Iran's Petrochimi really put up a good work on dealing China's Liaoning Flying Leopards on their third game. Iran really keeps the lead throughout the entire game due to their dominant offensive performance in two-point and three-point area. Their advantage of ball possession in the form of rebounds, as well as several assists, really helps Iran. Iran really makes sure to win the game to secure their slot on semi-finals wherein they have not fully rotated their players and some of their bench players were not able to get inside the court.
Farid Aslani Haji Abadi of Iran has really given some impressive performance in their game where he excellently contributes good percentage scoring on his field goal shooting. Aside from that his six three-point shots really change the flow of the game and gives more morale to Iran to put more into the game. With dedication and effort exerted by Iranians, they won against the Chinese Team with a total score of 108 - 69.
Iran now advances to semi-finals and will be waiting for Group B's second-best team. Iran really put an impressive score in every match and looking into their performance they have the biggest chance to win the tournament.
On the other side of the Group, Japan's Alvark Tokyo staying strong in their group and completely defeated Thailand's Mono Vampire Basketball Club in a very close match. Japan has been leading the game but Thailand always on the rush to keep up with their score. Michael Anthony of Thailand really do the work for the team and grabbed 44 points, 13 rebounds, and 2 steals, making him the very versatile player in the game.
Thailand is really good in the paint area but Japan does have really great shooters that give them the advantage in throwing some good three-point shots. That is the qualities that Japan really needs when it is on a crucial game. Their excellent accuracy is the very best tool that Japan has been performing in every match. With their consecutive wins, Japan how advances to semi-finals.
Aside from Japan and Iran, Korea made it to semi-finals. Only one more remaining team to be selected for semi-finals. It would be crucial for Thailand, Lebanon, and the Philippines to have the vacant slot for semi-finals. The final group phase match between Lebanon and the Philippines will decide who will make it there.
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