Mashaikhi: We won an important victory against Japan

According to IRNA, Iran’s national basketball team faced Japan today (Sunday) in the third and final round of the group stage of the Asian Cup and won 88-76 in the end.

After Iran’s victory against Japan, which was accompanied by the promotion to the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup, Sejad Meshaikhi said: “It was a difficult game and the Japanese team is an attacking team, and three-point shots were one of the good features of this team, and they made 27 shots. They scored 3 points in the game against Syria, but we focused on defense and succeeded in stopping them.