TAIPEI ¨C Everyone that is associated with the Japan men¡¯s national team and its fans breathed a huge sigh of relief after it managed to book a spot for the second round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers with a win over Taiwan on Monday.
Maybe it was especially the case for coach Julio Lamas and Japan Basketball Association technical director Tomoya Higashino.
Higashino was in charge of bringing in a new bench boss for the national squad, which was desperate to have someone who could rebuild it and take it to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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