He triumphed in the derbara with the USA and won the bronze medal of this year’s World Cup o Canada!
Jordi Fernandez’s side had the lead for most of the mini-final, and despite seeing the USA improbably equalize in the final second of the fourth period, sending the match into overtime, the Canadians dominated there, celebrating the big win with 127-118!
Thus, Canada steps up to the podium of a WorldBasket for the first time in its history, while the USA, which competed without Ingram, Banquero and Jackson Jr. in today’s game, is left empty-handed for the second consecutive tournament, after a disappointing 7th place that they won at the World Cup in China in 2019. In fact, this year is only the third World Cup since 1994, when professionals started competing, in which they have not managed to get on the podium.
Top for the winners are Brooks (39 points with 7/8 three-pointers), Gilgeous-Alexander (31 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds) and Barrett (23 points, 7 rebounds), while for the USA they stood out Edwards (24 p.), Reeves (23p.) and Bridges (19 points, 9 rebounds).
The match
The match began with Canada coming in more focused and in higher spirits, taking an 8-0 lead thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from Brooks and Dort. The second one was the one who scored for it as well 16-8 after stealing it Gilgeous-Alexander, while with a new three-pointer of his own, he gave Canada a double-digit lead (23-13) for the first time in the match. The difference went as high as +13 in favor of the Canadians on a three-pointer by Etzim, before the first period ended with Fernandez’s team leading by 34-25.
Canada with a bit of that “Tiki-taka” ball-movement out there.#FIBAWC x #WinForAll pic.twitter.com/tzBkhQebxp
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At that point the USA they reacted, found a rhythm in defense and attack and with an impressive streak that reached the 19-2took their first lead in the short final, moving ahead with 38-36 thanks to a 3-pointer by Cam Johnson. Canada regained the lead (44-40) on a 3-pointer by Brooks and a free throw by Gilgeous-Alexander, with the two teams going hand-in-hand in scoring until the end of the first half, which came with Canada to precede with 58-56having him as the main protagonist Brookswho had 21 points on 5/5 3-pointers.
Dillon Brooks ON FIRE in the first half:
?? 21 PTS
?? 7/9 FG
?? 5/5 3PM
?? 2 REB
?? 2 AST#FIBAWC x #WinForAll pic.twitter.com/dxDIDBX3zB— FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup 2023 ?? (@FIBAWC) September 10, 2023
Continuing unbeaten and unbeaten in three-pointers, o Brooks “wrote” it 65-58, before the USA cut it to 63-65 with a short 5-0 run. However, the Canada continued to find solutions in his attack, again taking a margin of safety (84-76) with a three-pointer Olynykwhile a little later he took a double-digit lead again (91-80), before Reeves reduced it with a beautiful individual effort to 82-91before the end of the third period.
Tuff.
Anthony Edwards leading USA with 19. ??#FIBAWC x #WinForAll pic.twitter.com/AkXW15GA9j
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With a basket and a foul by Olynyk, Canada led by +10 (94-84) at the beginning of the fourth quarter, with the USA reacting with a 12-0 run to regain the lead (96-94). Hart put the USA back in front (102-100), with Barrett answering and scoring for three, while Brooks and Gilgeous-Alexander put Canada up +4 (111-107) with 4” left in the finale. However, the Bridges hit one shot and intentionally missed the second, grabbing the offensive rebound himself and hitting a crazy 3-pointer to tie the game at 111-111 and sending the game into overtime!
MIKAL BRIDGES HITS THE GAME-TYING THREE ??????#FIBAWC x #WinForUSA ???? pic.twitter.com/cnkKgt2SL0
— FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup 2023 ?? (@FIBAWC) September 10, 2023
There, Mr Gilgeous-Alexander with 7 consecutive points made it 118-111, while the USA unable to find solutions to their attack, with fatigue setting in. Finally, Mr Canada reached the great victory with 127-118celebrating winning the bronze medal!
The quarters: 25-34, 56-58, 82-91, 111-111 (118-127 overtime)
The match statistics
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