FIBA Asia: Preliminary Round Statistical Leaders

MANILA, Philippines — The second round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championships begins Monday, August 5, as teams who survived elimination are expected to go all out, all heart in battling for slots in the knockout stages.

Individual brilliance, though, should not be disregarded as these players have shown they have the quality to go up against the best of the best in this continent. Here are the statistical leaders of the tournament as of August 4.

Points

Yi Jianlian (CHN) – 23.0
Jarvis Hayes (QAT) – 22.5
Hamed Haddadi (IRI) – 22.0
Narendr Grewal (IND) – 21.0
Kosuke Kanamaru (JPN) – 18.5

Rebounds

CJ Giles (BRN) – 16.0
Mohammed Al Marwani (KSA) – 11.3
Quincy Davis (TPE) – 10.3
JR Sakuragi (JPN) – 10.0
Yi Jianlian (CHN) – 10.0

Assists

Jerry Johnson (KAZ) – 7.3
Lin Chih-Chieh (TPE) – 6.7
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (IRI) – 5.3
Mahdi Kamrani (IRI) – 4.7
Ryota Sakurai (JPN) – 4.5

Steals

Mahdi Kamrani (IRI) – 2.0
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (IRI) – 1.7
Wattana Suttisin (THA) – 1.5
Makoto Hiejima (JPN) – 1.5
Hani Al Faraj (JOR) – 1.3

Blocks

Marcus Douthit (PHL) – 2.3
Lee Seung-Jun (KOR) – 2.0
Amrit Pal Singh (IND) – 2.0
CJ Giles (BRN) – 2.0
Wutipon Dasom (THA) – 1.7

Field Goal Shooting (at least 6 made)

Quincy Davis (TPE) – 89.5%
Asghar Kardoust (IRI) – 84.6%
Ahmed Akhbar (BRN) – 75.0%
Wang Zhelin (CHN) – 70.0%
Guo Ailun (CHN) – 69.2%

3-Point Shooting (at least 3 made)

Hon Hoong Gan (MAS) – 85.7%
Jarvis Hayes (QAT) – 75.0%
Kosuke Kanamaru (JPN) – 75.0%
Larry Fonacier (PHL) – 63.6%
Wang Zhizhi (CHN) – 60.0%

Most Three-Pointers Made

Lu Cheng-Ju (TPE) – 13
Wesam Al Sours (JOR) – 10
Lin Chih-Chieh (TPE) – 8
Jeff Chan (PHL) – 7
Larry Fonacier (PHL) – 7

– Rappler.com