In his final Pre-Olympic Games of Riga qualified Brazil beating the Philippines 71-60. Now on Sunday at 19:00 he will claim the place in the Olympic Games against the winner of Latvia-Cameroon (19:00). Bruno Campoclo with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Marcelinho Huertas with 13 points and 7 assists stood out for the winners. Justin Brownlee had 15 points and 8 rebounds for the losers who played without the injured Kai Soto.
After the first five minutes, the Philippines dominated and, led by Ramos, closed the quarter with a double-digit difference, 12-22. Brownlee took the baton for the Asians who were kept at +10 (23-33), while Brazil, despite its big miss from long range (3/14 three-pointers), closed the half limiting the damage, 27-33.
Brazil went into the second half with a 14-0 run and after holding their opponents for six minutes they got away with 41-33. In fact, the “seleção” closed the third quarter at +12 (51-39) having… a quadruple score, 24-6, in this quarter. The Philippines could not threaten in the last period and the team of Aleksandar Petrovic led by Huertas “sealed” the victory by reaching +16 (67-51).
Ten minutes: 12-22, 27-33, 51-39, 71-60
See here the statistics of the match
Source: Sport Fm
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