Brazil won and is in the second round of the World Cup

Gustavo Conti’s team beat Ivory Coast to finish second in group G.

In closing the group stage of the FIBA​​​​​​World Cup 2023, Brazil managed to beat the Ivory Coast in its third appearance, by 89-77. Thus, Gustavo Conti’s team finished this first period with a record of 2 victories and one defeat. verdeamarelos took second place in group G, earning their place in the second stage of the tournament.

Now without the participation of Raúl Neto, the Americans have supported many of their offensives with Yago Santos, the perimeter who is one of the team’s top numbers at the moment. There were several minutes of tension when he had to be treated in the third quarter; but finally he got back to the game box. The former Flamengo player completed an impressive roster with 24 points and 12 assists, finishing with the highest rating for his team (37). He was joined by Tim Soares; author of 15 units and star in 6 rebounds. Georginho De Paula completed the offensive trident with 13 points.

Ivory Coast has a fairly distributed scoring; where five players finished scoring in double digits. Most important is Cédric Bah, who has 13 points to his credit, with 4/10 shooting from the field. Only Diabate escorted him with 12 points, while Jean Philippe Dally finished with 11 goals. Former Peñarol from Mar del Plata Amadou Sidibe finished with 4 points; 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 24 minutes on the court.

The continuation of the contest:

The paths of the two teams will diverge from this moment. Brazil, second in group G, will be part of the fight for the second stage of the championship, towards the title. Now it will be part of group L, along with Spain, Canada and Latvia. For its part, Ivory Coast joined group P, along with France, Lebanon and Iran.

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