SHANGHAI - Japan received a brutal reality check in its opening game of the basketball World Cup on Sunday when an experienced and balanced Turkey team demonstrated how to win at the highest level.Turkey's 86-67 Group E-opening win was not without positives for Japan, but it was immediately clear at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center that the Akatsuki Five's lack of all-around depth and overmatched defense would prove insurmountable issues."They played better basketball than us for 40 minutes," said Japan's Yuta Watanabe. "Turkey are a really good team, they did their job, we couldn't do …READ FULL ARTICLE