2023-09-03 12:20:56
Italy qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Basketball by beating Puerto Rico (73-57) in a double or quits match, this Sunday in Manila.
It’s done for Italy, which came out of Puerto Rico (73-57) to join the quarterfinals of the basketball world. Depending on the result of the last game of their group I Serbia-Dominican Republic, Italy finished first or second, and will face the United States or Lithuania in the quarter-finals.
The Nazionale, led (43-41) in the 26th minute after experiencing an air pocket at the start of the third quarter, then raised the bar to break away six minutes from the end (62-50), brought in particular by the three-point address of Giampaolo Ricci (15 pts), author of two award-winning shots after missing his first four.
Simone Fontecchio, the best Italian since the start of the competition, was more behind him offensively (12 pts at 2/9 long distance), but he definitively sealed the victory with a three-point shot thirty seconds from the start. mermaid and was valuable on the rebound (12).
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