The men s basketball team s old opponents are second in strength but miss the quarterfinals

The quarterfinals of the 2025 Men's Basketball Team Asian Cup were all released. At the same time, the biggest upset of this event also occurred - the Japanese Men's Basketball Team missed the quarterfinals because it lost to the Lebanese team by 24 points in the playoffs. You should know that before the start of this Asian Cup, the Japanese men's basketball team firmly ranked second in the list of strength, second only to Australia, surpassing New Zealand and China. As a result, the Japanese team was reversed by Iran, which was ranked seventh in the strength list, and lost to Lebanon, which was ranked fifth in the strength list in the play-offs. The situation of losing two consecutive times to Waterloo is really shocking.

After the Chinese men's basketball team was reversed by the Polish team in the Men's Basketball World Cup held in front of their homes in 2019 and missed the quarterfinals, the men's basketball team's record in recent years has been worse than that of a year, hurting the hearts of fans. At the same time, as the old opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team, the Japanese men's basketball team has relied on the NBA-level forward line, star guards who spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and using naturalized centers to make up for the shortcomings in the inside, the record has always been good in recent years. Especially in this men's basketball team's Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Japanese men's basketball team in the FIBA system for the first time in history, breaking the unbeaten golden body of 88 years, directly leading to the dismissal of coach Joel Jevic, and it is an eternal pain in the hearts of fans.

However, even such a team that seemed to be in the rising period fell so quickly. In the game against the Lebanese men's basketball team, watching Lawson come down to earth and score 24 points with a 10-of-14 sports war efficiency, the Japanese team, although naturalized center Hawkinson still worked diligently to hand over the report card of 15 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, it was still useless. Tomonaga Kiyoshi, known as "Japan Curry", made 1 of 9 sports games in the game, and there was no grain outside the three-point line. Tomokashi Yuki, known as the "realistic version of Miyagi liangda", also scored only 9 points. In this game, the Japanese team is no longer magical, and it is also a microcosm of their Asian Cup trip.

Some people may say that this Japanese men's basketball team lacks many main national players, and they are not even considered a second team in terms of their level. In fact, after leaving the NBA and returning to the B League, the so-called spiritual leader Yuta Watanabe has already experienced a cliff-like decline, with less than 8 points per game per game. The loss to the Japanese team's roster this time is purely because of lack of strength. The only stars who can be dispatched but have not participated are only B League MVP and Kawamura Yuki, who has just signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls. As for Hachimura, the Lakers' wing has long been apart with the Japanese men's basketball team and said they will not play for the national team again.

You should know that the Chinese men's basketball team is also short of major generals this time. Top players in various positions such as Zhou Qi, Yang Hansen, Zhang Zhenlin, Zhao Jiwei, and Sun Minghui are all absent for various reasons, but this does not affect the men's basketball team's victory over all obstacles and qualifies as the first in the group again after ten years. Therefore, the Japanese team suffered a Waterloo, which is essentially a regression in its own strength. After the team lost to the Iranian men's basketball team, Hachimura posted a roaring photo of himself wearing a national team jersey on his personal social media, which was obviously pointing out, which caused quite a lot of discussion off the court.

Interestingly, even though he was dissatisfied with coach Hakukins and refused to play, Hachimura Shigeru obviously did not expect the Japanese team's strength to decline so quickly. So after the team lost to Iran in an upset, he developed a sense of presence off the court and used this method to "address in the wrong". Hachimura did not expect that a greater upset was still coming - just imagine that if Hachimura defeated Lebanon in an almost shameful manner, if Hachimura chose to post a photo of himself wearing the national team's jersey at this critical moment, would the pressure put on the Japanese Basketball Association be even greater?