Japan saw its best chance of a win at the basketball World Cup slip away on Tuesday, letting an underwhelming Czech Republic team grind out a 13-point victory.Outplayed in all facets of the game in Shanghai, Japan could neither slow the Europeans nor put up enough points, particularly in the turnover-plagued second half of the 89-76 loss."Our offense today is okay, but on defense we need to improve to have a chance to win games in the World Cup," said Japan coach Julio Lamas."We competed against the Czech Republic today but our defense is not good enough to win, 89 points is a lot of points…READ FULL ARTICLE