HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Japan had the sellout crowd behind it. Germany had Dirk Nowitzki. 日本有熱情的觀眾作為後盾，但是德國有Dirk Nowitzki。 The 7-foot center had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead Germany to an 81-70 victory Saturday in the opening game of the first round of the FIBA world championships, negating the host's home-country advantage. 這個7呎中鋒得到了27分和10籃板，帶領德國隊以81-70的比數，在星期六的世錦賽開幕 戰中，擊敗地主國日本隊。 Nowitzki, who led the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA finals this season, dominated inside and outside early, scoring 20 points and grabbing nine rebounds as Germany took a 50-37 halftime lead. He had 15 points in the first quarter, including two 3-pointers. 帶領達拉斯小牛隊打進本季NBA總冠軍戰的Nowitzki，在比賽之初就主導了內線和外線 攻勢。他以20分9籃板的成績，帶領德國中場取得50-37的領先。其中有15分在第一節 攻下，包含2個三分球。 "He's just a great player," Germany coach Dirk Bauermann said. "He is a coach's dream in that he will do anything you want. I told him that he would have to have a great start and be aggressive early and score for us to be successful. He is a true team player and we are very fortunate to have him." "Nowitzki是個優秀的球員"，德國隊教練Dirk Bauermann表示，他是每個教練心中 的夢想，他可以達成你所希望他達成的所有事情。他是個有團隊感的球員，我們很幸 運能擁有他。 Using its size advantage inside, Germany took its biggest lead of the game at 61-42 with 5:27 left in the third quarter, but Japan refused to fold, using a 10-1 run to get within 62-52 with 2:49 left in the period. Taking advantage of a dry spell from the field by Germany -- it didn't have a field goal over the final 5:27 of the third quarter -- Japan got as close as 64-56 on a driving dunk by Kosuke Takeuchi with 35 seconds left in the period. 靠著內線優勢，德國在第三節剩下5:27的時候取得本場比賽最大領先61-42。 The crowd in 10,000-seat Green Arena, which constantly banged inflatable plastic sticks throughout the game, let out a roar and coach Zeljko Pavlicevic was waving his arms at the nice move by one of Japan's 6-foot-10 twins. "That really gave us momentum but then we made some small mistakes," Pavlicevic said. "Before the game that we would be within eight points of Germany people would have thought impossible but we played very well and I'm very proud of my players." Germany was finally able to start scoring again at the start of the fourth quarter and a 9-4 run made it 75-58, and Japan was never within 10 points the rest of the way. Germany, the bronze medalists in the 2002 world championships, shot 63 percent from the field (19-for-30) in the first half and outrebounded Japan 22-9 over the first two quarters. "They played without fear and made our lives very difficult," Bauermann said of Japan. "I thought we came out focused which was important for us to get off to a good start. We played very well for the first 10 minutes, built a nice lead and then did a good job controlling the game." Ademola Okulaja, who played at North Carolina from 1995-99, had 11 points and 12 rebounds for Germany, which finished with a 45-24 rebound advantage. Kei Igarashi led Japan with 13 points, while Takehiko Orimo added 10. Kosuke Takeuchi finished with eight points and his brother Joji had two. Pavlicevic was happy with the way his team handled facing a player the caliber of Nowitzki. "He's their best player but not their only player," he said. "When a great player like Dirk Nowitzki makes his first six shots like he did it is hard for a team to control a game." Germany plays New Zealand on Sunday, while Japan faces Angola. 德國隊將在星期日遇上紐西蘭隊，而日本隊將對上安哥拉隊。 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 就先翻到這了，沒想到新聞那麼長，挑重要的部分來打。 恭喜德國隊打贏第一戰，Nowitzki朝奧運邁進。 --

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