Taiwan's Asian Games men's basketball team loses to Iran, suffering first defeat in group stage

Asian Games Taiwan men's basketball team. (Officially provided)

[Reporter Lu Yangxuan/Comprehensive Report] The Taiwanese team lost to Iran 69:72 in the second match of the 5-on-5 men's basketball group stage of the Asian Games in Nagoya, Ai, and suffered its first defeat in the group stage. After the two games, the four teams in Group B competed with each other, all with 1 win and 1 loss. The Taiwan team will play against Qatar in the key battle at 12:00 tomorrow, and strive to advance to the top two in the group.

Taiwan's men's basketball team took the lead in this year's Asian Games. In the preliminaries, it was grouped with three powerful West Asian teams, Iran, Jordan and Qatar. Before the game, it was regarded as the "Group of Death" by the outside world. This competition format divides 12 teams into 3 groups. The top two teams in the group will directly advance to the top 8. If they fall into third place, they will have to compete with the third place in the other two groups for the last two top 8 tickets.

In the first game, the Taiwan team defeated Jordan 83:80, led by Chen Yingjun's 16 points. Today, as long as they win, they will have a chance to advance. Today, Chen Yingjun burned himself and scored 29 points. In addition, You Aizhe also got the opportunity to play, contributing 6 points and 10 assists. Unfortunately, Gao Baikai once again committed a graduation at the end of the game. The Taiwan team failed to stop Iran's offensive. It was reversed after leading by up to 11 points, and suffered its first defeat of this tournament.

Jordan, which lost to Taiwan in the first match, defeated Qatar 76:65 in the second group match and received its first victory in the group match. The current record is 1 win and 1 loss, and the score difference is +8 points, ranking first in the group. The Taiwan team currently has a score difference of exactly 0, ranking second in the group, Iran -3 is ranked third, and Qatar -5 is at the bottom.

Compared with the chaos in Group B, Japan and South Korea in Group A both advanced to the top 8 with 2 wins and 0 losses, and will face off tomorrow to compete for the group leader.