Even with a lot of effort and enormous stress, the New Zealand imposed on her of Jordan with 95-87 in overtime (pp. 85-85) at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila for its third group World Cup. So now the qualification to the “16” for the second phase of the groups will be decided in a “final” on Wednesday against Greece (15:40).
Isaiah Liafa was the leader for the winners with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, while on the other hand Rodey Hollis-Jefferson stood out with 39 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, but also 6 errors.
The match
New Zealand had a small early lead thanks to Delaney who scored 11 of his team’s first 15 points (15-10) and with Liafa to add another eight. Jordan, however, did not allow the opponents to be distracted even with him as a guide Hollis-Jefferson approached the basket (24-22). Several fouls, however, as well as the Tall Blacks’ prowess in 3-pointers (7/10) pushed the lead to 34-24 midway through the second period. The New Zealanders also reached +12 (42-30) having 9/13 3-pointers and went to the locker room with a nine-point difference with Delaney (13pts) and Liafa (15pts) having done almost all the work offensively.
Hollis-Jefferson and Doverioglou they kept Jordan at a threatening distance (51-46, 55-50, 62-57), while New Zealand’s percentage behind 6.75m. broke down (10/19). However, with his goal-foul Illy the third quarter ended at +8 (65-57) for Pero Cameron’s team and with Te Rainey’s three-pointer it reached +12 (70-58) at the beginning of the fourth period. The Asians did not lay down their weapons and with a series of points from Ibrahim they came close to the point (75-74) in three minutes with 4:55 left. With 2:10 left, Hollis-Jefferson had 0/2 shots for the lead (77-76) and New Zealand pulled within 81-76 on baskets by Ealy and Wetzel, but couldn’t seal the lead at that point. win. Hollis Jefferson with… four points at 10.7” sent the match into overtime.
However, in five minutes of extra time Jordan lacked the physical and mental reserves to complete the upset and New Zealand comfortably took the victory 10-2.
Ten minutes: 24-18, 46-37, 65-57, 85-85 (95-87 overtime)
See here the statistics of the match
Source: Sport Fm
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