About Tominaga “I’m happy to see you play as you practiced in the first national team.”
The Japan Men’s National Team collided with the Australian National Team in the first match of Window 3 on July 1, but they were shown a difference in both offense and defense and lost by a large margin of 52-98. At the start of the match, Japan fell to 13-17 due to Keisei Tominaga’s success in three consecutive points, but when he allowed consecutive goals from mistakes from here to the end of the first quarter, the offense was completely silent in the second quarter. However, a big quarter of 4-25 was made, and it was a complete defeat in which a large lead of 30 points was taken in the first half alone.
At a press conference after the match, commander Tom Hovasse said, “It was a very tough match. I was able to practice well at the training camp, but I was frustrated that I couldn’t show what I had done in the practice. It has accumulated. “
And I analyzed the reason why the team offense did not work at all, especially in the first half. “I lost a few blocks early on and lost my aggressiveness to the paint attack. After that I just hit a 3-point shot, which wasn’t what we wanted to do. So I lost the rhythm. I did. “
In this match, Japan shot 37 3-point shots against 26 2-point shots. It is a representative of the style that emphasizes 3-point shooting, but the process of hitting after firmly attacking under the goal and contracting the opponent’s defense is important. It is not the desired form to hit with an offense that is not interlocked with just turning the ball outside as it is today. Today, there are only 3 point shots hit by the opponent, and it is a natural result that the success rate is as low as 27%.
One of the few bright spots in the big defeat was Tominaga, who suddenly scored 18 points in his national team debut. The commander also praised “Tominaga is really happy to play as he practiced in his first national team.” In addition, other young players also lacked vividness in the game, but continued to show good play in practice, and it was the performance that they deserved that they appointed Kai Toews, Hirotaka Yoshii, who made their full national team debut this time. I emphasized that I was showing it.
“Yoshii was great in practice. He has a physical shooting power. The Toews is a point guard with size and physicality, he has the speed to attack the paint, and he is a good passer. It’s still growing. “
“I’m not going to make any excuses for today’s game, but we can play better,” Hovasse said. As he says, this isn’t 100% of the national team. However, no matter how good the practice is, it is meaningless unless it can be demonstrated in actual battles. In the match against Chinese Taipei the day after tomorrow, I hope that the members who made use of today’s lessons will fully demonstrate what they have done in practice and show their true strength to the fans.