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Game
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Japan
(1-2) 		98
1 2 3 4
JPN 22 14 27 35
Finland 15 31 27 15
88 Finland
(0-3)

2023-08-27 12:10 /
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Japan Japan
Josh Hawkinson
Josh Hawkinson 		Points 28
Accuracy 7-9
78  %
Rebounds 19
Assists 1
Steals 1
Efficiency 44
Finland Finland
27 Points Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen
10-21
48  % 		Accuracy
12 Rebounds
1 Assists
0 Steals
25 Efficiency
Japan
Finland
52%
30/58
Field goals
46%
32/70
36
Rebounds
35
24
Assists
28
9
Steals
8
4
Blocks
2
19
Fouls
24
News
Japanese 5-foot-8 basketball hero Kawamura: 'I've been bothering the team'
2023-08-27
Japan's basketball fans were in ecstasy Sunday evening in Okinawa when their national team shocked the world and came back from an 18-point deficit to defeat and eliminate Finland from the 2023 FIBA World Cup medal contention. 1.72-meter (5-foot-8) Yuki Kawamura was the hero down the stretch.
'We played stupid': Sasu Salin reacts to sensational loss vs. Japan
2023-08-27
So far, the biggest upset of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 took place in Okinawa as Japan sensationally eliminated Finland, which will continue to fight for only 17-32nd places in the tournament. Despite a sluggish start and an early 7-15 deficit, Finland bounced back and even had an 18-point lead at the end of 3rd quarter.
Japan eliminates Markkanen's Finland from World Cup title contention
2023-08-27
Finland had a gargantuan lead in the second half but it didn't matter for Japan. They won the fourth quarter by 18 points and eliminated Lauri Markkanen's team from FIBA World Cup title contention 98-88 (22-15, 14-31, 27-27, 35-15).
Games
Games
Best players
Josh Hawkinson
Josh Hawkinson
28 PTS
7/9 FG
14/15 FT
Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen
27 PTS
10/21 FG
5/6 FT
Josh Hawkinson
Josh Hawkinson
19 REB
15 DREB
4 OREB
Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen
12 REB
10 DREB
2 OREB
Yuki Kawamura
Yuki Kawamura
9 As
0 TO
25 MIN
Finland
Few players
5 As
Josh Hawkinson
Josh Hawkinson
44 EFF
88% 2P%
0% 3P%
Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen
25 EFF
57% 2P%
29% 3P%
Japan
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
2 Yuki Togashi 11:00 0-4
0% 		0-1
0% 		0-3
0% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 6 1
12 Yuta Watanabe 29:33 1-6
17% 		1-3
33% 		0-3
0% 		2-4
50% 		0-0 0 2 0 2 2 1 4 -2 -1
18 Yudai Baba 25:28 2-5
40% 		1-2
50% 		1-3
33% 		0-0
0% 		3-2 5 2 2 3 0 2 5 18 8
24 Josh Hawkinson 37:32 7-9
78% 		7-8
88% 		0-1
0% 		14-15
93% 		15-4 19 1 1 3 1 1 28 8 44
31 Shuta Hara 7:01 0-1
0% 		0-0
-% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 -3
5 Yuki Kawamura 25:11 10-16
63% 		6-9
67% 		4-7
57% 		1-3
33% 		0-1 1 9 0 0 0 1 25 12 27
6 Makoto Hiejima 14:24 4-5
80% 		2-3
67% 		2-2
100% 		7-8
88% 		0-0 0 3 0 1 0 2 17 -5 17
19 Yudai Nishida 3:49 0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -8 1
30 Keisei Tominaga 18:35 6-9
67% 		2-2
100% 		4-7
57% 		1-2
50% 		1-0 1 2 3 1 0 2 17 17 18
91 Hirotaka Yoshii 24:59 0-3
0% 		0-2
0% 		0-1
0% 		2-2
100% 		2-0 2 0 2 1 1 4 2 4 3
99 Koya Kawamata 2:28 0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
200 30-58
52% 		19-30
63% 		11-28
39% 		27-34
79% 		27-9 36 24 9 14 4 19 98 122

Head Coach:

Tom Hovasse

Finland
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
9 Sasu Salin 24:42 2-10
20% 		0-3
0% 		2-7
29% 		2-2
100% 		1-0 1 5 1 0 1 1 8 -8 8
13 Olivier Nkamhoua 21:55 3-5
60% 		2-3
67% 		1-2
50% 		0-0
0% 		5-1 6 3 2 3 0 1 7 -6 13
18 Mikael Jantunen 26:30 4-9
44% 		2-5
40% 		2-4
50% 		3-4
75% 		0-3 3 5 3 2 0 3 13 -16 16
21 Edon Maxhuni 23:04 5-10
50% 		3-6
50% 		2-4
50% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 5 0 0 0 3 12 -6 13
23 Lauri Markkanen 30:15 10-21
48% 		8-14
57% 		2-7
29% 		5-6
83% 		10-2 12 1 0 4 1 4 27 -7 25
1 Miro Little 19:43 2-5
40% 		1-3
33% 		1-2
50% 		0-0
0% 		1-1 2 5 0 3 0 1 5 -7 6
5 Alex Murphy 5:54 0-1
0% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		0-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 2
14 Henri Kantonen 15:46 1-1
100% 		1-1
100% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		1-1 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 4
19 Elias Valtonen 14:41 2-2
100% 		1-1
100% 		1-1
100% 		2-2
100% 		0-0 0 2 1 0 0 2 7 7 10
20 Alexander Madsen 7:09 2-2
100% 		1-1
100% 		1-1
100% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 5
34 Jacob Grandison 10:21 1-4
25% 		1-3
33% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -13 -1
200 32-70
46% 		20-41
49% 		12-29
41% 		12-14
86% 		22-13 35 28 8 13 2 24 88 108

Head Coach:

Lassi Tuovi

Teams
FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
Japan 30-58
52% 		19-30
63% 		11-28
39% 		27-34
79% 		27-9 36 24 9 14 4 19 98 122
Finland 32-70
46% 		20-41
49% 		12-29
41% 		12-14
86% 		22-13 35 28 8 13 2 24 88 108
Best players
Player of the Game
Josh Hawkinson
EFF
44
Josh Hawkinson
Points 28
Accuracy 7-9
Rebounds 19
Assists 1