MADRID, 10 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Canadian team has won the bronze medal at the Basketball World Cup after surprising the United States (118-127) in overtime of the third-place match, held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, which consummated its failure. at the World Cup event and returns home without a medal.
Led by Dillon Brooks (39 points) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31), the Canadian team, led by the Spanish Jordi Fernández, added their first World Cup medal in a match in which they crushed the team with triples -17 of 37- of Steve Kerr, who once again paid dearly for their individualism and were left without being on the podium for the first time since the 1963-1967-1970 cycle.
The Americans attended the event with the absences “due to illness” of Jaren Jackson Jr., Paolo Banchero and Brandon Ingram, and Anthony Edwards (24) had to emerge as their leading scorer, insufficient to stop the momentum of their North American neighbors.
Thus, Jordi Fernández’s team started with an 8-0 run and took a juicy lead at the end of the first quarter (25-34), but USA, pulling on the second unit, closed the distance to minimize it at halftime (56 -58).
Canada stood out again, thanks to a 7-0 start, at the restart and started the final quarter nine points ahead, where Mikal Bridges managed to force overtime in a magnificent play; He made a first free throw and intentionally missed the second to collect his own rebound, go to the three-point line and make it 111-111 with only 0.6 seconds left. Kelly Olynyk looked for the epic with a triple that didn’t go in, and everything had to be decided in overtime.
In extra time, however, there was no color, and consecutive baskets by Gilgeous-Alexander and Brooks – harangued by shouts of ‘MVP, MVP’ – offered Canada a definitive victory to win their first medal in a World Cup.
2023-09-10 12:07:24
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