The South Korean men’s wheelchair basketball team has won three straight games before the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou 2022 ParaAsia Games. The team, led by Ko Kwang-yup, 51, defeated Malaysia 63-29 in their third wheelchair basketball Group B game at the Hangzhou Olympic Center Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on Wednesday. South Korea defeated Chinese Taipei 67-21 in the first round on Sept. 19, and then beat powerhouse Japan, which finished second at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, 52-38 on Sept. 20. The win on the 21st extended their winning streak to three games. The Hangzhou ParaAsian Games begin on Feb. 22, but wheelchair basketball held its preliminary round on Feb. 19.
Korea rested key players such as Cho Seung-hyun (39-Chuncheon Tigers) and Kim Dong-hyun (35-Jeju Samdasu) on the 21st to save their stamina and give other players a chance .Lim Dong-ju (35-Koway Blue Wheels) scored 12 points, including one three-pointer, while Kim Sang-yeol (40-Chuncheon Tigers) had 10 points and eight rebounds and Cho Seung-hyun had 10 points .Ko Kwang-yeop-ho boasts of an “iron wall defense” built on solid organization .It’s early in the tournament, but South Korea is averaging the lowest points per game (29.3) of all 10 teams.
Against Chinese Taipei, they went on a 24-0 run without allowing a point until early in the second quarter, and against Japan, they held a 51-39 advantage in rebounds and a 42-21 edge in field goal percentage to win their first game in Korea nine years after the 2014 final in Incheon. South Korea will look to solidify its group lead when it faces Kuwait in its final group game on Thursday .If Korea finishes first in Group B, they will play the second-place team from Group A for a spot in the final on Saturday. Iran and China are the two favorites in Group A. South Korea won gold in Incheon in 2014 and bronze in Guangzhou in 2010 and Indonesia in 2018.
Invented in England in 1945 to rehabilitate people with spinal cord injuries, wheelchair basketball is now played in 97 countries around the world .The playing field dimensions are the same as for able-bodied basketball, with some rules that differ, such as allowing double-doubles. Players are assigned a sport classification by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), ranging from 1 to 4.5, with the lower the classification the greater the physical 온라인카지노 limitations. The total number of athletes on the court must not exceed 14.
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