Germany and Serbia will meet in the World Cup final on Sunday at 3:40 p.m. Urheilu follows the games in this article.
The United States went without a medal in the World Basketball Championships for the second time in a row, when Canada defeated the sport by a score of 127-118 after overtime.
Canada was on top at the very beginning of the bronze medal game and jumped out to a thirteen-point lead. However, the United States struggled to get into the game and went into halftime two points behind.
The absolute figure of the Canadian match was at the center of various commotions in the last NBA season and in this World Cup as well Dillon Brooks.
The back man already scored 21 points in the opening half. Brooks made all five of his 3-pointers in the first two quarters.
Canada came out of the locker room on the field again strong and started the fourth quarter with a lead of as many as nine points. The United States still rose alongside the NBA’s 2020 number one reservation by Anthony Edwards with performances.
However, Canada seemed to hold on as Brooks and Canada’s World Cup team’s biggest NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander succeeded at the last minute. Canada led by four points with 20 seconds left. After that, Brooks managed to save by Austin Reaves of the company, but Mikal Bridges went for an offensive rebound and got to the free throw line while the team was full of fouls.
Bridges made his first free throw to bring the USA within three points. Bridges intentionally missed the second free throw. Then he went for the offensive rebound himself.
Bridges then sank a 3-pointer to send the United States into overtime in dramatic fashion.
However, the basket seemed to come after a foul. Bridges seemed to leave the free throw line even before the ball hit the hoop. In a free throw, according to the rules, the thrower should only start when the ball has hit the hoop.
Canada was not paralyzed by the dramatic end of regular time, but took the driver’s place right at the beginning of overtime.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored seven points with tough performances. However, Canada’s great hero is a little surprising.
Dillon Brooks, who was at the center of various commotions in the World Cup and last NBA season, scored no less than 39 points in the match and bagged seven three-pointers.
Brooks, who has played more than 300 games in the NBA, has never been able to reach similar numbers in the world’s toughest basketball league. In the NBA, the Canadian guard’s point record is 37. At best, he has sunk six threes in one game.
Brooks opened up about his badass reputation
27-year-old Brooks is a player who arouses emotions in one direction and another. Earlier in the World Cup, Brooks faced the biggest star of the World Cup Luka Doncic.
Doncic and Brooks clashed hard on the court as Brooks defended the tough Slovenian big star. Both also flew out of the match after technical fouls.
Canada won a heated World Cup quarter-final and Brooks was waiting for his teammates in the hall corridor with boxing gloves in his hand. Before the match, Brooks was booed, but now he was called “MVP shouts” in the deciding moments of the World Cup bronze medal game, that is, he was called the most valuable player.
Brooks made headlines already in the NBA playoffs when he played for the Memphis Grizzlies against the Los Angeles Lakers and openly challenged the superstar LeBron James’s.
Brooks called James old and tired and also flew out of one game after appearing to punch James in the groin. Memphis lost the playoff series, and no longer wanted to sign a new contract extension with the hot player.
Instead, Brooks signed a four-year, $80 million contract with the Houston Rockets in the summer.
– I’m really proud of Dillon. This is what it looks like when Dillon is allowed to play. He has been the best arc defender in the World Cup. In attack, he has been very efficient. Can’t really get any better than this game, Canada coach Jordi Fernandez said at a press conference.
Brooks told the press conference that he was proud to play in the Canadian national team jersey. He was also asked about greetings to his haters. In a calm voice, Brooks sent his greetings, among other things, to those who criticized him on social media.
– I appreciate you. From the beginning, everyone was throwing barbs, on Twitter or Instagram. You help me play better and motivate me to play better – it doesn’t matter which team I play for, Brooks described.
Brooks was also asked about his reputation as a bad guy.
– I have learned to love myself. The situation is a bit like With Kobe Bryant (the late basketball legend). I respect Kobe for how he built a completely different persona on the court. Maybe the bad thing is my personality on the field. But I am a loving and caring person off the field. I love my family, my kids and my teammates, Brooks said.
The USA had as many as three players absent from the bronze medal game because they were sick. He was already on the sidelines for the semi-final against Germany due to respiratory symptoms Brandon Ingram. Now on the sidelines were the best defender in the NBA last season Jaren Jackson Jr. and the NBA’s best rookie last season Paolo Banchero.
United States head coach by Steve Kerr the team had been attacked by some idiot during the World Cup tournament.
According to Kerr, who won the NBA championship five times as a player and four times as a coach, the United States does not need any reminders or glimpses of the level of other national teams.
– I was in the coaching team four years ago, when we were seventh. The US hasn’t won World Cup gold since 2014. This is tough. These national teams are really good and well coached. They have continuity. They have been playing together for a long time. It’s hard to beat them. Especially today, when we were missing three key players and we were fighting for overtime. It was impressive, Kerr said.
Germany and Serbia will meet in the World Cup final on Sunday at 3:40 p.m. Urheilu follows the games in this article.