Only 10 days before the test run for the 18th Asian Games, from February 8-15, the organizing committee asked for the basketball tournament to be moved from the Sports Palace (Istora) to the Basketball Hall in Gelora Bung Karno. Apparently, the parquet flooring had not yet arrived from France.

At first Gelora Bung Karno’s management refused the request. "The Basketball Hall’s renovation is yet unfinished because it was never prepared for us