Despite the Oceanician’s shocking start, Steve Kerr’s team bounced back and denied their rivals a chance to open their World Cup participation with a resounding victory in Manila.
USA A new world dream started with a team full of NBA stars and now it’s the turn of those New Zealandthat fell into group C starts from 99 to 72. While it was a promising start for the Tall Blacks and the plan seemed to work, everything changed midway through the first quarter and from there it was all Team USA.
those of Steve Kerr They broke the barrier in the second quarter and, based on the collective play and distribution of points, replacing the NBA chip with FIBA, they prevailed in a great work together. Paolo Banchero is the leading scorer for the North Americans when it comes to the bench along 21 pointswhile Anthony Edwards also collaborated with 14 and 7 reboundsleader himself in that matter.
It was not a good night from the triple for the United States in quantity but it was in effectiveness, which barely threw 18 and converted 8 (44% accuracy). The game broke down in the post and they finished with 27/41 shooting from the two. They also won the rebounding battle by a margin (41 to 33) and 23 assists set the course.
In the New Zealand team Reuben Te Rangi was the scorer with 15 but with a low 6/16 pitch. Shea Ili was the standout with 12, 5 assists and 4 rebounds. finn delany also added a dozen and Yannick Wetzell contributed a dozen for those led by the historic former player But Cameron.
Group C resumes on Monday at 5:45 pm, when the Tall Blacks take on Jordan, both looking for their first World Cup win. From 9:40 am it’s Team USA’s turn to face Greece. You can watch this game for TyC Sports and they were all broadcast on FIBA’s paid platform, Courtside 1891.
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Source: Tycsports
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