Paris, August 6, 2024 – I Olympic Games in Paris lives about team sports, and also for BASKET. After the group stage, the four games took place on Tuesday quarters in the end and, besides the easy and predictable victory of Team USA to the unlucky person Brazil, the other three games provide emotions. THERE Germania reigning world champion, in fact, after the first quarter deficit against Greece on Giannis Antetokounmpo, he recovered and then easily imposed himself in the final. THERE Serbia on Nikola Jokic came back from -24 againstaustralian and then win in overtime, while the France leading the entire 40 minutes against Canadawho saw themselves put at a disadvantage by the North Americans only in the final moments of the game.
The semi-finals to be played on Thursday are therefore defined as: France AGAINST Germania e United States AGAINST Serbiatwo matches that we have already witnessed in the group stage, with successes for Germany and the United States.
partial: 11-21, 25-15; 23-16, 17-11.
the Greece on Vassilis Spanoulis is a species of flowering plant they harbored hopes of a semi-final until the start of the second half. The Hellenics, led by 22 points Giannis Antetokounmpo and the 9 rebounds of Kostas Papanikolaouthe men were surprised at Gordie Herbert with the first fourth example. Defense is also key to the team’s comeback Germaniawhich he saw in Franz Wagner (18 points) contribute to the success of his team with Dennis Schroeder (13 points and 8 assists) e Daniel Theis (6 points and 8 rebounds).
Serbia – Australia 95-90 (dts)
partial: 17-31, 25-23; 25-11, 15-17, 13-8.
At the start of the second quarter the Serbia, one of the famous national teams present at these Olympic Games, is almost out of the running. After triple the Duop Reath which allowed the 20-44 the veteran Australian coach with 6’52” left in the second set Svetislav Pesic called a time-out. We don’t know what the coach said to his players, because we only saw him shouting in Serbian, rightly angry, but whatever must have been effective, because since then we have seen another player on the pitch. Serbia.
Nikola Jokic (21 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 38 rating) wearing the role of the leader of the Balkans, also good Bogdan Bogdanovic, author of 17 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. THEaustralianwho built up a big lead in the first quarter because of the veteran Patty Mills (26 points) and the young man Josh Giddey (25). Serbia’s 20-0 run at the start of the second half rebalanced the game, with the oceanic team never letting up. In the end the game was decided in overtime, where the Serbia prevailed.
partial: 23-10, 22-19; 16-21, 21-23.
The victory of France on Canada. The men of Vincent Collett, who took to the field with impressive concentration and intensity, immediately took control of the game. Against NBA stars in the Jordi Fernandezthe best of the blues are the two protagonists of the Euroleague as Guerschon Yabusele on Real Madrid (22 points and 5 rebounds) o Isaiah Cordinier. The guard of Virtus Bologna he shined with 20 points and 4/5 of the triple. In the second half the Canadians, with 27 points Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderthey tried them all, getting closer to the electronics until they touched the -5 4 minutes from time, but didn’t manage to get the upper hand.
partial: 21-33, 15-30; 35-31, 16-28.
Not much for the willing to do Brazilagainst a Team USA on another level. Cariocas, lead by 30 points Bruno Caboclo, they played a decent game, even won a quarter. But the gap against the battleship of Steve Kerr it was big. The American coach had the comfort of rotating his players as much as possible, and no player stayed on the court for more than 21 minutes. Six guys were in double figures with 18 points Devin Booker. MVP Anthony Davis with 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 23 ratings.
Thursday, the semi-finals
- 5:30pm – France-Germany
- 9:00 pm – United States-Serbia
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