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Does that mean Qatar will try to tank as well? Here's to hoping Japan will pay them back in the quarters for trying to tank games. But really, Takeuchi alone isn't enough against the four 7-footers of China.
No idea. But I don't want Japan to face China in the QF. Japan is my second team here (not half-Japanese or anything. Just rooting for them). I want Japan to reach the semis (against Gilas where Gilas will hopefully stomp them ), and I feel like Japan will not be able to do that if their QF opponent is China. I think Japan will have better chance against Korea, Qatar, Jordan or Lebanon. It's not about talent actually but I think more on the mentality of the Japanese players that they cannot beat China. That's how I see things. So I am hoping that China will not tank its game against Qatar so I can see the "possibility" of Japan being in the semis (and OQT).
FIBA Asia is slowly becoming more and more competitive like EuroBasket. Even the lower-tier teams can beat the higher-tier teams.
And also, 2015 is the year of the underdog. Just ask Venezuela.
True, when a solid team like Chinese Taipei can only place 13 or 14 out of 16 teams, you know its damm competitive (Although the groupings had a part in it). You also have underdog teams like Qatar beating Korea, Palestine beating Philippines etc makes it all the more interesting.
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