One day after a devastating loss in its opening game, the Japan men’s basketball team resumed its training, trying to hold its head high up ahead for the remainder of its pool games at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
The Akatsuki Five, who fell to Turkey 86-67 on Sunday, will take on the Czech Republic at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center at 5:30 p.m. JST on Tuesday.
The top two teams in each of the eight groups will advance to the second round. The bottom two will be allocated to the classification round.