Czech Republic crashes Japan in Belgrade

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Czech Republic had an easy job against Japan and got a much needed win with 8771 in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. They face Serbia in the semifinals on Friday.

In the beginning of the game, the Czech faced no difficulty, with Jan Vesely soon making the score 70. However, the Japanese took advantage of rebounds and evened the score to 9 points at 6′. Ota took charge, though Japan was down 2314 after 10 mins.

The Czechs built a secure 17point lead 13 minutes in the game, as Japan’s Tsuji fought alone to keep his team close to the score. Jan Vesely dominated in the paint once again, leaving his opponents dazed. Palyza and Satoransky worked perfectly on the court and just like that Czech Republic managed to stay ahead 4835 at halftime.

After the break, Japan tried several changes to its rotation in order to match up the Czech, though to no avail. With an emphatic dunk, Auda put Czech Republic up with 6145 at 27′ and caused many headaches to the opposing team.  Palyza finished of the third period in the best way possible for the Czechs: a long distance shot that gave them a 18point lead, 6951.

With the deficit reaching even 23 points, Japan had no hopes of turning back in the game in the final period and suffered another loss which practically leaves them out of the rest of the competition.

For Czech Republic, Palyza finished the game with 22 points, Satoransky with 11 and Vesely with 8.

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