The Mexican Basketball Team can dream of a ticket to the Pre-Olympic after having defeated Jordan 80-90 in the duel that qualifies the teams from 17th to 32nd place in the World Cup.
Mexico dominated at the beginning and then it got complicated
The game began for the Mexicans, who presented themselves with a favorable 2-10 chiseled with 8 points from Gabriel Girón, six of them from the perimeter. At the end of his good streak, it was Joshua Ibarra who took over the scoring, becoming strong in the inside game. And Iván Jaimes ended up joining them in the final section of the first act.
Far from collapsing Jordan, chaotic at times in their attacks but enlarged by the opponent’s inaccuracies, kept up their game throughout a second quarter with few scores and briefly took the lead and equalized at halftime (43-43, min .twenty).
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A rain of triples returned the advantage to Mexico
Mexico then became clear that it was going to have to row to achieve victory, even more so after seeing the fourth personal Ibarra shortly after the confrontation resumed. In his absence, the outside players began to take center stage, unleashing a give and take of triples in which Girón, Paul Stoll and Pako Cruz contributed but which was countered with two from Sami Bzai. In this context, the green side had to accept the three rentals they had at half an hour (65-68, min.30).
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Mexico held on and took the victory
Five points at the start of Stoll’s decisive act seemed like the gasoline needed to get the team going. However, once again, Jordan rose knowing what a good opportunity he had. Led by Hollis Jefferson, they managed a 7-0 run that put them ahead again and brought more excitement.
As it was, everything was left at the mercy of the details. And it was Ibarra’s return to the track that was the most decisive of them. Reinforced in the paint with his presence, the Mexicans gained consistency and alternatives. Girón with a triple with a minute to go opened a set that ended up being 0-10 until the conclusion (80-93, min.40).
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Mexico classified to the Pre-Olympic?
Mexico won the two games that rank the teams from 17th to 32nd place in the World Cup and meet the parameters to have a place in the Pre-Olympic, but it remains for FIBA to finish evaluating all the tiebreaker criteria to find out if Mexico will be there or not. in the Pre-Olympics and can look for a place in Paris 2024.
With information from EFE.
2023-09-02 18:10:51
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