Wow! That was close!
As much as I respect China, I was hoping Jordan would win.
It would have been an awesome story.
They struggled early in the tournament, then they took out one of the top seeded teams in Iran, then they got even with a team that beat them earlier by taking down the Philippines, and they were so close!!!
Hats off to China.
***Of course, much has been said about the shady officiating. (Won't add to it now, there's a lot of that right above this post and they point an accurate picture of what transpired. This post is for another point.)
Despite that, this was an awesome FIBA ASIA Championships. There were some blowouts early on but from the quarterfinals onwards, there were some stunning classics!
In the meantime, see you all in the FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP qualifiers!
(And good luck to the teams going for the wildcard slot. Maybe Jordan can finish their story there.)