CHENGDU, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — China delivered its greatest efficiency within the match as far as Zhang Ning scored 27 factors to assist China beat Japan 84-62 within the males’s basketball Ninth-Twelfth placings at Chengdu Universiade right here on Friday.
Besides Zhang, Chen Guohao added 22 factors and eight rebounds. Hong Xin scored 15 factors coming off the bench.
Yu Kibayashi took a team-high 15 factors for Japan, and Masahiro Waki contributed 11.
Against opponents who have been on common seven centimeters shorter, China outrebounded Japan by 9 rebounds. The drawback in rebounds didn’t have an effect on the high-paced capturing frequency of the Japanese aspect. Throughout the sport, Japan took 71 pictures, just one lower than the host.
However, measurement does matter, as guarded by a lot larger defenders, Japan solely had bleak 34% and 13% in discipline targets proportion and 3-pointer proportion respectively.
After the victory, coach Chen Lei’s squad will compete with Poland on August 6 for Ninth place. Japan will face off in opposition to Chinese Taipei within the place Eleventh-Twelfth match.
Also on Friday, Brazil beat the United States 95-82 and the Czech Republic defeated Argentina 85-68 within the semifinals. In the place Fifth-Eighth matches, Romania nosed out South Korea 66-55 and Finland bashed Lithuania 84-69.
The ultimate on August 6 will see Brazil vs the Czech Republic, and Argentina is about to play the United States within the bronze medal match on the identical day.