After holding off China by one point on Tuesday, the Japan women's national team provided a different type of drama on the basketball court during their high-stakes Saturday showdown: an old-fashioned blowout victory.
Japan routed China 85-50 in the FIBA Asia Women's Championship final in Wuhan, China, to capture back-to-back continental crowns.
Coach Tomohide Utsumi's team won the 2011 title, doing so for the first time since 1970, and the champions became the first Japan team from any sport to clinch a spot in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.