Doncic was left at the gates of the semifinal of the Basketball World Cup, crashed against a reinforced concrete wall that responds to the name of de Canada, an explosive combination of talent, physique and toughness, which Jordi Fernández from Badalona has managed to synthesize on the bench (100-89). maddened by Dillon Brooks, the star of the Mavericks ended up expelled for a double technique, while the Canadian team, executioner of Spain in the second round, made its way to the semifinal with Serbia by stroke of genius Gilgeous-Alexander (31 points) and Barrett (24).
He Mall of Asia witnessed an epic battle. Doncic against the powerful Canada, the team of Jordi Fernandezwhich brings together some of the top players in the NBA and has earned the right to dream of the title.
That duel fed the script of one of the most anticipated matches for many minutes. It even had the figure of a villain: that of the Canadian Dillon Brooks. The pavilion was a clamor with the ball in the hands of Doncic: Oohh! And whoa! of admiration. The boo! they failed to Brookssomeone who is hated and sends kisses to the stands after their baskets.
lousy refereeing
The referees quickly punished the hardness of the Canadian escort with an unsportsmanlike ball. But they ended up further penalizing the protests of Doncic for repeated fouls without signaling with a double technique, which ended up excluding him from the game six minutes from the end. The arbitrations in this championship are terrible – the public cried out against them to the cry of ‘referees suck’ (the referees stink), the cry of the NBA – and on top of that they penalize the stars.
That particular duel in the sun in Manila accompanied a superb match tinged with emotion for 34 minutes, which moved along with the stroke of genius of its protagonists. Doncic He was in charge of shaking the entrance tree to create spaces and assist his teammates. AND Nikolic, Prepelic y Blazic were tasked with shelling the Canadian defense from the outside, while Tobey He was the anchor in defense and rebounding.
But Gilgeous-Alexander, on the other hand, Canadian, did not want to become a guest in these quarterfinals. His pride led him to carry out some spectacular actions, well supported by Alexander-Walker, Barrett and work in defense of Powell, Olynyk y Dort. Slovenian triples and the magic of Doncic they kept Canada’s strength at bay, leaving a balanced scenario at half-time (50-50).
But the fatigue ended up taking its toll on the European team. The foreign percentages fell. Doncic he had them with Brooks, who does everything in his power to unsettle the rival, foul play, ‘trash talking’, whatever, which led him to also receive a technique. AND Canada shot up on the scoreboard in a third quarter full of offense at the offensive level for those of Jordi Fernandezin which they scored 30 points, returned every hit from Slovenia from the triple and showed the tremendous potential that they have on the counterattack to skyrocket on the scoreboard (80-71) and set out on the road to a victory, which there was no turning back after the exclusion of Doncicwhose march was mourned by the Filipino public.
Canada: Gilgeous-Alexander (31), Brooks (14), Barrett (24), Powell (-); Olynyk (7) –cinco inicial- Dort (8), Alexander-Walker (14), Alexander (2), Ejim (-),
11 of 30 triples (Brooks, Alexander-Walker, 3), 38 rebounds, 12 offensive (Gilgeous-Alexander, 10), 16 assists (Gilgeous-Alexander, 4)
Slovenia: Doncic (26), Dragic (10), Nikolic (8), B. Prepelic (-), Tobey (8) – cinco initial – Cebasek (3), Dimec (2), Hrovat (7), K. Prepelic (22) ), Pillow (3)
15 of 31 triples (Doncic, Prepelic, 4), 30 rebounds, 11 offensive (Tobey, 6), 14 assists (5)
Partial:26-24, 24-26; 30-21; 20-18
2023-09-06 14:35:27
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