The basketball team of Puerto Rico He obtained qualification for the tournament last night at home Paris 2024 Olympic Games after one twenty year absence by defeating Lithuania 79-68.
Puerto Rican basketball last participated in an Olympic Games in the 2019 edition Athens 2004when it made history by becoming the first team to beat the USA.
Pelicans point guard José Alvarado was the best player in Puerto Rico’s victory over Lithuania.
Puerto Rico opened the initial period guided by the base Jose Alvaradowho was proclaimed the Best Player of the tournament. He soon scored eight points and opened a lead of 6-14. Nevertheless, Lithuaniathe tenth power in world basketball, responded with a streak led by its star, the pivot Domantas Sabonisuntil moving ahead with 14-17.
In a second, Lithuania He came back to the charge with a partial of 6-0 and shaped the advantage with a 20-25. The Puerto Rican coach, Nelson Columbushad to ask for time to readjust his lines. During that break, Columbus reinforced the work of Alvarado con Tremont Waters.
Bad Bunny and Ozuna, VIPs with Puerto Rico
The combination was vital for the Puerto Rican offense, which regained control and made it 32-34. Then the Lithuanian coach Kazys Maksvytis He called for technical time-out to adjust his team’s structure while more than 12,000 fans, including the singers, celebrated in the stands. Bad Bunny y Ozuna.
Romerao tries to throw defended by Sabonis.
Lithuania then came close to the scoreboard with a triple de Arnas Butkevicius 35-37but again the figure of Waters appeared and with two points he expanded to 39-35 to close the first part of the meeting.
Alvarado and Waters, devastating
For the third period, again the offensive power of Waters and Alvarado for Puerto Rico was devastating for Lithuania, because among these, scored the first 16 goals for the Caribbean squadwhich helped them take a comfortable lead of 55-43. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
Tremont Waters, unstoppable all game, takes a jump shot.
This twelve point advantage Puerto Rico He varied it a little for the rest of the period until closing it with an advantage of 62-50 for the fourth and final quarter, in which the Caribbean squad continued to shine until they won and obtained the last ticket to the French capital.
Datasheet:
79. Puerto Rico (19+20+23+18): Pinero (4), Conditt (6), Howard (12), Reed (5), Alvarado (23), Thompson (0), Ford (0), Clavell (5), Romero (2), Ortiz (4), Toro (0), Waters (18).
Technician: Nelson Columbus.
68. Lithuania (19+16+15+17): Sedekerskis (0), Tubelis (0), Sabonis (10), Jokubaitis (16), Kuzminskas (6), Motiejunas (8), Dimsa (0), Grigonis (8), Lekavicius (5), Butkevicius (7), Sirvydis (0), Ulanov (8).
Technician: Kazys Maksvytis.
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yohan Rosso (FRA) and Andrés Bartel (URU).
Incidences: Final match of the Men’s Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament played at the Puerto Rico Coliseum in San Juan, which awarded a spot for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
2024-07-08 08:39:13
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