Taiwan men's basketball team defeated Indonesian women's basketball team and lost to Iran. Both 3x3 basketball group matches were 2 wins and 1 loss to advance to the play-offs.

Xu Tangqi. (File photo, provided by the Nagoya Asian Games Preparatory Committee)

[Reporter Lu Yangxuan/Comprehensive Report] The Nagoya Asian Games 3x3 basketball event held its final group stage match today. Taiwan’s men’s basketball team defeated Indonesia and its women’s basketball team lost to Iran. Both ended the group stage with 2 wins and 1 loss. They will compete for tickets to the top 8 through the play-offs.

In this Asian Games 3x3 basketball event, the first place in the group will directly advance to the top 8. The second and third place in the group will fight for the last four places through the top 8 play-offs. The defending men's basketball team scored 1 win and 1 loss on the first day, and now faces Indonesia in the final game of Group C.

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PLG number one pick Ye Weijie got into foul trouble at the start of the game. However, Xu Tangqi stepped up and broke the net from the outside to boost team morale. Ye Weijie also contributed outside firepower after returning to the court. Zhang Junsheng, who had been bored for the whole game, scored from outside with 1 minute and 44 seconds remaining. With his hand, the team helped the team open the gap to 18:14. Although Xu Tangqi's consecutive fouls gave Indonesia a chance to chase points, but Zhang Junsheng's behind-the-back pass assisted Xu Tangqi's outside success, and the Taiwan team ended the game early at 22:17. Xu Tangqi scored a team-high 10 points on 3 of 6 shots from outside.

The Taiwan Women's Basketball Team finished in 4th place at the Hangzhou Asian Games. This year, they have to fight hard to get on the podium. This time they defeated Japan and Uzbekistan in Group B. Today, they competed with Iran, who also won 2 consecutive games, and directly advanced to the first place in the group. The team's firepower was not good in this game. , when the team was tied at 3:3, they scored 5 points in a row to widen the gap. Although they rushed to catch up with up to 9 points, unfortunately the counterattack fell short and they still lost 10:14. Chen Weihan scored 4 points, which was the highest in the team, and missed the opportunity to advance directly with 3 consecutive victories.

Taiwan 3X3 women’s basketball team. (File photo, provided by the Chinese Olympic Games)