During the preliminary part of the tournament in Asian Games, all of the team are giving their very best to represent their country. But only two of the best teams of each Group have the chance to prove themselves in the next level. In Group A, South Korea, and host team Indonesia advances to the quarterfinals. South Korea has extremely playing well in their bracket and has been scoring three digits in each of their basketball matches, they are really well known of their offensive strategy and how deadly their three-pointers are.
In Group B, only two teams participated, Iran and Syria in which the two automatically qualify into quarterfinals. During their match, Iran won against Syria with 55–68. In Group C, Chinese Taipei qualified with its 3-0 record and Japan followed with only 1 loss in their Group. In Group D, Philippines and China made it to quarterfinals.
South Korea vs Philippines
South Korea has really known for their best shooting percentage. Ricardo Ratliffe working hard in the offense near the keyhole and dominating in both offensive and defensive rebounds. He may not be the best shooter but he has the will to help the team when they are in need. Good shooters like Jeon Junbeom and Kang Sangjae are always there to help up boost their scoring and never been a problem if there would be some like a racing in the scoreboard.
The Philippines, do have good shooters like Stanley Pringle, James Yap, and their NBA player support Jordan Clarkson. The team should develop their chemistry to Clarkson so they could publish a good coordination during at play. Jordan Clarkson who has already the move really needs his teammates, so they could create some openings and offensive plays throughout the game. But still since South Korea are really fast and more accurate in their shooting should be not taken lightly or the Philippines will not able to win on their encounter.
Iran vs Japan
Iran's Mashayekhi will lead his team to their offensive strikes. He can help with his perimeter shooting or even his three-point shooting. Mashayekhi who almost fouled out their last game against Syria should take note always since Japan is a tougher opponent compare to Syria.
Japan has also been recognized as one of Asia's best basketball teams. Even though they are defeated by Chinese Taipei but they have recovered when they defeated Hong Kong and Qatar. Japan needs Hashimoto's points to work on their offense but they should be very careful how to attain that since there is a huge possibility that Iran will be working on how to stop Hashimoto.
Chinese Taipei vs Syria
Chinese Taipei has been beating the teams in their group in the preliminary rounds will surely put Syria into their difficulty level. Chinese Taipei has been too good on high gap scoring against their opponent will become a headache for Syria on how they will able to put a halt on their offense.
Syria losing to Iran in their match in the preliminary round will be more worried on the next round where they will be meeting Chinese Taipei. A great challenge for their team on how they could work out on stopping Chinese Taipei
China vs Indonesia
China team has two NBA players on their side will be a huge advantage in dealing Indonesia in quarterfinals. Their match with the Philippines in the preliminary has been a great impact to them on improving their gameplay towards their counterpart.
Indonesia having difficulty on preliminary round will face furious China. Indonesia has a slight chance of winning against China but Indonesia may workout on some strategy and tactics.
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