November 28, 2025
JAPAN defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 90-64 on November 28, 2025 in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. JAPAN won by a 26-point margin. Brandon Gilbeck led all scorers with 23 points. JAPAN shot 40.8% from the field while CHINESE TAIPEI managed 37.5%. JAPAN collected 42 rebounds and CHINESE TAIPEI grabbed 29. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship.
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| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | * Josh Hawkinson | 29:43 | 14 | 4/12 | 2/4 | 2/8 | 4/4 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | * Yuta Watanabe | 29:13 | 20 | 8/15 | 6/9 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 18 | * Yudai Baba | 25:55 | 14 | 6/9 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 19 | * Yudai Nishida | 20:21 | 6 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 4/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | * Takumi Saito | 15:35 | 4 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | Keisei Tominaga | 16:06 | 13 | 4/12 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 91 | Hirotaka Yoshii | 14:20 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Shuta Hara | 14:05 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Seiya Ando | 13:37 | 7 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Yuki Togashi | 10:48 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 99 | Koy Kawamata | 05:11 | 4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Hugh Watanabe | 05:06 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 90 | 31/76 | 20/37 | 11/39 | 17/18 | 32 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 118 |
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | * Brandon Gilbeck | 33:17 | 23 | 8/11 | 6/7 | 2/4 | 5/6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| 0 | * Ting-Chien Lin | 31:31 | 13 | 4/11 | 2/4 | 2/7 | 3/3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 39 | * Chun Hsiang Lu | 26:50 | 14 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | * Ying-Chun Chen | 26:24 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | * Kuei-Yu Chou | 15:14 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| 8 | Bachir Gadiaga | 16:49 | 4 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | Sam Manu | 13:27 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Ai-Che Yu | 12:13 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Hsiang-Chun Tseng | 09:22 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Joe Lind | 08:31 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Bing Sheng Lin | 04:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 13 | Zong Rong Hsieh | 01:58 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 64 | 21/56 | 15/30 | 6/26 | 16/21 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 62 |
* Players marked with * are starters.
