2024-08-07 12:27:34
Steve Kerr’s students beat the Brazilians 122:87 (33:21, 30:15, 31:33, 28:16) and will face the Serbian national team in the semi-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament.
The USA and Serbia basketball players also met in the group stage, where the Americans celebrated a crushing victory 110:84.
In the next semi-final, the teams of Germany and France will meet.
Anthony Davis was the most useful player for the US national team. The forward scored 13 points (4/7 doubles, 1/2 triples, 2/2 penalty), 8 rebounds, 3 assists and accumulated 23 utility points in 16 minutes.
In this game, LeBron James spent just 16.5 minutes on the court, during which he was close to a double-double – the 39-year-old basketball legend scored 12 points (5/6 doubles, 2/3 penalties), distributed 9 assists and finished the game with 21 efficiency score.
Bruno Caboclo, who played 34 minutes, scored 30 points (11/14 doubles, 2/6 triples, 2/3 penalties), had 6 rebounds and accumulated 29 utility points.
The match started better for the USA basketball team, who collected points at an impressive pace and had a double-digit advantage (16:6) after the first four minutes of the match. In the second part of the quarter, the Americans continued to show beautiful basketball, who had a solid advantage (33:21) after the first 10 minutes of the game.
Until the second quarter, the Brazilians looked pretty good and reduced the advantage of the USA basketball players to single digits (40:31), but after that the Americans made an impressive 23:6 run and before the long break they already crushed the Brazilian basketball players (63:36).
At the beginning of the third quarter, the USA took a 28-point lead (74:46) after Devin Booker’s three-pointer. In the second half of the third quarter, the Americans continued to control the situation and took a 23-point advantage (94:71) into the decisive period of the match.
After Kevin Durant’s two-pointer in the fourth quarter, the Americans took a 30-point advantage (101:71).
With about 3.5 minutes left in the USA’s 114-80 thrashing of the Brazilians, the fans in Paris chanted for Kerr to put James on the court, but they had to be content with the fact that the “King” waved at them and the fans answered this with even louder cheers.
In the end, the USA basketball team defeated Brazil 122-87 and secured a place in the Olympic basketball semi-finals.
US National Team: Devin Booker 18 (1/2 doubles, 5/7 triples, 1/1 penalty, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 20 points), Anthony Edwards 17 (3/3 doubles , 3/7 pts., 5 rpg., 20 pts., Joel Embiid 14 (2/3 pts., 1/1 pt.). ., 21 points), Anthony Davis 13 (8 rebounds), LeBron James 12 (9 rebounds), Kevin Durant 11 (4/6 doubles, 0/2 triples) /3 penalties, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Bam Adebayo and Jrue Holiday 9 each.
Brazil national team: Bruno Caboclo 30 (6 atk. kam., 29 naud. bal.), Georginho De Paula 15 (2/6 dvit., 2/7 trit., 5/6 baud., 8 atk. kam., 3 rez. perd .), Marcelinho Huertasas 9 (3/9 dvit., 1/1 trit., 5 rez. perd., 5 klaid.), Yago Dos Santosas 8 (2/5 trit., 2/2 baud.).
The USA national team won all three matches in Group C and reached the quarter-finals without major problems.
Steve Kerr’s students beat Serbia (110:84), South Sudan (103:86) and Puerto Rico (104:83).
Meanwhile, Brazil picked up their only win in Group B but qualified for the quarter-finals by being one of two teams to be the third-highest-ranked team in the group.
The Brazilians fell in the group stage against the Germans (73:86) and the French (66:78), but beat the Japanese (102:84).
2024-08-07 12:27:34