In Tiago Splitter’s first experience as head coach, the Brazilian basketball team beats Italy in a tough game, and now prepares to face the United States
After a good performance, but without being able to leave with a positive result in the debut of the Global Jam, the Brazilian men’s basketball team won the Italy and Tiago Splitter won his first victory as a head coach. The highlight of the game went to Yagoowner of Flamengowho scored 28 points and was the scorer of the game.
The Global Jam is a sub 23 basketball championship, with four participating teams, in the case of Brazil, CanadaItaly and United States. All face each other and decide semifinal clashes, with crosses between 1 x 4 and 2 x 3, with the first phase, therefore, only to decide which place each team is.
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In the game against Italy, the selection took the initiative of the game, always with Yago introducing himself to the game and helping the green and yellow team to have a quiet advantage on the scoreboard at the end of the first quarter. The point guard scored 15 of Brazil’s 22 points, and the first part of the game ended at 22-13.
The second quarter, on the other hand, was different, the Europeans got more involved in the game and even reduced the difference to 4 points during most of the period, but Brazil held on well the advantage created at the beginning of the game and still managed an important basket of three of João Marcello with only 1 second left on the clock.
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Despite that, the 38-31 at the end of the first half was not enough to make the Italians give up. With many offensive errors, the selection suffered a 10-0 run from the opponents and just didn’t let the score slip even further because of the good consistency of Splitter’s team. By the end of the third period, 51-49 for the Italians looked cheap.
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IT’S THE BRASAAAAA!
In a great game of Brazil under-23, we defeated Italy by 72 to 68 by Globl Jam, in Canada!
We return to the court this Thursday, against the USA, starting at 3 pm, live on @sportv
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— Basketball Brazil – CBB (@basquetebrasil) July 6, 2022
Even so, the Canarinho team did not give up and the individual talents of João Marcello, dikembe and Yago made the difference for the selection to guarantee the victory by 72 to 68. Therefore, this Thursday at 15:00 (Brasília time), Brazil will face the USA, with the mission of going in search of the best possible position for the semifinals .
Source: sportbuzz
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