| | Top level | Event type
Basketball, Men – Group A, Match #2
| Date | 23 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Dave Thomas |  AUS |
| Referee | Sergey Sinyakov |  URS |
Score
| 1 | 2 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |  USA | 33 | 65 | 98 |
| Japan |  JPN | 20 | 20 | 40 |
United States
| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bill Hougland | 6 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/8 | 0.375 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 5 | K. C. Jones | 8 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 4/10 | 0.400 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 6 | Bill Russell | 20 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 10/19 | 0.526 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 7 | Jim Walsh | 11 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 4/9 | 0.444 | 3/3 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 8 | Billy Evans | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0/1 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 9 | Burdie Haldorson | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/4 | 0.500 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 10 | Ron Tomsic | 15 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 6/14 | 0.429 | 3/3 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 11 | Dick Boushka | 11 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 5/12 | 0.417 | 1/1 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 12 | Gib Ford | 6 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/7 | 0.429 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 13 | Bob Jeangerard | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/5 | 0.400 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 14 | Chuck Darling | 11 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 5/11 | 0.455 | 1/1 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 98 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 45/103 | 0.436 | 8/9 | 0.889 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | |||||
| Coach | Gerald Tucker |
Japan
| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Takashi Itoyama | 8 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/8 | 0.250 | 4/4 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 5 | Takeo Sugiyama | 9 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 4/11 | 0.364 | 1/1 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 6 | Riichi Arai | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/3 | 0.333 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 7 | Hiroshi Saito | 6 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/7 | 0.429 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 8 | Shutaro Shoji | 5 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/7 | 0.286 | 1/1 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 9 | Hitoshi Konno | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 11 | Kenichi Imaizumi | 8 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 4/10 | 0.400 | 0/1 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 13 | Setsuo Nara | 0 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/3 | 0.000 | 0/1 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 40 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 17/55 | 0.309 | 6/8 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | |||||
| Coach | Tetsuo Ohba |