A loyal man, Lawson? Lawson, who was extremely sluggish in Korea, exploded in the Japanese match. 24 points, 10 rebounds. Giving Japan a nightmare of losing the quarterfinals
Aug 13, 2025
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Lawson was sluggish in the final Group A qualifying match against South Korea. He ran 18 minutes and 49 seconds and scored only seven points. He had six rebounds. There were no three-pointers, and the two-point field goal rate was 42.9%.
Lawson is a foreign player MVP for Wonju DB two years ago. It put DB at the top of the regular league.
And naturalized to Lebanon. It was Lebanon's new weapon of choice over Omari Spellman.
Concerned about Spellman's instability, Lebanon chose Lawson, who has both internal and external multi-play and a good mind.
At the Asia Cup, Lawson was not 100 percent in condition. In the match against Korea, Ha Yoon-ki's under-the-goal attack revealed his defensive weakness, and his attack was also inefficient. Basically, the proportion of attacks was not high, and the Lebanese bench reduced efficiency by using Lawson as an option under the basket.
In the end, Lebanon was completely defeated by South Korea and entered the quarterfinals with Japan, which is second in Group B, as third in Group A.
The prediction is that Japan will prevail.
However, Lawson was powerful. He had 24 points and 10 rebounds. I also added a block along with 3 assists and 2 steals. Perfectly dominated the bottom of the goal with Yousuf Kayak.
In particular, it devastated Japan's defense by showing off its strong scoring ability early in the first quarter and early in the third quarter. In the end, by the third quarter, Lebanon had taken the lead to 81-64.
Lebanon, with Lawson at the forefront, is without ace Wael Arakji, but it has made it to the quarterfinals.
On the other hand, Japan, which is missing three key members of the national team, Yuki Kawamura, Utah Watanabe, and Rui Hachimura, used it as a venue for a generational change in the tournament.
Japan's main center Josh Hawkinson struggled with 15 points, 9 rebounds, and Yoshii Hirotaka with 16 points, but the new player was not as impressive as expected.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
