JAKARTA The Indonesian Basketball National Team again felt defeat when they met Australia in the latest match of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Qualification Group A preliminary round.
Clashes between the two teams took place at the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Australia, on Thursday, February 20, 2025, evening WIB. Garuda's squad surrendered 58-109.
"We cannot handle physicalities and Australian aggressiveness well. They force us to play outside the rhythm of our players," said the Indonesian Basketball National Team coach, Johannis Winar, after the match.
In this duel, Indonesia opened the points through a three-point shot by Muhamad Arighi. After that, Indonesia had difficulty producing numbers again and vice versa, Australia's points continued to fall heavily.
Indonesia can only add one more point when the opening quarter remains 27 seconds through a free thrower. As a result, Prosper and his friends had to be far behind 4-22 in the first quarter.
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Indonesia's game then began to live in the second quarter. How come the Prosper opened Indonesia's collection of points with a two-point shot and after that the Garuda Squad was able to fight back by adding 16 more points.
Furthermore, in the third quarter, Indonesia opened a collection of points through two points from Pandu Wiguna. Indonesia's points rate in this quarter also went quite well with an additional 15 points.
As for the closing quarter, Indonesia has succeeded in adding 19 points. However, Australia also does not want to lose, they are able to produce 32 points to assert their dominance.
Victory over Indonesia makes Australia maintain their unbeaten record in this qualifying. They now sit comfortably at the top of the group with a collection of 10 points.
On the other hand, it is certain that Indonesia will not qualify for the next round. The Garuda squad currently lives in the group's ground position with a collection of five points, behind Thailand and South Korea which both have six points.
Indonesia has never won once in five matches. Prosper and colleagues still have one more match at the Indonesia Arena against South Korea on February 23, 2025.
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