Lost first match to USA 53-83, honestly not bad, holding America to 83 points shows our defense is our strong point, we must improve offensively. We play Croatia and Egypt next.
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Basketball>>>Volleyball
Wish we were as strong as in Basketball as well.Comment
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any highlights of iran-usa game?
we narrowly lost to egyptComment
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So actually found the full Iran- USA game on FIBA website
i watched the first half and then gave up. We started out really good until towards end of 2nd Quarter. we were actually leading up unitl min.6 of Q2 and thats where things started falling apart. Unfortunately our basketball is still missing some fundamentals and mentality is lacking. We rush so much and get sloppy on our passes, we dont have many guys that can handle the ball or receive a good pass in the paint. We need some bigger guys that can play the inside game like Haddadi. But we seem to have guards and forwards mostly.
This guy #8 looked like the only good player....he had good handles, had the confidence and i think he can have a bright future if he develops right. But his efforts often times went to waste because the others werent that great.
Problem with facing a team like US is they have so many players that they constantly bring in fresh legs in the game, where as our team relies on the main squad so they tire out as games go on. We really need to work on our handling pressure, we get very sloppy and looks like we need some good coaches to develop this sport for us. We have the talent and energy but it just needs to be taught properly.Comment
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Unfortunately, I think they lost all their games so far.Comment
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Iran won against China 64-59 (13–16th place semifinals)
Tomorrow they will play against Dominican Republic (13th place game)Comment
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nice as long as we are still first in asia it is goodComment
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