Japan bounce back in the second half of the third quarter but they just couldn't make up for their drought over the first four minutes of the quarter where Philippines scored 11 unanswered!
- Japan have assisted on 16 of their 17 field goals. - Both teams have only combined for 5 turnovers so far [that's got to be some record-low!] - Both teams together only have 1 block, which is recorded by the Philippines.
Philippines - Christian Standhardinger - 12 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals on 5-of-6 shooting. Japan - Taichi Nakamura - 13 points, 6 assists and 2 rebounds on 4-of-10 shooting.