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Tactics against Japan are up.

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Australia vs. Nippon 89 - 64 (21092)
Australia went into this match seeking revenge for it's last defeat in the Asia Championships two seasons ago where they went down to Japan 91-99 (18624). The game itself wasn't exactly pleasing on the eyes for the audience as both teams played very defensive orientated styles. Early on both sides were trading baskets but Australia having second ideas and looking for revenge went to step on the accelerator and never looked back as they controlled the entire match.

Furusawa (9632079) played well for Japan scoring 17 points with 7 boards but Japan's lack of offensive options made it difficult for themselves to challenge Australia. On the other hand, Australia relied heavily on its front court with Lakhin (13435558) playing one of his best national games with 21 points, 10 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks. His fellow front court team mate Huaizheng (9469661) who drew a lot of fouls scored 15 points and controlled the boards with 16. They weren't alone with Cunming (9471882) coming off the bench providing good minutes scoring 9 points and 10 boards in 16 minutes. However defence was the key ingredient to success in this match, Australia's defence was led by its back court tandem Walker (14845673) and Bogan (13436463) who both had the upper hand of their direct opponents.

This match keeps Australia at top spot and on Monday evening will face off against Iran to battle to finish for top of pool C.

Last edited by Whitebeard at 10/13/2012 2:13:02 AM

Tactics against Iran are up.

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Good balanced attack and a good win to boot.

yeah nice win boys

Yup, it was a good win. That win puts us probably into the weaker of the two groups. But got a few tough games early on.

A couple more guys just went up on sale. Refer to this message (227453.15).

It's the week to grab a NT player! Mansfield is gone for good. Merchandise for domestic national players is about 15-25% of their player salary if they play a national match so it's worth buying one if you want to have a national player or just to get an edge over others in your league.

Last edited by Whitebeard at 10/17/2012 8:36:09 PM

If I bought Mansfield and accidentally put him on bad gameshape every week. Then that means Wazza would over take him on the "most NT games played" list.

Intriguing.

Be my guest :p

bastard
damn u russian!

Iran vs. Australia 99 - 112 (21095)
A clash of the two unbeaten teams in their final Pool C match. Both teams having already qualified to the next stage, this match was left to decide who would take the honours to finish on top. Australia took an early control of the match and held a comfortable 57-43 lead over Iran at the main break. But Iran fought back strongly led by Kavousi (7652290) and Vahedi (13636611) in the third and finally went in front with 11 minutes left to play. With the game on the line, working as a team collectively Australia was able to break away as Iran struggled defensively giving up 32 points to 17 in the final 11 minutes of play.

Kavousi as mentioned earlier stood out with an impressive 15-20 FG, dominating with a total of 33 points and 16 boards. Vahedi helped out playing a fantastic all round role at small forward with 18 points, 6 boards and 7 dishes. Iran's shooting guard Esfahani (13798136) also played well contributing 11 points and 7 assists. However he could not stop his direct opponent who was on fire all night. Bogan (13436463) scored 20 points while only missing one field goal attempt and also had 3 assists. While Huaizheng (9469661) played a solid game in the front court with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. All in all, Australia played a very good team game with very few standouts.

This final match of Pool C puts Australia on top. It was enough to grab the third overall seed behind China and Taiwan who had superior point differences. As a result, Australia find themselves in Pool D and will face their trans tasman rivals the Kiwis on Monday.