2023-09-03 17:30:54
Barcelona Badalona coach Jordi Fernández, Canada’s coach, managed to disable Sergio Scariolo’s strategy and eliminated Spain (85-88), the world champion basketball team. The American team, making its first Olympic appearance since 2000, rallied from a 12-point deficit in an impressive final 10 minutes of shutout.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Canada’s win with 30 points. In addition, he has been reliable from the free throw line to secure the victory in the final seconds. Àlex Abrines, the Mallorcan winger of Barça, missed a triple that would have sent the game to overtime.
Despite their limited international experience, Canada has had the patience to push through a game of maximum difficulty. The team coached by Fernández lost by 10 points at halftime (48-38). The Spanish team has come to have an advantage of 12 points, but has reached the last seconds below the scoreboard. The key to Canada’s reaction is to be found in a change in defensive strategy that has managed to disable Spain’s offensive contribution.
The Catalan technician has been able to move his pieces successfully. The Spanish team was only able to score 12 points in a final period in which their opponent added 27. The contribution of Dillon Brooks when the victory was being decided was decisive. The players of the team coached by Scariolo have lost concentration with the referees and have not had the necessary continuity to achieve victory.
Blaugrana’s Joel Parra, the only Catalan player in the Spanish national team, did not play a single second in the match. Spain has been left without the possibility of securing a place for the Olympic Games in Paris and will have to get the ticket through the pre-Olympic.
Defeat of the United States
Despite losing to Lithuania (104-110), the United States will compete for medals at the World Cup. Germany, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia and Italy will be the European teams that will also compete in quarter-finals that will be completed with the presence of Canada.
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