Japanese win 80-60
All seemed in order Friday, including Canadian national teams and Toronto Raptors Super Fan Nav Bhatia sitting in the front row at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.From Blanshard Street to the Stade Pierre-Mauroy basketball venue in Lille next year, the journey has begun to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The tenacious Japanese national team led 39-32 at the half and extended that to 59-48 at three-quarters as it smothered Canada on defence while destroying the Canucks offensively from the three-point line. “There were a lot of nerves on our part. But Japan is an incredible team and a great test for us. If you want to be the best, you have to test yourself against the best, and then eventually beat them.”“We have incredible talent coming up in Canada and it’s great to play with these young players,” said Hill, 28, a pro in Germany out of NCAA Div. 1 Virginia Tech.
Canada, fourth last year in the FIBA 2022 World Cup, is in a pool with Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic in the first stage of Olympic qualifying next month in León.
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