Spain, the reigning world champion, was eliminated in the second round of the World Basketball after their defeat on Sunday in Jakarta against Canada (88-85), qualified after this suspenseful match.
The Spaniards finish third in Group L behind the Canadians and Latvia, who had already beaten them on Friday (74-69). Canada, who came from a seven-point deficit in the final four minutes, will face Doncic’s Slovenia on Wednesday in Manila in the quarter-finals.
The United States is falling
A little earlier, the United States conceded their first defeat at the 2023 World Cup in Manila against Lithuania (110-104) when they had already qualified for the quarter-finals, in which the astonishing and novice Latvia will participate after his victory against Brazil (104-84).
Team USA, which finished second in its group (J), will face Italy in the quarterfinals, where they had stopped in the previous edition, on Tuesday.
Difficult winner of Montenegro on Friday (85-73), the selection coached by Steve Kerr suffered even more against the Baltic interiors (43 rebounds to 27 for Lithuania) and was handicapped by a catastrophic first quarter (12-31) .
The Americans of Anthony Edwards (35 pts), led by 11 points with 1 min 30 sec from the end, came back to five lengths 28 seconds from the buzzer but the Lithuanians were solid on the free throw line.
The Nazionale will play its first quarter-finals of the World Cup since 1998 after winning a double or quits match against Puerto Rico (73-57). The other quarter-final, Tuesday in Manila, will pit the Lithuanians, first in Group J, against Serbia.
She made the difference in the first period against the Dominican Republic (56-35 at half-time, 112-79 final score), sovereign in the racket (70 pts scored) and carried by the three-point success of captain Bogdan Bogdanovic (20 pts, 3/3) and Vanja Marinkovic (16 pts, 4/6).
Germany impresses
Latvia continues its excellent course for its first World Cup. After eliminating France, reigning Olympic vice-champion and third in the 2019 World Cup, in the first round, and having offered the scalp of the Spanish defending champion on Friday (74-69), they took Brazil out of the competition, surprise winner of Canada in the previous match (69-65). In particular thanks to his skill at long distance: 2/3 for Andrejs Grazulis (24 pts), 4/4 for Arturs Kurucs (12 pts), 3/5 for Arturs Zagars (17 pts) and 4/9 for Davis Bertans (14 pts). ).
They will face Germany or Slovenia on Wednesday. The Mannschaft finished at the top of group K after beating Slovenia (100-71), thanks in particular to their leader Dennis Schröder (24 pts and 10 assists), who had an altercation with coach Gordon Herbert during a timeout. .
Luka Doncic was too isolated on the Slovenian side: he finished top scorer (23 pts), rebounder (6) and passer (6) of his team. Slovenia will be opposed in the quarter-finals to Spain or Canada, who are fighting for the last ticket.
2023-09-03 15:39:00
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