Men's Wheelchair Basketball Classifications | Day 9 | Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] hello and welcome to tokyo 2020 paralympic games it's day nine of the games and we are at the ariaki arena for some wheelchair basketball action it's a classification game here as the republic of korea take on the islamic republic of iran looking for ninth place in the 2020 paralympic games coming up later in this session the women's classification game great britain and spain going to sort out seven and eight here's how they got there both these teams with one win and four defeats in their group play career in group a they finished fifth their one win was against colombia and iran in group b their sole victory coming against algeria although they did finish well and uh pushed great britain pretty hard almost beat germany as well but it wasn't to be for them koreans as you can see fifth in group a having beaten colombia they finished ahead of them despite the fact both had one win on the board [Music] [Music] paralympic games with an average of 22 points per game but perhaps lack of other scoring options has been the challenge for a round there he is the tournament's top scorer but their second [Music] you could just find a few more ways putting the ball in the basket and he might have had a better shot at it in the group stages but as it is they uh are here now and trying to match their second best showing in the paralympic games they were eighth in beijing ninth in athens tenth in rio here's the republic of korea lineup for you and they've got a couple of big scorers has been averaging 17 points per game whilst uh cho there in the center of your screen has been averaging 15 again [Music] [Applause] well whatever happens they are guaranteed their best ever finish at a paralympic games they were 11th in sydney in 2016 in seoul but they will be ninth or tenth here so they will see that as very good progress having a qualified and b got their best ever finish at a paralympic games well the two teams have been introduced we will pause now for the national anthems and first up we have the national anthem of the islamic republic of iran [Music] now the national anthem of the republic of korea [Music] [Music] [Applause] well two teams as they uh have done throughout the tournament will acknowledge each other either side of half court before heading back to their respective ends to go through the final layup lines or shooting drills however they like to get ready for the ball game well of course we've seen the two teams out on court but as ever in the sport of wheelchair basketball the third team is there as well led by our referee from great britain ben wood and he's supported by the two umpires from australia helen rosenberg and from spain and our commissioner on the table and cool supported as you can see by an array of uh table officials and statisticians without whom the game couldn't get underway it's been a well officiated tournament throughout as you would expect at this level and they will do their best to ensure that continues here today as korea and iran look to decide the order of the classifications ninth and tenth on the line this is the starting lineup for iran obviously tayari and kamali are the high point uh scorers but uh has had some good performance so too abdi as well and nishad the one point player does an awful lot of the hard work for his team to free up the higher pointer shooters and coach hoping that his team get off to a good start getting their rhythm early on in this game because he'll know there are some dangerous shooters at this end of the floor showing gim we've already uh talked about oh it's uh very uh aggressive defensively getting in the passing lanes kim ho young also in the starting lineup and the one pointer the [Music] will begin the game for coach koh as i say already a historic games for them it's a tremendous performance for them to qualify and obviously [Applause] not a great deal of experience in the team just kim ho young the only survivor 20 years later 21 years later incredible really played in sydney and still out there starting for his team the number four [Applause] [Music] here we go then 10 minutes on the clock here at the ariaki arena it is the republic of korea against the islamic republic of iran for ninth and tenth in the classification here in the men's wheelchair basketball tokyo 2020 paralympic games here's cho on the first offense working the screen getting into the lane but his shot rims out and it's the paralympics leading scorer with his first touch of the ball and almost fires up on the first offense but he moves it onto himali sayari might get a shot away this time at the elbow lines himself up cho with a hand to make it a little bit more difficult [Applause] oh court it goes to cho down to five on the shot clock joe at the elbow banks one in off the glass first points of the game are on the board for joseon very low paced offense here from the iranians sayari trying to dump the ball inside to mohamed nizad but they get it back time running out on the offense shot goes up and off the mark from sarah paul maha goddamn there's joe to get into the pain as well sees oh there oh once a foul referee's happy with the play [Applause] kamali [Applause] [Music] oh nice shot from the corner from kamali for iran's first point of the contest [Applause] here's kim cho around the screen no room on the baseline for cho looking to get it out towards gim but pass wasn't high enough muhammad nazad with the steal it's hassan abdi out in front forced to recycle back out inside to ciara he's got good position and if he gets there well it's points on the board guaranteed [Applause] moves it on to cho look for a second like he might have a lane to the basket but quickly cut off his kim cross caught to chow has it knocked away by carmali but it comes out over the baseline off muhammad's wheel [Applause] 2.2 on the shot clock for the koreans nice cut and a great finish uh caught the defense napping there libyan jai and the one point player with the reverse laying over his head [Music] almost has his pocket picked by kim he's able to keep hold of possession tough shot slightly off balance muhammad in there with the rebound still fighting for it and there's a foul called kamali takes the contact with the conversion he will go to the line for a bonus shot good work in the first place from muhammad muhammad najad to keep that alive for his team free throws short but it bounces right into the hands of sayari cho with his hands in the passing lane steals it away good recovery from kamali to knock it out of bounds korean ball from the side his shot rims out oh good rebound but an unfortunate bounce of the ball muhammad got it i don't know if somebody got a little touch on it to knock it out of his hands but it came off his legs and out of bounds active on the glass though in the early stages muhammad at both ends of the floor kim spinning baseline cross court does that have enough just got it to cho cho dumps it off and lee in the paint is fouled he'll shoot two mohamed at the foul line [Applause] shooting at 60 from this distance in these paralympic games and he makes no mistake with those two zigari going at pace but it's tap loose by cho and into the backcourt i don't know if sayari's just hurt his finger there he seems to turn a little damage whether he trapped it on the wheel or something it's a turnover though by iran tied at six here midway through the opening quarter not anymore as uh kim hong gets korea back in front [Applause] [Music] [Applause] three-point shot is up but short from kamali korea looking to get out with joe great pass from oh to find him and show his foul going to the basket free throws coming for him tremendous outlet pass from oh to reach him okay [Applause] joe's been very good from the free-throw line throughout these paralympic games and he continues that and iran are going to make their first substitution of the game [Music] the man into the game after he just needs to get over the halfway line there he just stopped right before the halfway line and of course you've only got eight seconds to get it into the front court you did get there and then was fouled by oh nice dump in well that probably should have been points it's a good pass muhammad underneath he's a one point player but he'll expect it convert from there [Applause] cho nice touch pass on had to go up quick there from oh joe almost stole that away he's trying to convince the referee he didn't touch it last and our official from australia [Music] right on the money on the baseline timeout called here in the opening quarter korea 10 iran six 338 to play in this period [Music] [Music] you see the incredible numbers from thiari averaging almost a double-double in this competition [Music] tops the charts in uh scoring he's uh amongst the leading rebounders as well and still has time to hand out five four and a half assists [Music] referee just calling a halt to the play because the shot clock has 24 seconds on it shouldn't have done that they've corrected it quickly the commissioner getting it set back to nine so yari a little bit behind a basket had to come at an angle oh nice flip from abdi to sayari again he's just a little bit behind level but he's able to not wrap one down [Applause] nice catch and a dump off lee there was a hand right in his face as the ball was about to enter his hands but he was able to haul it in and dump it off to choke korea's lead back to four that'll be a three second violation abdi never quite got out of the lane and with a little encouragement from the uh career defenders who are making sure that referee would on the baseline saw he was in the lane the referee was like yeah i can see i can count to three don't worry about that [Applause] nice shot from oh at the foul line nice play defensively from tough shot from abdi there with big in close uh proximity cho fakes at the three great hands to deflect that away it's fine to go in the backcourt because muhammad knocked it [Music] and he tried to flip it over his head to cho but off the mark that time sayari looking for options might decide the best one is him shooting but it doesn't go kim with the rebound joe has it now cho looking to push around the screen for mo comes back the other way [Applause] oh nice pass but the spinning shot from uh kim he's looking at the referee and just wondering whether he might have been fouled referee says no you can see reinforcements coming for the iranians as they look to make a few tweaks to their lineup trailing by six [Music] come holly he's looking cross-court but kim doing a good job of making life hard for sayari he does get into the paint though kim trying to reach over for that rebound came off an iranian hand last [Music] [Music] kim along the baseline flicks it back again good ball movement from korea [Applause] with the points we just got a hand to that as well it looked like kamali might have got past the big number 40 but his long arms were able to deflect that away [Music] at the top of the key and the iranians into double figures with what is probably their last shot of the first quarter time for one more attempt for korea he's all cho bench counting it down oh shot off the mark sayari with the rebound he'll just let time expire that'll do it first quarter in the books here at the ariaki arena and it is the koreans who lead by 16 points to 10. [Applause] joseon hyun got them going early on but they've had contributions from all five of their starters the iranians as you can see not shooting the ball tremendously well they've had more attempts thanks to their four offensive rebounds but they've not profited from them just the two scorers and it's the two usual suspects for iran sights and sounds here of the opening quarter of the 9 10 playoff in the men's classification match 61 of these tokyo paralympic games korea in the games for the first time in 21 years guaranteed their best ever finish trying to get up to nine in the rankings that was a lovely flip back from abdi second quarter getting underway here at the ariaki arena korea 16 iran 10 and it is the iranians who have the opening possession kamali guarded by the veteran kim goes cross court to sayari nice little dump down but once again the big fella turning the lights off another block for kim [Applause] cho [Applause] the offensive rebound trying to feed it down to lee but it's stolen away by iran oh kamali was turning one way the pass went the other i'm gonna turn over from to louie tamara dash [Applause] good hand to deflect that the pass didn't quite have enough on it chance out on the break but muhammad is slowed in his tracks but he goes right past kim gets all the way to the basket great work foul called and a three-point play opportunity well he lulled them to sleep there thought he was going to stop and pass the ball and then he just gets past him kept on going cho with the foul [Music] [Music] found number two on show muhammad mohamed nashad at the line trying to chase it down and lee was hoping it would go out of bounds before either sour as zakiri got there and in the end he was fortunate enough to see that it did you can see number 39 kim sang you're in for cho who just picked up that second foul that's the first change of the game by coach koh here all the way into the second quarter [Music] it's good body positioning there by kim got himself in front of the defender and said well if you want to get back you're going to have to foul me and that's exactly what happened oh has some room dishes off offensive rebound and uh kim sang yo straight into the game and he'll get a chance to get some points on the board from the free-throw line korea perfect from the free throw line so far [Music] and there's that first mess as it falls short awkward spot here for iran to get out and cross half court but they able to do it kamali rebound oh [Applause] that's a little bit low from here still keep possession of the ball kim down on the low block has the size advantage over zakiri and takes full advantage of it stretches the korean lead to seven [Applause] and he banks in too much needed points for iran [Applause] oh one sportsman like foul caught off the ball on kamali and uh it was oh who ended up on the floor i must admit it was the corner of my eye i saw it but it must have been very aggressive to be called for an unsportsmanlike foul he's pleading his case but there's no way it's going to be overturned because they're not going to the monitor about it [Applause] knocks down the first foul shot can't make the second but it'll be a sideline ball [Music] fires up the three that's off the mark then sportsman like only costs them a point there kamali he's got a lot of room and that's never a good outcome for the defensive team to give the big number 12 a nice easy shot like that it's kim at speed down court cyari still going getting all the way to the basket incredible there from cyari it didn't look like there should be any room for him but with some nifty maneuvering of the chair he was able to get all the way down the line look at this you can see he keeps going keeps going nobody stops the ball is there a gap there yes there is and he's able to convert timeout called in the ball game coach cool and korea want to talk things over their lead is down to only two with 6 36 to go in the first half oh [Applause] oh career led by as many as eight but their advantage [Music] is down to just a basket right now [Music] one more song you can see into the game for his first taste of this uh 9 10 playoff action kim tayok as well and lee as coach co rolls the changes and it's turned over to lee [Music] [Applause] kim taeyeon no way through sayari grabs the loose ball and there's a foul there as the pass was being made lee young [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] kamali sayari [Music] thinking about the shot dumps it inside instead batted away by lee youngju but thrown too far out in front and he is the first back [Applause] sahari is fouled in the act of shooting so he'll go to the line [Music] leon drew has only been on the court a minute and he's been right in the thick of it he's got two steals one turnover and two fouls [Applause] thank you well the referee gave a warning and said remember to wait until the shot and they all nodded and said yes and then three koreans went in too soon for a lane violation so we'll get it again and he makes them pay [Applause] [Music] lee defense nowhere to be seen there but he's unable to take advantage of what was a very good opportunity great work from kamali to get away there but he's blocked and fouled so it'll be two free throws thought he got a clean block there he's having a discussion with the referee on the baseline but uh it was the spanish official called the foul [Applause] [Music] tied at 20 here midway through the second quarter career led by as many as eight but trying to regain that advantage oh shot off the mark from ali with the rebound throws it long down court pulled in by sayari he gets into the paint forced back out again oh forcing him even further out still he has it time running out on the offense dumps it inside shot needs to go up it does go up and it goes in first points of the game louie nothing doing on that shot from the edge of the key for lee somali with great position and the size advantage over oh nothing that odong suk could do to put him off there we need some help here to get this in finds it from uh kim tayo [Applause] oh well i think the block was clean i think it's the chair he's caught him with there if you look here he gets the ball there but there's a big collision down the bottom which is why the foul was called [Music] wholesale changes for korea as they go back to their starting unit led by as many as eight trailed by as many as four just now it's three and a chance for odong took to make it one two point shot between the sides and he does exactly that and a timeout is going to be called by iran here with 3 40 to go in the first half it is the republic of korea 22 the islamic republic of iran 24 here at the ariaki arena in this uh final game for these two teams of the tokyo 2020 paralympics foreign well they were going along really well the koreans but the uh shots that were dropping early on are not falling anymore which is why they're down to 37 from the floor iran have been going in the other direction and they're up to close to 50 percent now teams back out on court and ramble from the end their lead is two points battle for positioning down the offensive end of the floor they're trying to prevent kim from getting inside and getting a good defensive spot if you're uh new to wheelchair basketball so much happens when the ball leave isn't even in play coming out of uh timeouts or sideline possessions spacing is key positioning to get yourself a good spot on the floor for shots like that and him ties things up at 24. along the baseline trying to put the brakes on to get his shot away [Applause] [Applause] cho over to vim no that one is a little bit off the mark but he's not had a ton of looks in this first half it's just his fourth shot of the game they've done a decent job of keeping the ball out of his hands the iranians [Applause] came back to kim trying to give it back to the number 40 but ball deflected away sayari with the veteran kim having a hand in his face but sayari you have to do more than that to put the big fella off he's choked good drawing of the defense to drop the pass down to libyan jai for an easy score [Music] [Applause] last 90 seconds here of the first half very tight it is korea did sneak out to eight very briefly but both teams have had a lead it's changed a few times and an offensive foul called we might get another lead change here if korea can score [Music] smith joe [Applause] dumps it inside but well a late whistle foul scored caught him on the head from behind let's have another look [Music] he's got great position in the first place and tamales gets him his third personal fail here in the first half career 9 of 11 from the free throw line in the first half done a great job of getting to the stripe and when they've got there they've been knocking them down as well [Applause] [Music] well they don't want kamali to pick up a fourth foul before half time and he looks a little frustrated as he goes to the sidelines lines it up all in and out for him give him with the rebound here come korea looking to double their lead oh trying to go at speed a little change of pace gets him along the baseline dumps it off to choke great work from odung sock to give joe a couple of points there zahiri going down but getting the pass away they're gonna have to play with four here can they get an open shot well they can but it's a bit of a heave on the uh end of the shot clock and that'll do it for the first half here korea led by as many as eight iran came back to go in front but at the break it is the republic of korea who have the advantage it's 30 points to 26 here at the ariaki arena oh korea spent most of that first half with the lead almost 12 minutes of playing time in front less than three minutes behind but iran very much in this contest just a couple of baskets between them let's take a look back at the action in this first half at the ariaki arena here in tokyo we're approaching the end of the games this is the final contest for these two teams as they sort out the classification of 910 in the men's side of the draw and we're uh nowhere nearer to knowing which one of them will be in which spot here at the interval not the highest scoring game you've ever seen but when they've had their opportunities the big players have scored [Applause] and the question is which one of them can put together a concerted run in the second half to try and [Applause] get a little bit of space between them and their opponent see shooting percentages pretty even but korea getting to the foul line a lot more 10 of their 30 points coming from that distance and that's why they've just shaded this first half 30 points to 26 the republic of korea lead the islamic republic of iran [Music] yes [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] 20 minutes to go here at the ariaki arena for korea and iran in the tokyo 2020 paralympic games they will finish 9th and 10th in the classifications and we will find out in which order over these next 20 minutes teams ready and raring to go we've still got 15 seconds of half time left guys want to get out there and get started but of course we must observe the timings so here we go third quarter getting underway korea 36 to iran 26. and it is the koreans in the white who will have the first possession of the second half sayari the iranians leading scorer as ever with the rebound kamali's shot is off the marco is gone if they can find him joe has it they've got numbers here kim to oh across the kim they've recovered well iran and they managed to get a stop out of what looked like a unlikely scenario and turned it into transition in the first two points of the second half [Applause] kim ochogim and lee the starting five for korea here and there's a player down in the paints the referee will stop the game on safety reasons cho it was [Music] [Applause] oh oh get that out of here sayari with the big block just couldn't keep it in play he came from the middle quickly and suddenly what looked like a decent shot was coming right back in there with the big hand of cre [Applause] cho down to kim kim underneath for two he's been doing that for decades [Applause] oh sayari did he go over the line he did i think kim gave him a little help but as he spun round he just got that uh left wheel onto the halfway line once you cross the halfway line you're not allowed go back or once the ball crosses the halfway line the ball is not allowed to be taken back to be slightly clearer and obviously he had hold of the ball at the point at which he uh touch the line great outlet mohamed is chased down by uh oh who certainly made it hard work for him but iran get another two on the board [Applause] jim crosscourt don cho gets the shot off front iron sari gets a hand in it zakiri pulls it in kamali into the lane got fouled late there i think it was uh from the side rather than the front [Music] number two on oh dongsuk don't tell us [Applause] they're rolling way too early but uh it's not a violation if the ball goes in you're not allowed to come across the line of the key until after the ball is released [Applause] chose three off the back iron comes back to him gets a little closer this time kisses it in off the window [Applause] need to get this over here just with a second to spare oh [Applause] if you're gonna give him that much time and space you might as well go over to the uh scoreboard operator and put two points on yourself because that's a guaranteed basket well he's just got a little issue with his chair here [Music] one of the front wheels has uh come loose [Music] well he's still on the edge of the court and he's like i'm coming back in the referee says your coach has already made a sub go sort it out on the side kim bank shot is good to put korea back ahead [Music] kim just had a little sight of the ball there but it was a bit further away than he'd hoped and he ended up going across the arms and committing a foul well again that's too easy i don't know what they're thinking the koreans but that is the paralympics top scorer right there and you're giving him open bank shots from 12 feet it's not a great tactic that he's got 18. [Applause] there's joe around the screen zips it underneath to kim who is right underneath he dishes off to him who can't convert that's a bit better closing him out not letting him have an easy lane to a spot he wants three second violation called on muhammad i think he thought sari was going to shoot if he's trying to get in for the rebound [Applause] joe thinks about the three decides against cross court to kim kim on the baseline strings another shot he's into double figures now kim ho young with 10. join top scorer on his team with joe the veteran of his second paralympics bearing in mind the first one was in sydney in 2000 the 49 year old's still getting it done here [Applause] the iranian captain ties it up at 38 just past the midpoint of this third quarter they've been trading baskets pretty much through this period [Applause] joe misses everything [Music] good turn of pace and all the way to the basket away all the way to the hole oh with a big pass him going backwards trying to keep it in play but can't well he's trapped but he's trapped off the court so the referee's like you can get back on the court you're still gonna be trapped i'm gonna try and not let him out koreans are coming to set some screens to help him out shot clock need to get it across oh there wasn't much in that they beat the eight seconds just [Applause] lee with the foul [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it's a better challenge thrown out can kim get there he's got to be quick yes he is takes the foul no it's an offensive foul [Applause] [Music] and we just veered into tahiri you see they were racing for the ball and then he just steers in to bump him out of the way initiating the contact and zakiri well he certainly felt that one but he's back up and pleased to see the foul goes the other way i'm not sure he's given a thumbs up to two officials but he's grimacing slightly as he holds on to that elbow oh that's not a good pass and it's always dangerous to throw a slightly wayward one with cho about joe drives in gets all the way to the hole defense to offense for cho young 40 points apiece still they go basket for basket here in the third oh so we and it wasn't seen by tolerate well at least not till it hit him in the nose joe great job diving out there to steal that away and he's quick down court to put points on the board less than three to play here at the ariaki arena we're level at 40 timeout called here in the third quarter um [Music] not the most demonstrative but gets his message across in a very calm and measured way korea with the possession just under three to play here in the third cho [Music] remember the kim kim back up top and from ode to cho jim it's good ball movement shots a bit flat kim's a bit deep underneath but he gets the [Applause] foul um price one good [Applause] makes them both they've been really good from the free-throw line the koreans they came in here just shooting 50 57 from the foul line but they're 12 or 14 well see today want that back those are normally bread and butter to him [Applause] choke chose it pass just a little out of the reach of kim and then he wasn't quite in the position he wanted probably still should have scored anyway but the pass made it a little more difficult ziari getting inside [Music] foul on the you floor see just had to reach for it and then not quite in the optimum spot they're in the penalty so it's uh two free throws uh [Applause] lame violation take that again i've seen a lot of these through these paralympic games teams just a touch keen to get in and get that rebound [Applause] uh [Applause] came back to oh thinks about the three sets himself well i think he thought that was in he started to go defensive but him with the offensive rebound oh a little closer this time off the glass and muhammadan front can choke catching he is quick enough and he does enough well cho was going the opposite way expecting a pass and he didn't see the cut-up iran in front leading by a point with a minute and some change to go here in the third quarter cho has it up off the glass bobbles away sayari with the rebound kamali looking to push force back out nice cut halloween all the way to the basket cho getting a hand in there but illegally so and he'll go to the line for two first one was all right this little bit there on the well some hand in there [Music] [Applause] winning this quarter by six winning the game by two make that three here comes kim for korea trying to get back onto level terms as cho is fouled it's only the third foul of the uh quarter for uh iran daniel zakiri with his first foul ziyari getting a big hand on that again love cross court to gim gim under pressure gets it away chance maybe for one last shot or they're going to go quick here iran yeah they are well that might give korea a chance the other way but zakiri with the offensive rebound they get two points out of it and the uh clock is stopped by the officials so that helps korea a little bit here comes cho last couple of seconds of the third gets himself oh come holly throws that one out from behind tremendous block chasing it down had his eyes completely on the ball to deny an opportunity for korea point seven on the clock kim kat shoots and a great finish to the third quarter by iran they really powered away in those last few minutes and you could see the momentum played out in that defensive stop they've won that quarter 21-12 and they lead 47 42 [Music] korea shooting going down and not helped by iran scoring the last seven points of that third quarter to go from two points down to five points up as we look back over the action in this third quarter this is iran's biggest lead of the game and what a great time to get themselves in front and with only 10 minutes to play for much of that third quarter they were just going blow for blow you score we score but the last three minutes we're definitely iran's and that is why they are ahead [Applause] a little bit in transition a little bit getting to the foul line and made a few free throws they struggled early on from the foul line but [Applause] they find themselves in front here 21 points the highest scoring quarter by either team in the game so far [Music] [Applause] ten minutes left here at the ariaki arena to decide who will finish ninth and tenth in the men's wheelchair basketball at tokyo 2020 paralympic games it's iran with the upper hand and possession of the ball leading 47-42 sayari trying to stretch that gets it again two defenders come out to him so he feeds it off to sakiri sakiri setting the screen both the koreans were worried about the top scorer but they lost shaqiri who had an easy lane to the basket to stretch it to seven [Applause] foul called kamali the offender his fourth personal foul well he lead by seven he's a key player there's 9 20 to go there is a substitution in the game but it is not for iran it is for korea [Applause] coming into the game for the first time [Applause] here's cho kim at the foul line off the mark zakiri got a hand on it was it the last touch yes it was white ball says the official from australia [Applause] well first real touch of the ball for yang it's not easy to come into a game in the fourth quarter the team needs some offensive input but he provides it straight away so yuri again working with zakiri who gets to the basket the pass from the top of the key finds him but he gets the rebound cho pulls it away from him but not before a jump ball is called of course it's been a long time since we have had jumbles for wrap-ups possession arrow decides the way and the possession arrow favors korea [Applause] that's a good roll to the basket quack tron lays in his first basket of the game korea got it back down to three eight to play here [Music] he shot off the mark korea potentially could tie the game on this play [Music] [Applause] zakiri pleading with the referee for an offensive foul but it's a block it's a theory not in a uh legal defensive position just sort of turning into it if he just been a split second quicker he might have been stationary and level and been able to take that charge that he was after [Applause] here's cho kim now yang spinning through the lane gets the shot away oh it wasn't a shot the referee says no you passed the ball i think he was trying to convince the referee that he was in the shooting motion it didn't go very near the basket to be fair [Applause] [Applause] [Music] joe with the mid-range off the mark that's a great work on the glass from tolerate [Applause] career pressing they were under pressure from the shot clock there in with the foul they may not have got that across in time but the foul was called to save them so still just one possession between the two teams iran with the advantage 7 20 to go here in the fourth quarter to sayari sayari off the class a bit short yang with the rebound late trail by yang dipped it into chow off the glass with the finish brilliant score from cho hyun and he will go to the line [Music] with the chance [Music] to tie the game [Music] 49 points apiece less than seven to play in this classification game joe harassing on the defensive end cyari off the glass suddenly his radar is a little off the mark cho fakes it the three drives into the lane gets to the foul line lee is blocked and iran looking to get away kamali has it white shirts flooding back though marley all the way around off the glass around in front now [Music] [Applause] well this game could come down to who scores last [Applause] joe mid-range levels it back up [Music] [Applause] back it comes to the number 14. [Applause] and again he thinks about the shot but goes for cre instead who knocks it in at the end of the shot clock [Music] [Applause] kim over to cho defenders collapsing on him three round him in the end kamali with the rebound past the midway point of this final quarter molly over to sayari that's a foul in the basket will calcum molly punches the air he's got a chance for a three-point play [Music] [Music] him at one end and kamali at the other two key players for their teams on four fouls zakiri first to the loose ball iran get it back [Music] muhammad moves it on kamali trying to drive baseline gets it back to muhammad at the top of the key he can't convert lee is out in front stops well but can't convert cho with the rebound [Music] and the foul called on kamali i was about to say they might have preferred to play on there because they probably would have scored but as it's a team foul and the fifth personal foul on kamali they'll be more than happy to see the back of him he fouls out of the game 14 points to his name eight assists seven rebounds as well that is a big part of the iranian firepower going off to the bench for the remainder of the game [Music] [Applause] again violation call but ball goes in so that's fine career trail by three four minutes to play four minutes without kamali on the court so ciara suddenly gets a lot more heat coming his way can't convert yang with the rebound kim looking for something in transition they've trapped sayari down the other end of the court so it's four on four with no big man inside and lee takes full advantage of that it's a one-point game [Applause] [Applause] a lot resting on him to get some points for them foul is going to be on show trying to get that rebound not getting there first [Music] and that is going to be his fourth personal foul shot clock getting very low sayari off the glass stretches the lead to three [Music] [Applause] offensive foul illegal screen there lee not in the right position to set that and he's going to get called for it big stop for iran with 2 43 to go [Music] a chance to make it a two possession game nice pass and a great cut to the basket super finish by mohammed he's really found some gaps in the defense through this game he's not always taking full advantage of him but that is a key one to make it a five point lead with two and a half to go coach koh having to call a timeout [Music] [Music] wow whatever happens this is their best ever paralympic games boy they'd love to get another win on the board and finish ninth at the minute it is around who are edging towards that outcome leading as they do by five but there's still a long long way to go in this ball game 231 there's only two shots between them korea have the ball looking to make it one joe fakes it the three cross court to kim the veteran to chow with some room cho shot off the iron and ron will look to try and take some clock get a late shot clock score here there's so like cutting to the basket and he's had a great game 16 points for him now seven of nine shooting [Applause] and suddenly iran lead by seven and there's less than two minutes to go this is their biggest lead of the game what a time to pull it out [Applause] and with one of their top scorers having fouled out but cho with the offensive rebound korea needs scores they need them quickly cho spinning that took him but it's deflected away zakari got in the way but every tick of the clock is a dagger in korea's chances it's into cho he's got to try and find some room he somehow gets the shot away but it doesn't drop and cho seems to have hurt himself but iran are off down the other court and they're going to try and milk the clock cho is back up but he seems to have banged his elbow he is back at the defensive end sayari offensive foul well there was only 1.9 left in the shot clock so if they were gonna turn it over that's not the end of the world because they took 22 seconds off the clock and they have a seven point lead [Applause] here's oh korea must score on this possession time draining away oh hits the deck looks hopefully at the official but at all he'll see is him pointing the opposite way for a turnover [Applause] well iran are going to call a timeout i'm wondering if he might want to advance the ball it's one of those interesting things at this stage of the game if you advance the ball you obviously lose 10 seconds and you want to try and take as much time off the clock as you can [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] well korea [Applause] looking uh to set up i assume it'll be a full court press i assume he will take it in the back court no it is going to the front court he is going to move so loses 10 seconds but obviously you then don't have the chance of coughing it up in the back court and giving them an easy score and it also then makes korea think well do we play defense here or do we go into foul mode down seven 31 seconds is when they would get the ball back assuming that iran take all the clock which they're trying to do so they are going to play defense sayari at the end of the clock oh that basically wins the game for iran mohamed hassan sayari with the triple he's the tournament's leading scorer he's got another 26 points and he ran that one right to the buzzer and hit a three that has essentially confirmed his team in ninth place here at tokyo 2020 zakiri will run it out iran uh have come from behind here to win this ball game tremendous performance from them particularly in that third quarter where they finished so well scored the last seven points of that third quarter and they kept that momentum going into the fourth and they have won by 10. great victory that for iran they were made to work hard by a very spirited korean team a korean team who've got their best ever placing at the paralympics here in tokyo finishing 10th but it is iran who will secure ninth 26 points from mohamed hassan sayari he will almost certainly finish as the top scorer here at tokyo 2020 but good contributions as well from moshin who had 16 points eight assists and five rebounds as well and also kamali before he fouled out well tough to win a game when you shoot 35 from the floor but the free throws kept them in it and uh well kept them in front for much of the first half but that spell late in the third decisive for the iranians and they will go home on a high having won their final game of the tokyo 2020 paralympics mohamed hassan sayari has certainly done his reputation on the global stage no harm at all with a tremendous tournament as he has led his team to ninth place [Music] well sometimes you can dominate a game and sometimes it's just about making sure you hit your bit of momentum at the right time and they did exactly that by uh timing their finish from late in the third all the way to the buzzer to seal themselves a victory [Applause] [Music] [Music] well two teams who have acquitted themselves very well over the last uh week or so here in tokyo they're paralympic games over for now but they've both shown what they can do on the big stage and you can see the iranians getting a few little memories to take back home with them a few photos at half court in the middle of the logo little mementos to show their family both now and in the future and probably on social media coming soon as well and they have finished ninth here in these paralympic games and a good tournament ending for them always nice to go home on a high with a victory and they've certainly done that here today they've beaten uh the republic of korea by 64 points to 54 in this men's wheelchair basketball classification playoff and they will finish ninth thank you so [Music] [Music] so good afternoon ladies and gentlemen the international paralympic committee in tokyo 2020 welcome you to japan and area arena big women's paralympic wheelchair basketball competition [Music] this is the united competition our next game is the women's classification playoff 7-8 game features great britain and spain scheduled to start at 3pm but first first we got a special freaking treat for you check out the big screen to find out more [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign so uh [Music] oh so so [Music] thank you to our double dutch performers [Music] so and now one music from bjj you [Music] [Music] everybody [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] ladies and gentlemen please welcome spain foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] good [Music] [Music] [Applause] hmm [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] this is [Music] is [Music] hmm [Applause] [Music] sweden [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] uh [Music] me [Music] [Applause] nice [Music] [Music] [Music] so so every time you come around you know [Music] uh [Music] and tonight [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] conversations [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] before every game we're going to take a look at competing had a 1-3 record in a preliminary round with a win with australia but they lost before the final game with china he scored 245 points in the tournament with a 36.4 field goal average and 35.6 rebound coverage this is their seventh appearance in a row in the paralympic games and the best result is fourth in rio foreign [Music] foreign and now let's talk about spain [Music] germany they finished in fourth place in groupie they scored 200 points 29.2 percent field goal average and 40 percent rebound average their last appearance in maryland makes work 92 in barcelona and they were the 2019 european championship championships [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] so so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] eh me oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] [Applause] we're at the uh classification stage of the women's wheelchair basketball here at the aryaki arena as spain and great britain we'll find it out for the eighth spot this is uh how the quarterfinals went it's been beaten by germany china seeing off great britain and they then drop in to this seven eight match-up you can see gb qualified for the quarterfinals by beating australia before getting defeated 43 uh 47 to 33 in the quarterfinal against china whereas the spanish saw off algeria in a very lopsided game as their only win and were beaten 33-57 by germany in the quarter-finals and uh well great britain probably the story of their tournament is uh just a lack of consistent scoring they've not got anybody in the lineup who's average double figures here in tokyo they've scored just 49 points per game and those are the fine margins by which you lose the low scoring game as they did against china in the quarter-finals to find themselves here [Applause] similar story really for the spanish their best scorer virginia perez she only averages eight points per game and as a team they average 40 points per game which bearing in mind the scored 80 against algeria shows you that points have been a challenge for them in this tournament and that will be the question i suppose in deciding which of these teams finished seventh and eighth is which one of them can get the scoreboard ticking and get themselves on top this is only the second paralympic experience for spain they will at the very least match what they did in barcelona in 1992 here they were eighth then they will be at worst eighth here they'll be hoping for seven gb seventh in london when they hosted it improved to fourth last time out but uh as we saw the emotion of the quarter-final can they channel that in to make sure that disappointment turns into a successful finish well the two teams are out on the court after the introductions and we will pause now for the national anthems of the two sides starting with the national anthem of great britain [Music] and now for the national anthem of spain [Music] [Applause] two teams acknowledge each other before heading back for their warm-ups as they get set for their final game here in tokyo the 2020 paralympics two great european nations in wheelchair basketball going head-to-head [Music] as they look to uh improve their rankings in this competition here in tokyo and our three officials for today's game are also ready to go from malaysia or referee and supported by the two officials uh two referee umpires even uh yukata hock of um turkey and from costa rica maurizio gamez our commissioner on the table is andrew sherman of south africa well great britain their silver medal in the europeans would have had high hopes coming into this uh paralympic games like everybody else the disruption of the training program through the pandemic probably caught them at a bad time because they were in good form in 2019 this is starting five for great britain charlie moore helen freeman laurie williams amy conroy and joy hazeldon will be the five that coach fisher sends out on the court hoping they can get some scoring going through freeman and conroy in particular there is coach simon fisher encouraging his team through the warm-ups and he will want them to finish their time here in tokyo strongly obviously if you go home it's better to go home having won your last game then have lost it and that will be the attitude of both these two sides patricia will start at number eight and sarah garcia virginia perez maria alonso and amudina montiel who's been pretty good in the games uh that i've covered for spain through this tournament very impressive uh performance and they go back into their huddle and get ready for the ball game to get underway [Applause] interestingly assistant coach uh david benitez sanchez giving the main pre-game team talk [Applause] doesn't appear to be on the sidelines [Applause] there we go then great britain against spain for seventh place at tokyo 2020 and it is the brits in white who will start us off and conroy with her first shot attempt of the game and that deflected out of bounds off uh alonso villarino for a great britain ball [Applause] hazelton at the free throw line back to williams and that's the first points on the board gb with some pressure down court forcing the turnover and a good start from the british side [Applause] hazelden back out to freeman in now to conroy in the paint back iron on the shot [Applause] [Music] foul called [Music] first foul of the game is on joy hazelden and spain now with a chance to get into the half court with zoo there going around the screen getting all the way to the basket nice dish off and spain are on the board [Applause] garcia with the first points it's williams charging foul called perez getting into good position and williams heading into uh [Music] [Music] i had to reach down low to get that period she's gonna fire up the oh no she's passed it inside i thought for a second she was going to shoot it but it was a pass and perez chasing down the rebound fans fouls williams after villarino's miss shot [Applause] [Music] freeman hazelton with the scream drawing both defenders the freeman takes the shot [Applause] let's see dare [Applause] going all the way using a strength well to fend off the defender look at this good chair movement just easing and then the reach across from lori williams that's her second foul here in the first two minutes that gives coach fisher something to think about perros that's the easy shot because uh montiel had kept the defenders at bay freeman over to hazelden ducks underneath great play from joy hazel and can't get the rebound more fighting for it though conroy has it good work from charlie moore and amy conroy turns it into points for great britain [Music] volta freeing up her teammate with a good screen perez spins throws it away more with the steal [Music] here's williams out in front conroy wither great work from conroy and williams and great britain in transition take the lead [Applause] [Applause] [Music] nice bounce pass oh that was unlucky just uh bobbled out for uh [Music] [Applause] hazelden ran to freeman freeman coming crosscourt push back at the foul line good cut to the basket from moore offensive rebound but not the putback for conroy revelator with the rebound thrown out in front gonna have to work hard to catch that one up and uh montiel was going as fast as she could but couldn't beat the ball to the line [Applause] hazelden into conroy conroy's foul basket is good and amy conroy with a chance for a three-point play six early points for gb's number 12. number 10 even sorry off the mark just across the line in time there [Applause] [Applause] perez with the shot misses everything freeman with the rebound looking to get out hazelden in front so two williams moore and conroy does great britain have numbers williams goes it alone and williams scores off the glass lorry williams all the way to the basket tremendous break from gb they had so many options they've started well here first five minutes they're up by six and spain tossing the ball away again [Music] williams with the shot back iron perez still going all the way on her own eventually stopped by conroy dishes it off but zooday cannot finish [Applause] freeman to conroy to hazeldon good ball movement again from the brits and i did a look straight to the coach to see if a timeout was coming and it is indeed great britain looking very fluent offensively look at this ball movement hazelden at the end of it spanish defense can't react quick enough and great britain have opened an eight-point lead here inside six minutes well they've got issues at both ends of the floor at the minute spain [Music] the uh the biggest thing on that stat there is the shot differential six shots to 13. and the reason great britain have had 13 shots is because they've got three offensive rebounds and spain have got four turnovers not a great combination for the team in red great britain's press has caused them some issues oh that's a bad chord is it yes it is great play from moore to stop her right at the line and then perez tried to [Applause] head back towards the sidelines and just caught the wheel on the halfway line once the ball's established in the front court you can't go back [Music] traveling violation on freeman only allowed two pushes before you have to dribble the ball or throw it out in front if you want and she must have took a sneaky third there but not sneaky enough because the referee was able to spot it tonya ruiz the captain throws it away [Applause] and freeman with the steal draws the foul another turnover [Applause] thank you freeman back to hazelden onto williams williams along the base line to conroy conroy three red shirts around her one of them quarter a hand up in the air is from uh ruiz so the foul coming here from behind there on the head so amy conroy he's made a fast start [Music] in this game with six points adding to her tally it's gonna be a lame violation if this doesn't go in it does go in eight points for conroy ten points the british lead [Applause] but sonja ruiz getting all the way to the basket and laying it in [Applause] williams to more hazelton on the trail brilliant right down the lane joy hazelden up off the glass great cut perfect pass from moore to find up great britain really flowing here alonso villarino back to ruiz just a little bit behind it was the right idea but it wasn't quite the execution that spain would have wanted revel to go into the basket but needed that in front of her as robin love checks in great first quarter for amy conroy freeman back to williams once again the three-time paralympian has the ball and williams going to the basket a little nod from uh medina montiel to uh acknowledge the referee's call of a foul on here [Music] [Applause] returns spain over the limit in this quarter so free throws for williams [Applause] what ball is loose and freeman comes away with it so great britain get a new 14 seconds freeman [Music] i think that came off william's chair last so it's a spain ball oh it's thrown straight to freeman by ruiz williams love has a good position and love gets her first points on the board oh that pass only just made it as well they've had some difficulty getting it crossed midcourt the spanish they're halfway through this offense and they haven't really moved the ball at all paris is looking for options but great defense from williams and suddenly they're at the back end of the shot clock needing to heave one up but it goes in well it was hard work but they got the points they need hazelden freeman gets in the lane uncharacteristically off the mark for her from that sort of range [Applause] perez is stopped on the halfway line again and it's a back court violation once again gb are doing a really good job of stopping the ball immediately as they get over the halfway line there's been uh two or three where spain have got away with it and there's been a couple of back court violations as well the pass has to go into the front court on the back violation which it does freeman has it crossed to love freeman hits the shot helen freeman her first points of the game 12 points gb lead oh here we go again they're in an awkward spot it's got to be quick again it's over but it's right on the line that was close to a back court again for spain but they get away with it this time great britain with a chance to break three on three [Music] another foul it's on the floor but it's going to be free throws and spain struggling here in the first quarter a to get the ball over half court and then when they do to get some sort of shot there's just a little chair issue at the other end of the floor montiel had a bit of a i think a wheel might have come slightly loose because it was just pushed back into place by the coach for the day first one is good williams takes her tally to six takes her team's lead to 14. there's an offense left in this opening quarter oh that pass a little far out in front of lopez had to reach to get it ruiz over the half court but again look where they get stopped right near the halfway line time ticking down on this first quarter revolts are rolling to the basket can't get the shot to go and that will do it for the first quarter an excellent first quarter for great britain they've dominated at both ends of the floor and that is why they lead spain eight great britain twenty-two [Music] well the biggest start there is 18 shots to 10. they've had eight more shots great britain because they've got four offensive rebounds and because spain have turned the ball over nine times in that first quarter that's way too many if they're going to get back in this game they've got to look after the ball the spanish as we look back at the action from this opening quarter they started pretty well spain there's some good ball movement had their offense going a little bit but as gb cranked up some defensive pressure they've struggled to deal with the full court [Applause] and the turnovers and great britain's speed has led to some transition points conroy started really well [Music] [Applause] well the emotion from britain after the defeat in their quarterfinals was clear for everybody to see but they've come back here today on a mission it's easy when you get heartbreak like that to sort of let it affect the next game but they haven't done that they've been really good through 10 minutes [Applause] second quarter getting underway here at the ariaki arena spain with the ball but trailing by 14. there is a three off the mark the long rebound comes all the way out but bounces kindly for robin love there's hamer her first touch of the ball who might go out of court there and does [Applause] [Applause] [Music] lopez oh [Applause] i'm not sure she was quite looking at that thought it was a good touch pass there perez but was nowhere near where she touched it to thompson off the glass and in well they're starting five we're scoring well enough and the subs have come in and they're putting points on the board and keeping the scoreboard ticking as well just a stoppage in the game never else are down in the key initially so dangerous spot and we can get back underway [Applause] whereas [Applause] foul called and you can see the frustration there from uh lopez she thinks she should be going to the line for one shot not two she feels like that's a foul down on the chair doesn't affect her in terms of her shooting motion she should probably score that [Applause] uh [Music] there's just an issue uh it's slightly out of shot but uh i can't see for the referee which player it was it was montielle was uh just adjusting her strapping [Music] [Applause] forward to thompson hamer in front of her hamer one-on-one with perez looking to see what options present themselves now she goes into the lane three players around her there's love love dumps it down to carragill who gets her own rebound and that's going to be a hell ball possession hour for great britain so they will keep it [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh nice work along the baseline for cara gill but just couldn't spin that chair quick enough it was a good cut found by maddie thompson on the inbound but [Music] not able to take advantage of the position in spain come the other way with lopez scoring now spain looking to put some pressure on down court cara gill trying to help love out together over the halfway line hamer does well to catch it but ruiz steals it offer [Applause] montiel oh wow tremendous from uh thompson to steal that she looked third best never mind second best to get that but she wanted that ball and spain commit a foul in transition timeout called by great britain they lead by 13 here in the second quarter of this women's classification playoff seventh eighth game [Music] okay one two three [Applause] [Music] [Applause] teams coming back onto the floor last action was the foul so it's a great britain ball from oh that's a little high for love sloppy one there under no pressure thompson just put too much zip on it [Applause] [Music] don't think that'll count now ambitious ask of the question there from uh lopez for two points but there is a big gap between whistle and shot [Music] lopez [Applause] cross court offensive foul illegal screen montiel it was carrogill trying to fight around the outside and she didn't wanted to get there just kind of chased and that is going to be the third personal foul on her [Music] maria alonso back into the game carragher forward to love love over to hamer hamer on the move tough shot nearly ortega pulled in that rebound and uh my teammate lopez just grabbed it off i think ortega thought at first it was somebody trying to steal it that pass had a lot of uh pace on it lopez can't convert but the spanish get the ball back on the offensive glass and a third chance opportunity blocked by love still they have it royce well four goes out of spain but they couldn't convert any of them when you down 13 you need to take those chances [Music] so she has to come out of the game out there as well more forward to hamer hamer hooks it towards thompson and just out of her grasp [Music] wholesale substitutions for great britain three on three off [Music] williams freeman and hazelden let's do it trying to squeeze through the lane dory shot [Music] nice pass and a good finish great positioning as well for lopez hazelton has thompson way ahead all on her own and sp oh thompson needs to score that spain's transition defense all over the place there [Applause] and a good finish at pace for the captain sonia ruiz just chipping away this spain got it down to nine [Applause] [Music] freeman to thompson makes no mistake this time [Applause] that's better by the spanish [Applause] freeman just reaching in call for the foul [Music] made a great start can she pick up where she left off [Music] that's a good out of bounds play had everything but the finish is their shot rimmed out [Applause] pretty careful on that one from behind [Music] freeman a familiar shot a cry of defense from the spanish substitutes and they get the stop they were after [Music] no pays [Music] banks one in and they've cut it [Applause] yet again spain not going away here winning this quarter nine points to [Applause] [Music] four they were concentrating on williams on the screen and the left freeman open which is not usually a good course of action [Music] lopez her shot rims out conroy gets a hand on it manages to pick it up off the ground forward to williams that's a nice pass to freeman hazelden out in front great transition from gb but hazelden can't convert [Applause] foul called on conroy on the rebound [Music] [Applause] [Music] 3 34 left in this first half spain 17. great britain 28. [Music] charlie moore returns cara gill gets a break [Applause] traveling violation just one too many pushes there [Music] williams under pressure gets it over the halfway line to freeman now hazelden hazel and into conroy back to hazelden nice give and go foul called as hazelden got to the basket an extravagant wave off the shot from the referee it's the fourth team foul so it'll be an endline ball back to hazelden [Applause] williams draws iron freeman nearly knocked that one loose spain though still with the ball [Applause] [Music] roy's throwing their options dude doesn't have much time here oh that's not a great foul charlie moore two shots is great britain are over the limit right at the end 1.5 on the shot clock you don't want to gamble in that situation let's see what they could do in terms of getting a shot up from there it was going to be a tricky one however beatrix dude got it away now she gets a slightly easier task of uncontested shots from the foul line although the first is off the mark 10-point game conroy was open for a second there but uh let's see they're able to prevent williams from getting hold of the ball and looking down court conroy spies elaine drives towards it red shirts collapse to prevent again through here's freeman nice fast break zudair is there zuda will lay it in 211 to go in the ball game and great britain are going to call a timeout their lead is down to eight they did get as many as 16 in front but spain have halved it here big two minutes you add four six points either way and it's a very different complexion at half time [Music] [Music] just over two minutes to play in the first half in this uh women's classification playoff 7-8 game great britain with an eight-point lead but they've turned the ball over and that lead is getting more and more precarious [Music] no foul called there and it's going to be two shots it's a bit of an innocuous one i think it was joy hazelton preventing or trying to create some space i think to allow conroy to get back down court and in the process committing a foul [Applause] look it's in that egg at the free throw line makes the second gets her first points foul called [Music] call for the foul both teams over the limit so free throws at one end to free throws at the other [Applause] second one is good eight points between the sides gb trying to disrupt this spanish possession that's going to be a foul off the ball on spain as williams hits the deck it's uh i got a little shoots call for the foul that's a second in quick succession just there [Applause] my hands went up today it wasn't me ref i think it was said the official well it's an offensive foul so there's not free throws on an offensive foul which is why great britain have a sideline ball [Applause] conroy [Applause] wow i think she got caught in two minds there she was thinking pass at first [Applause] and then that affected her shot zudaire in transition stopped by freeman player down what ortega back on the wheels [Applause] chocolate needs to go up not sure there's time for the pass [Music] now even if reese did get that off in time it wasn't the sort of shot she's known for put her in a really awkward spot [Music] bennett and some change to go here in the first half great britain who've led by as many 16 trying to get it back into double figures charlie moore rattles it in [Applause] britain are up 10. [Music] [Applause] grace sudair let's fly easy rebound for laurie williams freeman going quick [Applause] [Music] oh good position from conroy freeman sora underneath and amy conroy [Applause] drops in another two games [Music] high of 10. all thrown into the backcourt turnover again by spain that's their third back court violation it is their 16th turnover of the first half [Music] [Applause] they're gonna have to take better care of the ball in the second half the spanish [Applause] and here's conroy underneath it again squares up i think that was off a spanish hand says the referee [Applause] i think touched it 2.4 left in this quarter it's into conroy sets herself on the buzzer front iron well they started tremendously well great britain led by 16 in the first quarter spain replied looked like they were clawing their way all the way back but great britain had the better of the last couple of minutes there and we're at the half of the ariaki arena spain 21 great britain 33. well the two teams will have their discussions at halftime looking for areas of improvement i'm sure the spanish will be talking about taking better care of the ball and it's very difficult to win a basketball game when you keep giving the other team the ball as they have done great britain have 14 points off turnovers they lead by 12 and 14 of them have come from spanish mistakes and that i'm sure will be a hot topic of conversation as we look back over the action in this first half and as i say the third quarter at the start of the second quarter great britain well looking like they were giving their whole lead away spain were much more comfortable getting the ball over midcourt but when gb had pressed they pressed hard and spain have not really dealt with it very well [Applause] and that is why at the interval it is a 12 point lead for the team in white and they will head off to the locker rooms and you can see the shooting percentage is not too different the biggest difference is 24 shot attempts versus 34 shot attempts it's hard to keep up with the team when you give them 10 more shots than your you've got and they've got more free throws so that just talks to more possessions overall for great britain 16 turnovers 14 points off them that's the key difference in the first half and that is why spain 21 great britain 33. [Music] so hey [Applause] so [Music] uh uh [Applause] uh [Music] [Music] hey [Applause] hey [Music] [Music] what do you think hey yes [Music] [Music] nice [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] well the two coaches going through their pre-game or pre-second half chats and i just get the sense that these first few minutes are going to be critical in the destination of the victory here spain need to start chipping away at this lead there's still 20 minutes to go so there's a ton of time but you just look at the scoreboard and go well if great britain gets i don't know an 8-2 star or a 10-2 start or something they'll be in the 40s and spain have only scored 21 points in the first half they only average 40 points per game so how will spain be able to drag it back in which is why i think the spanish need a good start to this third quarter and gabriella navarro who didn't play in the first quarter gets us underway in the second half and can spain get their offense ticking yes they can that's a perfect start perez with the shot and it's down to 10. lauren freeman williams conroy hazelden [Applause] the 5-4 great britain and it's freeman on the baseline who replies with two of her own ortega with welter perez alonso navarro the five that start the second half for spain [Music] navarro pepero [Music] [Applause] oh it's just a little bit too high oh yeah alonzo had the position it just needed a better executed pass [Applause] [Music] [Applause] williams to freeman on the trail down the lane forced back out [Applause] sets herself for a shot off the glass [Applause] [Music] oh you got to stop the ball more comes over to help maybe a little bit too late but to be fair to charlie moore she was doing her own defensive duties and probably needed a shout to come over and help on perez see perez is going nobody gets there by the time the shout comes charlie moore can't do too much about it here's hazelden [Applause] misses [Music] mourinho the heat forward off just bounced nicely for perez and still struggling a little bit with that spain but this is much better in terms of their half court offense when they do get into the half court they don't look too bad but the problem is getting there and not turning the ball over here's williams [Applause] comroy down to freeman her shot misses pereth with the rebound [Applause] again another turnover it was going to be in eight seconds if she hadn't thrown it straight to freeman williams driving through ortega is gonna get called for the foul [Music] there's a time out here early in the third quarter great britain with it they've been out scored six to two their lead is down to eight [Music] you're going to work for each other [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] tokyo 2020 we're at the ariaki arena for this classification game to decide who will finish seventh and eighth in the women's wheelchair basketball and it's great britain who have the advantage at the moment and the ball [Applause] conroy knocks it down amy conroy has 12. just fading backwards but kept our eyes on the rim the whole time navarro perez revolted with a good screen there [Applause] williams with the rebound freeman looking to go hazelden takes two defenders away that creates some space for freeman down to moore and gets absolutely hammered across the face by maria alonso reno [Music] [Applause] oh conroy saw some daylight for a second there [Applause] navarro certainly made an impact here in the four minutes she's played in the second half and tapped away by conroy he could go out of bounds but will it beat the shot clock out of bounds yes it will there's 1.3 on the shot clock for spain as one of them they were hoping the ball would go a little bit quicker there to give them a bit more time it's going to have to be a heck of a pass and a quick shot gotta try and get somewhere near the rim it's gonna be a violation before perez can get the shot away so another turnover for spain [Applause] freeman [Applause] rebound pulled in by perez [Music] trying to work her way over half call [Applause] committing the offense [Music] number one number two sorry on amy conway oh that gave freeman a chance but uh perez was able to hang on to it in a super pass oh but a blown lay up there maria alonso should have scored [Applause] freeman around the screen from conroy who now has the size mismatch on the uh switch and she takes full advantage of it [Applause] ortega [Applause] nearly [Music] freeman back out to williams williams shot is up panic rims in friendly bounce great britain's lead is back out to 14. [Applause] have they weathered the spanish storm here in the third quarter quite possibly because they've forced another one hazel done getting in to the paint and there must have been some contact in there as joy hazelden went through virginia is the offender well four minutes and 13 seconds to go in the game and uh assistant coach david benita sanchez has to call a timeout here they scored six of the first eight but they've given up the last six in this period a [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] williams inbounds [Music] conroy tough catch great finish and great britain have matched their biggest lead of the ball game it's back out to 16. spain needs something here just to stop this momentum and yell another one where they've caught the ball right on the halfway line dangerous place here's navarro surely no offensive foul on helen freeman [Applause] [Music] stationary and freeman [Applause] colliding into her for the charge [Music] [Applause] nice well that was a more difficult shot for navarro [Applause] freeman [Music] hazelden conroy good cut through the lane takes a time and drops it in 18 now for amy conroy and we said great britain have perhaps struggled for a consistent scorer through this tournament she's certainly bringing a big number here today [Applause] [Music] needs to go up it's going to be another 24 second violation in fact gb can play because they've come away with the ball four on two williams to conroy and great britain have their biggest lead of the game at 18 points well spain started this quarter really well they'd trim the deficit but great britain i've been on a tear since then [Music] two minutes into the quarter it was 27 35 it's now 29 47. so a 12 to 2 burst by gb and they're looking to extend that as well because freeman has to rebound hazelden out in front three back for the spanish but here come the cavalry and conroy is up to 20 and great britain's lead is up to 20. [Applause] still they pressure the spanish it was a fortunate call there for spain because the pass was well overcooked but conroy committing the foul at the half court means it will be a sideline ball her third personal foul [Music] [Applause] [Music] montielle rebound hazelden again great britain looking to get out williams and conroy hazelden coming fast too here she is hazeled into the glass i couldn't get a roll on that one [Applause] choc clark need to get it over big heave oh i think that might have been generous there i'm not sure they quite made the eight seconds on that well one or two on the spanish are asking if this is an unsportsmanlike foul i think it's not because she's going into a shop motion and once you're going into the shop motion it ceases to be on sportsman like unless it's a hard foul they might double check this though they are going to go to the review and have a look fourth foul on amy conroy so looks like robin love in the background is coming into the game my first take is that um lord as ortega has picked the ball up to go into her shot routine and therefore it it's not an unsportsmanlike foul if it had been 10 feet further back it would have been but let's see what the referees come up with there's a guilty looking face there isn't there well they've come to a conclusion let's see what it is oh it is an unsportsmanlike foul [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so two and possession [Music] [Applause] [Music] ortega trying to get our first point of the game here it is difficult one point player from the free throw line see she just has a little momentum to get her to the line to give her a slightly better shot at it so no points from the free throws can they get something from the possession zudair penetrates [Applause] shot clock again getting low and it's another shot clock violation so the unsportsmanlike foul doesn't cost great britain any points it does cost them the participation of amy conroy though because she's on four [Music] [Applause] freeman to love and well it's not helped many has it it's not helped spain any at all conroy goes off having scored freely on comes love in her stead and straight away scores and forces a turnover it's a great britain can get the last shot of a very good third quarter if uh williams can keep in the front court and she does but was being pushed by montiel trying to make that a back court violation so be a sideline ball to great britain that's her fourth foul by the way more back to freeman driving all the way more on the buzzer strings it to cap a tremendous third quarter for great britain they've scored 20 points in that period they've given up only eight and uh they conceded only two points in the last eight minutes of that period and great britain have romped out to a 53-29 advantage [Music] wow you can see the turnovers and the points from turnovers continue to rise great britain getting basically a point every time spain lose possession of the ball and they're losing possession of the ball on a regular occurrence it started so well for spain [Applause] they cut the lead down to uh eight he seemed to have all of the momentum but as these highlights will show here in the third quarter it suddenly became one-way traffic for great britain spain just couldn't this was the moment they only scored one basket after that spain and conroy was uh on fire in that third taking her own personal tally up to 22. [Applause] [Music] and then the lead out past 20 as well [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] well you saw there lucy robinson into the game for the first time as great britain get us underway here in the third quarter here's love back to williams oh that's not a [Applause] very good pass moore didn't have much of a chance of getting that montielle playing despite the four fouls louise back to montiel driving in off the mall williams in her eye line here comes hazelden hazelden lobbing it forward to robinson underneath kicks it out to moore and same spot as she scored at the end of the quarter she scores at the side of the next and great britain pulling yet further clear [Applause] in the big three off the mark but an offensive rebound and put back inside from isabel lopez hazelden love moves the ball on robinson her first shot of the game is good two points for lucy robinson [Applause] perez around the screen getting inside hazelden with the help defense she be recovering well foul is called number 12 shown to the table that's lucy robinson's [Music] first one well as far down as they are they need every point they can get so these missed free throws don't help robinson with the rebound oh just lost control of the ball there perez oh passed too soon there needed to wait a second isabel lopez was just spinning into position it was the right pass it just wasn't the right time hazelden forward to robinson love wants it [Applause] more not quite spain gonna stop but they need some points to go with it got to string something together here the spanish with seven and a half minutes to go well that's a bit more like it but i felt i can't finish love has it forward to robinson williams good scream from robinson frees up williams oh and the rebound bounces off perez and out of bounds well both the players in the shot there will be disappointed williams knows she should have scored perez should have got the rebound [Applause] substitutions for great britain fitzpatrick coming into the game for the first time alongside thompson and carragill williams working the pick and roll with fitzpatrick [Music] and that is going to be a foul on montielle and that is going to be her game over her fifth and final foul and medina montiel not quite had the impact she would have liked and leaves the fray love bats it away but only as far as love and that's going to be an offensive foul fits patrick with the illegal screen [Music] [Applause] oh nice move everywhere where he's driving through the lane and the captain trying to inspire a team here 40 years of age plenty of experience oh misses them both but a good offensive rebound and put back from lopez [Applause] williams to love [Applause] love has thompson to one side pick patrick to the other goes to thompson to fitzpatrick and i think there might have got a little piece of that from behind [Music] good ball movement and the wish with the assist lopez with the basket [Applause] thompson to love love one-handed off the glass ball is loose fits patrick saves it [Music] love it's patrick trying to create some space for love shot [Applause] oh that's a lovely take bounce fast had a lot of power on it from how zudaire pounce for a great britain bull [Music] forward to love back to carragher nice ball movement love is fouled and we'll shoot two oh and that looks like a painful one there went down hard i don't know if she banged her elbow might get to see here there's a collision it goes out oh she landed on the chair that one will be painful i think they need to be careful lifting the back up here [Applause] i think there's some blood in there as well so she will have to leave the court oh that looks like it might i've blown up pretty quickly there hit very hard on the point of the elbow on the front of the chair and she will get some treatment in the meantime there'll be a timeout we're just under five to play spain 35 great britain 57. [Music] [Music] [Music] well ten more made baskets by great britain is the reason they lead by 22 points and the reason they've made 10 more baskets is because they've taken 16 more shots 24 turnovers is the thing that's really killed the spanish in this game [Music] thank you [Music] well remarkably they've managed to uh strap up um stop the bleeding get some tape on and she's back out there that's uh hey some nifty work from the uh medical staff on the spanish sidelines and b tremendous well to be out there having sustained a blow like that she wants to get straight back in doesn't even want a minute to recuperate [Music] [Music] going the wrong way out of bounds lopez [Applause] [Applause] love good ball handling skills there to bring that back up [Applause] thompson [Applause] with the mid-range shot six now for maddie thompson [Music] [Applause] [Music] two tears three way off the mall thompson thompson all the way to the basket good screen at medcor from sheffield's patrick [Applause] [Music] lopez [Music] ruiz a bit of space at the top for lopez [Applause] 13 personal points for her [Music] love takes the shot draws iron lopez went chasing after it and then went actually i'll let that go out of bounds didn't want to get a hand on it and accidentally give it back to great britain and michaela bell and jude hamer into the game for the last three minutes of this paralympic games for these two teams here in tokyo looks uh all but confirmed that great britain will finish seventh in spain eighth unless we see one of the all-time not one of the all-time greatest comeback in the last three minutes here's fitzpatrick [Applause] bell onto carrogill out to thompson offensive foul chord and sophie carraghel [Music] and spain they're gonna make wholesale substitutions four players coming on four going off [Applause] well dying members of this game great britain for the monster lead back is good for um nuna navarro fitzpatrick carrigill here's for patrick [Applause] short on her show [Applause] [Applause] oh [Music] perez top of the key off the mark thompson with the rebound thompson great scream from fitzpatrick or is it no it's not it's an offensive foul [Music] uh [Applause] it's perez as we approach the final minute of this contest [Applause] rebound 4-4 between paris and fitzpatrick not sure who touched it last it must have been fitzpatrick because it's a spanish ball [Applause] maria alonso on the side let's travel [Applause] well she doesn't look convinced but it looked like one from here and i'm a lot further away than the referee who called it bell almost loses it but carragill keeps it for great britain fitzpatrick is underneath but the pass is a little too high [Applause] spain [Music] looking for one more score here look at that from thompson the last few seconds aggressively going after that she enjoyed that i think look at the smile on her face possession error favors the spanish so they will get one more chance to get a couple more points they've been right about their average and uh unfortunately they haven't kept great britain down and great britain have been well above their average in terms of points scored [Music] in this uh paralympic games [Applause] seconds for great britain to run off before finishing seventh in this tournament well they try for one more score they have to get it over half court to avoid the violation it is through to thompson who will i think just dribble it out and that will do it in this women's classification playoff and it is great britain who will finish seventh in the competition having beaten spain here as the coaches embrace at half court it's finished spain 43 great britain 62 amy conroy a big performance for her for 22 points and really that eight minutes spell in the third quarter they already had control of the game great britain but they put spain to the sword with a strong third they ended up winning that period by 12 points and uh there was no way of recovering from there for the spanish [Applause] well they've matched their 1992 effort last time they were in the paralympics spain they were eight then and they are eighth again here but a creditable couple of weeks for them here in tokyo as they return to the paralympic stage these are shooting numbers the biggest ones down the bottom 25 turnovers 24 points from turnovers for great britain and that's why they had so many shots more than the spanish and the flags have come out as great britain will uh just have a few words to reflect on the journey they've had to get here and their performances here likewise the spanish and uh some of the spanish contingent in the house to watch out some of the men's players i think down in [Music] applauding on and well great britain will enjoy this it's a better way to finish than it uh could have been obviously they were disappointed very disappointed you saw from the scenes on call about uh how disappointed they were to lose in the quarterfinals but they've bounced back to claim a win here in this seventh place game [Applause] and the tournament has come to an end for these two teams [Applause] [Music] well i smile from amy conroy at the end of that and smiles on the british faces as they uh pose for the photographers on the baseline who want to capture a little action with the flag great britain got off to a tremendous start in this game and amy conroy came out really firing got them an early 16 point lead spain replied in the second quarter and at the start of the third they look like they might be able to make a real run at it but the turnovers put paid to that great britain cranked up the offense got plenty of scores in transition and were able to pull away in the end it's finished here in the seventh eighth playoff spain 43 great britain 62 so the brits finish seventh and the spanish eighth [Music] you