With a second straight upset win over Team Australia the Nippon National Team has its sights on advancing to the next round and trying to maximize its good fortunes. In a game that went back and forth all night our team took the lead for good with just 2:00 left on the clock and closed out a 99-91 victory over the heavily favored Aussies. There were many heroes in this game including leading scorer Furusawa (19pts), top rebounder Hayakawa (18), top assists Ochi (7), and top steals Tagawa (3). But the biggest highlight for the night was the bench play from Hara, Eguchi, Sonoda, Kouzuki, and Ueda who together average a +13 +/- over their opponents. Both Hara and Kouzuki had been called up to the team just the day before the game.
The Next opponent for team Japan is the also undefeated Malaysian Nationals. Both the Malay NT Manager Simply Vince and top Malay fanboy Ashurri made a point to post comments directly to Nippon manager Taiyo, a clear sign they will not be taking us lightly. Hearing this Furusawa (always the loud mouth) responded, “Bring them on. We’ll be ready for them.” To which Coach Taiyo responded, “That boy better learn to shut up or somebody is going to put him in his place someday.”
Week 2 Depth Chart:
With a second straight upset win over Team Australia the Nippon National Team has its sights on advancing to the next round and trying to maximize its good fortunes. In a game that went back and forth all night our team took the lead for good with just 2:00 left on the clock and closed out a 99-91 victory over the heavily favored Aussies. There were many heroes in this game including leading scorer Furusawa (19pts), top rebounder Hayakawa (18), top assists Ochi (7), and top steals Tagawa (3). But the biggest highlight for the night was the bench play from Hara, Eguchi, Sonoda, Kouzuki, and Ueda who together average a +13 +/- over their opponents. Both Hara and Kouzuki had been called up to the team just the day before the game.
The Next opponent for team Japan is the also undefeated Malaysian Nationals. Both the Malay NT Manager Simply Vince and top Malay fanboy Ashurri made a point to post comments directly to Nippon manager Taiyo, a clear sign they will not be taking us lightly. Hearing this Furusawa (always the loud mouth) responded, “Bring them on. We’ll be ready for them.” To which Coach Taiyo responded, “That boy better learn to shut up or somebody is going to put him in his place someday.”
Week 2 Depth Chart:
Point Guard
Takatoshi Tagawa - Baikinman
Rikkio Eguchi - bebop Jazz
Haruki Fujii - SAMANTH BASKET
Shooting Guard
Hideki Ochi - BSC Bern West
*Soichi Hara - KoriPullo-Pojat
Haruki Fujii - SAMANTH BASKET
Small Forward
Tooro Oishi - Stunners
Naoya Ueda - Swoosh
Haruki Fujii - SAMANTH BASKET
Power Forward
Yusuke Furusawa - SLZH
Hirofumi Sonoda - Kyoto Shogun
Mitsuo Shibukji - Sapporro Fighters
Center
Satashi Hayakawa - es-es
*Kaname Kouzuki - Kyoto Shogun
Mitsuo Shibukji - Sapporro Fighters
*Indicates player was added to NT this week.
*Indicates player was added to NT this week.
Last edited by Taiyo at 2/28/2012 11:15:00 PM