With an incredible twist in the last minutes and having him as the main protagonist Cy Gilgeous-AlexanderThe Canada defeated 88-85 her Spain and qualified for the quarterfinals of the World Cup, where he will face the Slovenia!
Best for 30 minutes was “Fouria Roha”, which closed the third period at +12 (73-61). However, in the fourth the team from North America saw the Thunder guard take it by the… hand for the comeback and the big qualification.
The top Canadian, Gilgeous-Alexander, finished the match with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Another 22p. added the Dillon Brooks and 16p. The ARJ Barrett.
From Spain, the first scorers were Willie Hernangometh and Santiago Aldama with 25p. and 20p. respectively. THE Juancho Hernangomet of Panathinaikos played for 12:51”, having 4 points and 1 assist.
The match
The match was a derby from the start, with the two teams going hand in hand and the end of the first period finding them tied 21-21. The derby continued until the middle of the second quarter (33-33). From that point on, Spain took control through their defense and finding baskets in the open court, closed the first half at +10 (48-38).
An excellent start was made in the second half by Canada, who ran individual scores of 4-17, for the lead (52-55), at 25′. However, from that point on, the match belonged entirely to Spain. With Brithuela starting the counterattack and Aldama and Garuba catching fire, the “furious Rocha” not only went ahead again, but closed the third period at +12 (73-61).
With Brooks leading the way, Canada cut the gap (73-69) at the start of the fourth period. The Spaniards “stood out” with Willy Hernangometh (78-71), with Gilgeous-Alexander bringing the match to a point (78-77), in the 38th minute. With 2/2 shots by Willie, Scariolo’s team (80-77), but Brooks and Gilgeous-Alexander pushed Canada on a 7-0 run, for +4 (80-84), at 21”. With Aldama’s three-pointer, the “furious rocha” was reduced to a point (85-86), with the Thunder guard’s 2/2 forming the final 85-88.
The quarters: 21-21, 48-38, 73-61, 85-88
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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