DThe German national men’s basketball team suffered a second defeat in the third round of the preliminaries, but it was still able to reach the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games for the first time since 1992. After 76:89 (40:44) against Australia on Saturday, the authorities outsiders Czech team lost more than two points in the evening against the gold medal favorite American team. This was against the team of national team coach Henrik Rodel. That’s enough.
Then the choice of the Germans is complete basketball The Bund ranked third in Group B in the Tokyo quarterfinals and will face the winners of Group A (France) or Group C (Slovenia or Spain) in Japan on Tuesday. The draw will be held on Sunday.
Strong start, weak end
If the Czech Republic wins the game against the Americans, it is very likely that Sunday will help to make progress.Although disappointing at the end of the preliminaries, it looks like this team will be different from the last Beijing Olympics in 2008 Dirk Nowitzki Don’t lose in the preliminaries. In Saitama, Andreas Obst (17 points) was Germany’s best pitcher against Australia, and Australia ranked fourth in the World Cup unbeaten in Japan.
After defeating Italy and Nigeria, the Australians appeared confident. Most importantly, NBA veteran Patty Mills from the San Antonio Spurs took the responsibility, but could not prevent the Germans from making a strong start. At 15 minutes and 10 seconds, DBB chose to take the lead and benefit from their deliberate offense.Although Australia had to leave the injured NBA professional player Aaron Baynes, he was convinced Madoro Work with Co. and their good team.
This brought Wednesday’s first victory against Nigeria. In the beginning, the team led the game against Italy for a long time, but it succeeded in the final stage of weakness. Even before the jump ball, it was clear that Nigeria would be eliminated after three bankruptcies, while Germany ranked third in at least Group B in the preliminary rounds.
But in the super arena with 16,000 spectators, no one wants to participate in arithmetic games in the DBB selection. The second victory was a clear goal, which quickly attracted people’s attention on the court. 22:18 is the lead of the DBB team after the first quarter, shooting more than 70%. This has changed in the second part. Small mistakes and bad decisions in the offense ensured that the Baby Boomers once again led the way (33:31).
Australia, which wants to win its first Olympic medal in Tokyo, has not appeared as confidently as in previous games for a long time. Although they led by 10 points (50:40) for the first time after the intermission, the German team immediately tied with a score of 10-0 (50:50). However, in the last quarter, the resistance was broken. In the final minutes of the game, the game was completely chaotic and characterized by multiple misses, so the Australian was still able to win safely.
