Name: Japan's EPIC Comeback | FIBA Basketball
Uploaded: 2025-11-20T06:09:04.000Z
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Making their way here to Okanawa for some great basketball.

Past simple

Maybe really Japan really needed to think about pushing the tempo, get it up and down.

Future simple

Three pass intended for Colonel Air is taken away.

Soho driving, dishing it back to Pulmanariz.

And two more for Venezuela doing this while they try to get some rest.

But Josh Hawkinson, he's had a tough night.

Hiyajima coming off the curl and he gets them double.

17 points and the bulk of them coming here in the last when Japan have needed him the most.

The threat to Colonel that one is a 1s to Soho.

Kawamura driving left, dishes to Hawkinson through the cut.

The pressure that he's been having to deal with in this one.

Couple of points of four and Hawkinson does his job, gets it back to him.

It was happening here in the fourth quarter.

Watanabe now driving as the energy tracker.

Played the bulk of the game, got a little bit of rest in that second and that's it.

Played the entire first quarter and the third and I suspect he's going to see this one out with 2 minutes 16 seconds remaining.

Somehow Hijima picks it up, gets in the corner open look.

Goes back to Kawamura and says same again.

I haven't been able to buy a basket for the first three quarters but here in the last, they're on fire.

Venezuela sleeping on d. Just a 31 to 15 last quarter so far.

The is the man of the moment supported by scoring for Japan.

So at the end if they lose it, loving his work.

You take Watanabe here to inbound, Kawamura with the ball and Venezuela gonna yeah, they're gonna stay back here.

Here, will throw it up but it doesn't matter because Japan and that man right there, Tom Hovas have put together another massive comeback here to earn their second victory on the World cup stage.

Fighting and clawing from a 15 point deficit minutes ago.

And there you see the emotions and this doesn't happen anyway other than here in front of these home fans.

They try to fight 15 all of last because they couldn't score.

They were in the low 30s to high 20s for most of the game.

They couldn't screen points together and somehow or other on the back of Hiya Jima with that scoring onslaught to give him the sense of hope and then inspire his teammates to help chip in and they've been able to put 33 points on the board.

There you see the score breakdown and just love the emotion from the fans because this is hasn't been the norm for Japan in World cup basketball.

And this win means so much for this team because it is and it means they were one step closer to qualifying for the Olympics, the 2024 Games.

And Tom Hovas there talked about belief, something that he got buy in from the women's team.

And it's something that's not just Mount Service, but

it's about proving it with games like this and everything they do to build up this program.

What we're seeing here, Andrew, in this arena is a team that is starting to believe it is and great things happen in an atmosphere of greatness.

And what we've seen here as far as Japan is concerned is an atmosphere of greatness.

They are doing extraordinary things, getting swept up in the hype.

And let's not forget they've got some really, really good talent out there as well.

And the thing that has stuck out is they are fearless.

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Japan's EPIC Comeback | FIBA Basketball

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