GOYANG (Korea) - The upset alert was alarmed, but it only woke Korea up to avoid an upset by Indonesia, 86-78.
With each team taking turns controlling the lead in each quarter, the game was in a sense a back-and-forth contest - even if the lead switched hands only three times. Indonesia controlled the first quarter before Korea got back in the lead in the second quarter.
Anthony Beane Jr. impressed and applied pressure in the first half with 18 points and it was his personal 5-point run that gave Indonesia a six-point lead midway through the third.
However, with the home crowd rallied behind them, Korea had a run left to unleash in the final quarter and it would be enough to put them ahead for good.
All of Korea's players got on the scoreboard, with 5 players scoring in double-digits.
Game Hero: Beane ended up with an impressive 27 points in his debut to go with 7 rebounds., though he'd feel the attention of the defense shift to him more in the second half.
That left room for both An Youngjun and returning hometown hero Lee Hyunjung to step up. Both scorers put up 12 points each, though it was in the fourth quarter where An scored 8 points and Lee scored 7 points - crucial to Korea's game-defining run to the win.
Lee also had 11 rebounds and 4 assists.
Turning Point: Yudha Saputera nailed an off balance three-pointer midway through the final quarter and it felt as if Indonesia had gained all the momentum they needed to come away with the win, up by four points. An and Lee (see above) had other plans on their minds for a home party, breaking out for an 11-0 run to take the lead for good.
Stats Don't Lie: It was a rough shooting night for Korea, who only shot 24.3 percent from downtown, but they took control of the paint and controlled the game from there instead. This was reflected in their sky-high efficiency inside the arc (64.7 percent two-point field-goal shooting), 18 second-chance points, 32 points in the paint, and 50-32 rebounding advantage. So, pick a stat. They don't lie.
This game report will be updated soon with more details on what the teams said in the press conference after the game.
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