MeterWith the strong nerves in the last quarter, the German men’s basketball team ushered in their first victory in the Olympics and kept their chances of promotion. On Wednesday, the national team coach Henrik Rodel defeated the Nigerian team 99:92 (50:50) at the Saitama Super Arena. After losing to Italy in the opening game, he is expected to continue to advance to the quarterfinals.The best German pitcher is Johannes Vogman 19 points. In the third quarter, the German team had fallen behind by 11 points, but the counterattack was strong.
In the final match of the preliminaries, the German was selected basketball Now Saturday provides the Bund for medal candidate Australia. The second place in the group is certainly enough for the eight best teams of this round, and two-thirds of the people in the table also advance.
The quarter-finals have been a huge success
In the last Beijing Olympics in 2008, the German team was led by a superstar Dirk Nowitzki The preliminary round failed. Even without many NBA professionals like leader Dennis Schroeder, the chances of the knockout are now great.
The German team had a strong start against Nigeria, and the Nigerian team apparently lost in the first game against Australia.Offensive distribution Madoro The ball is allowed to score easily near the basket. Defensively, DBB chose to score only 7 points in the first 6 minutes and now leads 22:12.
Eight NBA players in Nigeria
But Nigeria slowly started to play a role. This team has a total of eight NBA professional players — only the United States is the most popular team in these Olympics — with countless successful three-pointers to keep the game open. At 24:27 at the opening of the second quarter, the German team fell behind for the first time since the start.
Developed an even number game.After a wonderful dunk by a Berlin native Moritz Wagner The German bank went bankrupt suddenly. The 24-year-old provided the energy to become the best pitcher before the halftime with 12 points with center Johannes Voigtmann.
But over and over again, the German team let themselves lose eight goals in the first half. In the throw-in, Luo passed the ball to the opponent, but Albaberlin’s offensive player was able to shine before the intermission and tied the score to 50:50.
Far from
However, the beginning of the second half was a complete failure. The Nigerian hit four consecutive three-pointers and quickly took the lead with 66:55. Most importantly, Voigtmann and Wagner kept the German team in the game. With the trio and his first point in the game, the longtime Berliner Niels Giffy equalized the game to 74:74 in the final alert of the third quarter.
It turns out that in the last section, this is a nerve-breaker. Initially, no team could take a big lead. But when Danilo Basel, who was particularly strong at the end, led the team to an 88:81 lead four minutes before the end of the game, the whole team cheered. Andreas Obst made the preliminary decision with a three-pointer-the Germans’ hopes for the quarter-finals still exist.
