You are neither Serbia in South Sudan created big problems for the Team USA In this group stage of the Olympic tournament, little could be expected from Steve’s cast of NBA stars. Kerr suffered before Puerto RicoThe Caribbeans, who had no chance of qualifying before the start, barely caused any problems during the first quarter, but were later overtaken by their rivals’ scoring pace to lose 83-104.
He Team USA He managed to lead by 31 points, supported by Anthony’s scoring prominence. Edwards (26 points) and in the activity of a Joel Embiid who responded to the constant boos he received with 15 points. Kerr gave Jrue a rest Holiday On another placid afternoon in the Pierre Mauroy of Lillewaiting to travel to Paris for the crossings.
The Puerto Ricans’ courage led them to dominate the game even at the start, with a blatant commitment to three-point shooting and without giving up rhythm. Alvarado y Waters surprised the perimeter of the Team USA for their speed to the point of having nine-point advantages (25-16) after three-point baskets Ford y AlvaradoThe quarter ended with 29-25 in a first attempt at a reaction from the Team USA.
Puerto Ricans, with Catalan David Garcia of assistant, they extended those advantages a little more in the face of the rival’s problems in scoring, even with errors by Edwards in the free throw but soon the machinery of the Team USA to reverse the situation. Triples of Curryof Durant and assistances of LeBron James for a Embiid Encouraged by the boos, they led to a partial score of 16-39 before the break, which gave total control to Steve’s team. KerrAt halftime the score was 45-64 and almost everything was decided.
The defenses dropped even further in the second half, with an initial phase of impudence from the Caribbeans that did not lead them to reduce the score to less than 20. Despite this, the game entered a phase of protests by both sides until Anthony Edwards He took responsibility for stringing together a series of baskets that raised the Americans’ lead to the maximum, between the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the last.
Thompson tried to emulate him but Puerto Rico, far from the rival’s talent and without much defense, could only turn the end of the match into an uneven ‘pim-pam-pum’ without much sense.
Datasheet
Puerto Rico, 83 – United States, 104
83 – Puerto Rico (29+16+14+24): Alvarado (18), Tremont Waters (8), Conditt IV (4), Reed (4), Romero (12) -starting five- Clavell (4), Piñeiro (-) Howard (9), Toro (4) Ortiz (2), Thompson Jr (8), Ford (10)
104 – United States (25+39+23+17): Curry (8), Booker (9) LeBron James (10), Tatum (10), Embiid (15) -starting five-, White (2), Durant (11), Anthony Edwards (26), Adebayo (3), Haliburton (0) Anthony Davis (10).
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Salins (LAT) and Martin Vulic (CRO). No eliminations.
Incidents: Group C match of the Olympic basketball tournament played at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d’Ascq, on the outskirts of Lille, in front of 27,244 spectators.
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