Jordan have created the upset of the FIBA Asia Championship, defeating Iran 88-84 to knock out the two-time defending champions.
Jordan was lead by Daghles with an all-around performance with 23 points, five assists, four boards and three steals in 37 minutes.
Side casts of the upset were Zaid Alkhas (14 points, 4/7 three-pointers), Rasheim Wright and Wesam Al-Sous 12 points apiece, and Zaid Abbas (10 points, 7 rebounds).
Hamed Hadadi was outstanding for Iran with 27 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and while Mahdi Kamrany (14 points), Arsalen Kazemi (13 points, 16 rebounds) and Hamed Afagh (12 points) all played well, Iran's effort simply didn’t eclipse the coordinated execution of Jordan over the 40 minutes.
Korea calmed Speedy Japan
Korea jumpstarted the 1st quarter against Japan by drilling five 3-point shots and never looked back. By end of the quarter, Korea has tallied 23 points against Japan's 11. In addition, their stingy defense turned Japan's ball over on the early minutes.
Five Koreans tallied double-digits on their onslaught over Japan. Moon (17 pts, 5/9 3-pt FG), Oh (15),Ha (14pts,8 rbs), Cho (13),and Kim (11); while, Japan only led by Kosuke Takeuchi with his double-double performance of 16 points and 13 rebounds and offensive supports from Matsui's 3/5 3pt FG and Amino's 10 points.
Korea beats Japan 86-67.
Philippines beats Chinese Taipei
The Philippines' Smart Gilas is battling against Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals round of the 2011 FIBA Asia basketball championship in Wuhan, China on Friday, September 23, 2011. Chinese Taipei took a 23-19 lead over Philippines in the 1st quarter.
Chinese Taipei keeps on stretching their lead on 6 minutes of the 2nd quarter until Coach Toroman called a time out. Whatever spell the coach casted on his players, it works. It took 9 consecutive points from Gilas to tie the game 40-40. End of 1st half Philippines leads Chinese Taipei 45-42.
Philippines started strong on the opening of the final half. Gilas stretched their lead farther on a 10-0 run which is sparked by a 3 pointer from Ranidel de Ocampo at 7:59 in the clock. Taipei trailing at end of 3rd quarter 70-57.
Better defense keeps Gilas away from persistent Taiwans. In the closing minutes of the game, Chinese Taipei gets close by 7 points. But time is ticking faster for them and Filipinos keeps on drilling their free throws.
Smart Gilas Pilipinas wins over Chinese Taipei 95-78.
Philippines will advance to the semi-finals against Jordan on Saturday.
Chinese Taipei keeps on stretching their lead on 6 minutes of the 2nd quarter until Coach Toroman called a time out. Whatever spell the coach casted on his players, it works. It took 9 consecutive points from Gilas to tie the game 40-40. End of 1st half Philippines leads Chinese Taipei 45-42.
Philippines started strong on the opening of the final half. Gilas stretched their lead farther on a 10-0 run which is sparked by a 3 pointer from Ranidel de Ocampo at 7:59 in the clock. Taipei trailing at end of 3rd quarter 70-57.
Better defense keeps Gilas away from persistent Taiwans. In the closing minutes of the game, Chinese Taipei gets close by 7 points. But time is ticking faster for them and Filipinos keeps on drilling their free throws.
Smart Gilas Pilipinas wins over Chinese Taipei 95-78.
Philippines will advance to the semi-finals against Jordan on Saturday.
China strangled Lebanon
The Chinese were threatened by the Lebanese in the 1st half. They were beaten in the boards, Lebanese with 23 total rebounds (9 offensive rebounds) against their 18 rebounds with only 2 offensive rebounds. End of 1st half China only lead by 6 points, China 28 - 22 Lebanon.
At halftime, China head coach Bob Donewald regrouped his team and addressed their first half problem. 'We weren’t as quick to the ball as we needed to be, and we gave up more offensive rebounds than we normally would. We’ve just got to do a better job', said Donewald. By 2nd half, the Chinese strangled the Lebanon with their half-court defense and then ran away with a 68-48 victory.
Liu Wei (13 points, 6/7 shooting), Yi Jianlian (12 points, 9 rebounds) and Wang Zhizhi (12 points) led the Chinese, who played with the patience.
Sam Hoskin was a standout for Lebanon with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
China will play Korea for the semi-final round.
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