I lost to Korea, Australia, which was blocked by the ‘outskirts’… Lee Jung -hyun 20 points eyes
It started with a thirteen. It was the only participating team to be composed of domestic players without naturalized players. Difficulties were predicted in height and struggle. The players did their best to the end, saying, “Let’s do what we can.”
The Korean men’s basketball team lost to 61-97 in Australia’s first match in Group A, the 2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup group in Saudi Arabia on the 6th.
The world’s seventh largest Australia is a strong team after winning. South Korea (53rd) tried to compensate for the ‘height’ with the outskirts and quick airborne transitions, as in the last four evaluation matches, but this time it was not good. Only nine (27%) threw 33 three -point shots. On the contrary, Australia, who had overwhelmed his opponent with defense, was equipped with an outskirts and showed 58%(15 out of 26). It was a pity that only 50%of the freedom. Australia was overwhelmed by 49-33.
The first quarter played 25-17, with Lee Hyun-joong (6 points) and Lee Jung-hyun (5 goals), and played 48-31 in the second quarter. Since then, there have been more than two digits. Following this day, Korean players didn’t shoot well. In the early third quarter, the opponent Owen Foxwell’s outskirts were 33-53 and 20 points.
Lee Jung -hyun scored 20 points against Australia, attracting attention. Lee Seung -hyun scored 9 points. Lee Hyun -joong scored 11 points (8 splattering), but two long -term three -point shots were two (12 attempts). Yeo Jun -seok also scored a score.
In Australia, all 12 people scored in Jack McBay (20 points) from the US professional basketball (NBA).
Ahn Jun -ho said at a press conference after the game, “Australia had a high wall in many ways, such as height and physical, but I tried to run it according to our plan, but I was the shortest of the participating countries, but it has cohesion in fast basketball, transition, and outskirts, but today we show only 50 ~ 60% of ours, but 100% in the next game. I will show you. ”
It is positive to check the Qatar and Lebanians that follow the Australian War. I felt the ‘height’ in the field in the field, and it was a chance to think about what to do when Lee Hyun -joong’s three -point shot was blocked. The necessity of naturalized players was also doubled. Korea should fight the second place with Qatar (8th) and Lebanon (11). Lee Jung -hyun also said, “I thought I had a good experience against Australia, a global Kang Ho, and I will prepare for the next game well.”
In the Asian Cup, 16 countries participate in the group stage, divided into four groups, divided into four teams. The first place in each group will go straight to the quarter -final tournament and the second and third place will play the quarter -finals.
By Nam Ji -eun, reporter myviollet@hani.co.kr
