wang Zhizhi fired in all cylinders at the crucial junctures and spearhead Yi Jianlian played an all-round consistent game to steer hosts China past Jordan.
Wang Zhizhi, the first Chinese to play in the NBA, scored twice in the paint as China scored the first eight points of the game.
Jordan attempted a fight back in the second quarter, bringing the score close to 34-36, but Wang stepped up again. The 213-cm centre scored four points to spearhead a 9-0 run
And when Jordan closed in 74-77 in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter, Wang moved in yet again – pulling down two defensive rebounds, scoring five points as China went ahead with the win.
Wang finished with 23 points, and pulled down eight rebounds.
Yi led the game in scoring – 29 points – as well as rebounds – 18 boards.
Jordan, for sure, did not give up. Just every time they tried to stage a comeback, China had Wang protecting their cause.
Rasheim Wright was, as usual, the leading scorer for Jordan, but for the first time in the Championship in a losing cause – with 28 points.
Zaid Abbas returned a 14-point game.
Lebanon gave Kazakhstan no allowance right from the word go.
The West Asian powerhouse scored the first 10 points of the game and cruised along.
Fadi El Khatib, Mat Freije and Jackson Vroman all made merry improving their PPG average.
El Khatib returned a game-high 24 points.
Freije contributed 19 and Vroman had 17.
Alexander Tyutyunik was the highest scorer for Kazakhstan with 12 points.
Saad Ali led the scoring for Qatar with 18 points and Yaseen Ismail contributed 13 points.
Talal Alnuaimi was the highest scorer for UAE with 15 points. (fiba.com)
1400 Hrs: Jordan vs Philippines
1600 Hrs: Qatar vs Iran
1900 Hrs: Chinese Taipei vs China
2100 Hrs: Korea vs Lebanon
TIANJIN (FIBA Asia Championship) - Jordan and Korea displayed such prowess pitted against much more fancied rivals that those seeking competitive basketball in the knockout rounds were left well pleased.
Jordan provided a few shocks to China, but seasoned campaigner Wang Zhizhi turned the saviour for the hosts steering them to an 89-83 win. A win that gave China the top place in Group F and Jordan their first defeat in the Championship.
Korea, bronze medalists of the 2007 edition, gave defending champions Iran a mighty scare before the latter woke up in time to post an 82-66 win.
The result put Iran on top of Group E, while handing Korea their first loss.
In other Group E action, Chinese Taipei took the fourth available quarterfinal spot with a comfortable 99-79 triumph over Japan and Philippines were rather nonchalant in beating Kuwait 85-71.
In Group F, Lebanon overpowered and ousted last edition’s semifinalists Kazakhstan 91-45 to help Qatar book the fourth place after Qatar had rolled past United Arab Emirates 91-45.
Group E
A blistering 14-0 run helped Iran race past Korea
Korea did run the floor hard in the opening quarter.
Yang Donggeun, Kim Joo Sung and Yang Heejong sank a three-pointer each as Korea led 19-18 at the end of the first quarter.
They carried the edge into the second quarter too, but Iran made their move in the last three minutes of the first half.
Hamed Afagh scored five – including a three-pointer – of his game-high 24 points to lead Iran to a 14-0 run after Iran never trailed.
Afagh fired nine points in all out of his game-high 24 points and Hamed EHadadi scored six of his 21 in the second quarter as Iran took a comfortable 44-31 lead going to the change rooms.
EHadadi also collected a game-high 16 points.
Korea were surely brow beaten by that spree and never recovered.
Yang Donggeun led Korea’s scoring with 13 points, but five of them coming in the first quarter.
Kim Joo Sung had 12 and Yang Heejong had 11, but drew a blank in the fourth quarter.
Chinese Taipei justified their wild card entry by making the quarterfinals, thus keeping Japan out of the top eight for the first time.
“It’s quite an achievement entering the last eight in this highly competitive fray,” said Taipei coach Chung Kwang-Suk.
Japan held the scoring edge in the first five minutes of the game but a 10-0 run turned the tables in Taipei’s favour.
Tseng-Wen Ting returned a game-high 20 points, 14 of them in the second half. Lee Hsueh-Lin and Chang Chih-Feng had held the Taipei campaign on course before that.
Lee Hsueh scored 15 of his game’s 16 points in the first half. And Chang Chih contributed 12 for the game, 10 of them in the first quarter.
Tien Li was consistent throughout for his 16 points.
Joji Takeuchi and Kei Igarashi shared the scoring honours for Japan with 18 points each.
With everything including their standing in Group E eight-final round confirmed even before the start of the game Philippines played against Kuwait without any pressure.
Pauliasi Taulava played his longest game of the competition and justified it with a double-double – 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Cyrus Baguio led Philippines’ scoring with 14 points.
“We have achieved better than last time’s finish of ninth. That was the first goal here. Now we want to fight and go as far as we can,” Philippines coach Joseller Guiao said of the quarterfinal clash against Jordan.
Rashed Alrabah and Mohammad Ashkanani both returned a game-high 20 each for Kuwait.
Group F
Seasoned campaigner Wang Zhizhi fired in all cylinders at the crucial junctures and spearhead Yi Jianlian played an all-round consistent game to steer hosts China past Jordan.
Wang Zhizhi, the first Chinese to play in the NBA, scored twice in the paint as China scored the first eight points of the game.
Jordan attempted a fight back in the second quarter, bringing the score close to 34-36, but Wang stepped up again. The 213-cm centre scored four points to spearhead a 9-0 run
And when Jordan closed in 74-77 in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter, Wang moved in yet again – pulling down two defensive rebounds, scoring five points as China went ahead with the win.
Wang finished with 23 points, and pulled down eight rebounds.
Yi led the game in scoring – 29 points – as well as rebounds – 18 boards.
Jordan, for sure, did not give up. Just every time they tried to stage a comeback, China had Wang protecting their cause.
Rasheim Wright was, as usual, the leading scorer for Jordan, but for the first time in the Championship in a losing cause – with 28 points.
Zaid Abbas returned a 14-point game.
Lebanon gave Kazakhstan no allowance right from the word go.
The West Asian powerhouse scored the first 10 points of the game and cruised along.
Fadi El Khatib, Mat Freije and Jackson Vroman all made merry improving their PPG average.
El Khatib returned a game-high 24 points.
Freije contributed 19 and Vroman had 17.
Alexander Tyutyunik was the highest scorer for Kazakhstan with 12 points.
Saad Ali led the scoring for Qatar with 18 points and Yaseen Ismail contributed 13 points.
Talal Alnuaimi was the highest scorer for UAE with 15 points. (fiba.com)
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