The United States, Serbia, Germany and tournament host France have advanced to the men’s Olympic basketball quarterfinals.
The USA men’s national basketball team toyed with Brazil and registered a 35-point crushing victory in the quarterfinals, 122-87. Devin Booker made 18 Anthony Edwards 17 and Joel Embiid 14 points for the winners.
Out of the top four of last year’s men’s World Cup basketball, only Canada was out of the medal games at the Paris Olympic tournament, which lost to France with 73–82 points despite the NBA players.
France, which played poorly at times in the preliminary series, made a big change in the quarterfinals and played a great fight as a team. On Tuesday, the Home crowd, who wildly cheered their own, was the famous “sixth player” for France, who controlled the events of the game against Canada throughout the match.
In Sanaharka, during the first season, he was rehabilitated with the coach through the press Evan Fournier was unexpectedly the wild card of the winners, collecting 15 points, including 12 in the last, decisive period. Victor Wembanyama your balance is 7/12/5s/3exploits.
About the French playing in Europe Guerschon Yabusele (22/5), Isaiah Cordinier (20/3) and Matthias Lesort (13/5) played better than the Canadian NBA players, of whom only the guard managed to collect 27 points Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Canada sank just 24 percent of its three-pointers (5/21). From the free throw line, France won the score 33–18.
Nikola Jokic saved Serbia
Serbia was down against Australia by as many as 24 points, but managed to rise in a dramatic quarter-final after overtime to win 95-90.
Serbia led the game 82–80, but Australia rallied by Patty Mills with a two-point basket with two seconds left in overtime. Nikola Jokic despite being tired, became Serbia’s hero in overtime with four last-minute decisive points, a save and an exploit.
Jokic marked a handsome balance of 21/14/9s/4stl/2bl. Bogdan Bogdanovic sank 17 points for Serbia with as many free throws. Mills bagged 26 points and Josh Giddey 25 for Australia.
by Gordon Herbert Germany, coached by Germany took the last two periods 40–27. The scorer of the match was the Greek NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who bagged 22 pins. Germany scored the most points (18). Franz Wagner.
The semifinals Germany-France and USA-Serbia will be played on Thursday. In the opening series, the United States beat Serbia by 26 points, 110–84.