Greece edged Australia 77-71 in Group A to stay in rivalry on the Olympic males’s basketball competitors on Friday as Brazil beat Japan 102-84 to safe third place in Group B in its bid to achieve the quarterfinals within the remaining spherical of video games.
Milwaukee Bucks ahead Giannis Antetokounmpo was prolific as standard, scoring 20 factors with seven rebounds and 6 assists to guide his staff to first win of the pool stage.
The ‘Greek Freak’ was helped by Dinos Mitoglou and Thomas Walkup, who completed with a mixed 31 factors.
The victory retains Greece in rivalry for a spot within the quarterfinals, with the Aussies additionally nonetheless within the combine, although each side should anticipate the results of Friday’s recreation between Canada, which has already certified, and Spain.
On the finish of the group section the highest eight groups from the mixed rating qualify for the quarterfinals.
Brazil’s win over Japan secures third place in Group B, whereas Germany and France, who meet afterward Friday, have already booked locations within the final eight.
The hero for the ‘Verde-Amarela’ was ahead Bruno Caboclo, who scored a formidable 33 factors and made 17 rebounds.
“It’s the largest stage of basketball,” Caboclo advised reporters. “(Being) within the nationwide staff is larger than NBA or something. The Olympics are the largest on this planet.
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“Each athlete needs to be right here, at the very least one time. We have been capable of accomplish that.
“Hopefully, we are able to go to the quarter-finals. And from there, we now have one other aim – to go to the semi-finals,” he added.
Brazil should anticipate the outcomes of the opposite group video games to see if it finishes amongst the highest two third-placed groups to progress to the following stage.