Việt Nam vs. Australia 70 - 108 (21083)Nguyên! If one was to simply summarise the match in one word, Nguyên would have been used. In one of the most confusing matches ever in Australian history, the Vietnamese team fielded six different Nguyêns. The Australian coach and players almost found it infuriating as to figure out who to match up on who as having jersey numbers is not a common sight in Buzzerbeater. But thankfully they all look differently which made things easier.
Vietnam going into the match were the underdogs and Phùng
(17123661) tried his heart out with 32 points and 9 boards. His one man display was not good enough as Australia's front court dismantled Vietnam. Solid contributions from Lawrance
(12019302), Vidas
(13436509), Cunming
(9471882) and Lakhin
(13435558) as they scored a combined 63 points and grabbed 35 boards. But it wasn't all about offence as Wazza
(6863683) and Dell
(10058043) played lock down D all night only allowing 3 baskets from 20 attempts.
This match completes Australia's second Asian championship match and are so far in a good position to advance to the next group stage while Vietnam remains winless after three matches. Stay tune for more as the Asia Championships continue with Australia facing India in their next outing.
Last edited by Whitebeard at 9/18/2012 9:36:25 PM