Olympic stalemate: All Asian teams drop opening games in FIBA World Cup

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impressed with 28 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 steals, but he fouled out with 3:30 minutes left as the Filipinos fell short of their first World Cup victory since they beat Senegal in the 2014 edition.

Iran, which qualified for the Tokyo Games after finishing as the highest-placed Asian team in the last World Cup, also endured a whipping following a 100-59 loss to Brazil in Group G on Saturday in Jakarta, Indonesia. World Cup co-host Japan fell to a slow start and bowed to a formidable Germany side bannered by NBA players Dennis Schroder, Mo Wagner, and Daniel Theis, 81-63, in Group E in Okinawa.

 

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