Reigning Basketball World Cup champion Germany beat Japan with a strong inside game and tough defense and never trailed in the Olympic contest.
Germany improved to 4-0 at the Basketball World Cup with a runaway second-round victory over Georgia. Dennis Schroder contributed 16 points and seven assists.
In 2010, Australia defeated Germany by 35 points in the global tournament in Turkey. Germany triumphed by three points in the teams' rematch at Okinawa Arena.
Japan missed 15 of 18 3-point shots in the first half of its Basketball World Cup opener and trailed by 22 points entering the second half...
