(Updates with Venezuela’s victory)
Santiago de Chile, Nov 3 (EFE).- Venezuela surprised Brazil this Friday with an 84-77 victory and will play the men’s basketball final at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games with Argentina, defending champion of this tournament.
Supported by 22 points from Yohanner Sifontes, the Venezuelan squad had a twenty-point lead in the third period, which was vital for their important victory in the competition that takes place at Sports Center 1, in the Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional. of the Chilean capital.
The Venezuelan team, which will compete for gold against Argentina after overwhelming Mexico 108-73 in the other match of the semifinal, was pure poison for the Brazilians from the first set, dominating it with pleasure and winning with a score in its favor, 25- fifteen.
The Venezuelan squad extended this advantage of ten to 18 in the second period after a basket by Guilherme Pereira, which was vital to close the first half of the match with a 56-37 advantage.
However, in the third, Mexico maintained command of the game and had a lead of 20 points, although it was later shortened to 13, and then to six in the fourth and final period, but it was not enough.
In the first period, Mexico, supported by a triple by Moisés Andriassi, scored a comfortable 11-18 lead with 5:49 left in the opening quarter.
Argentina, however, managed to get within two (20-18) thanks to a pair of free throws by Lucas Giovannetti with 3:55 left in the quarter, although the Mexican squad continued to dominate the rest of the episode until Argentine Javier Saiz They reduced the lead to a single point 26-25 to close it.
The second period was totally dominated by Argentina with a score of 32-13.
The first basket scored in that period by Argentina from Saiz was enough to take advantage.
Mexico, for its part, tried to stay in the game in the third set, but Argentina’s dominance was much superior.
Finally, Argentina won the fourth period 25-10, thus increasing the South Americans’ lead to 35 points over the Mexicans.
For Argentina, their top scorer was Franco Baralle with 13 points, followed by Tayavek Gallizi and Pedro Barral with 11 points each.
The Mexican Andriassi led the match with 15 points. EFE
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2023-11-04 02:00:22
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