The Argentine basketball team will not participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after losing this Sunday the final of the Pre-Qualifier played in Santiago del Estero (northern Argentina) against the Bahamas.
The team led by Pablo Prigioni fell by 82-75 against the one from Bahamas, who trains the American Chris DeMarco, Steve Kerr’s assistant in the Golden State Warriors, who thus managed to advance to the Pre-Olympics next July that will give the last tickets to the Paris 2024 Games.
Eric Gordon he once again emerged as the key figure for the Bahamians. The veteran guard of the Phoenix Suns, an NBA classic, chained a streak of three consecutive triples to sign the definitive comeback in the decisive minutes. The 34-year-old scored 27 points with a series of 6 of 7 in triples and was complemented by his partner in Arizona Deandre Ayton, author of 10 points and 21 rebounds. another nba, Buddy Hield, contributed 15 points in the victory.
Bahrain, Croatia, Cameroon and Poland They also confirmed in their respective pre-qualifiers their passage to the pre-Olympic -four groups of six teams-, which will be missing Argentina, which will not play the World Cup in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, which begins on August 25.
Argentina will miss its first Olympic Games since Sidney 2000 and he will not be at the World Cup at the end of the week either. Facundo Campazzowith 14 points and 17 assists, led the resistance of the albiceleste, insufficient before the assassin mode activated by Gordon. Gabriel Deckwith 21 points, and Carlos Delfinowith 15, also rowed for the Argentines.
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2023-08-21 06:31:31
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