The Pre-Olympic basketball tournament continued on Wednesday with good results for the players of Unicaja. Alberto Diaz closed the day with a victory for Spain against Angola (89-81), while Kendrick Perry He opened the scoring to add Montenegro’s first win against Cameroon (70-66). They are not yet his colours, but a great player made his debut in this competition. Olek Balcerowskialthough Poland lost to the Bahamas (90-81).
Alberto Diaz
Despite 0 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, again essential to keep Spain winning in the most difficult moments. It is not always necessary to score too much, there are also those who must contribute on the other side of the court and the captain of the Cajistas was impervious in the last quarter to stop the rival’s outside players. The good news is that Scariolo’s team has already qualified for the semi-finals, where they await their rival.
Kendrick Perry
Perry and Montenegro returned to the path of victory, but the Cajista base continues very far from the feelings with which the course ended in Malaga. The Balkan team beat Cameroon (70-66) at the limit and now has to wait to find out if it still has a chance to be in Paris 2024.
Kendrick Perry, with Montenegro in the Pre-Olympic tournament. / FIBA
Perry re-signed 12 points and 5 assists. The problem is that the Shooting percentages are still not on his side: 3/11 This Wednesday, Montenegro’s open-field penetrations aren’t even working. The odd long-range three-pointer, free throws and little else. If Brazil wins, Montenegro will be in the semi-finals. If Cameroon does, we’ll have to use our calculators.
Olek Balcerowski
The one who did shine this Wednesday was Balcerowskiwho is only separated from Unicaja by a contract termination with Panathinaikos. He did not have an easy challenge, but he fulfilled it with flying colors despite the defeat against Bahama with multiple NBA (90-81). In fact, he did a lot of damage in the first half with 14 points and 4 rebounds, all of them offensive, outperforming Deandre Ayton.
Olek Balcerowski, in the Pre-Olympic tournament with Poland. / FIBA
He went up to the 22 pointssome of them very important in the middle of a comeback when his team began to lose by a significant margin. However, and although he ended up as the best player of his team, his coach decided to sit him out in the last minutes, when Poland hoped to have some chance of victory. This Thursday, starting at 8:30 p.m., they will play against Finland to be in the semi-final of the Pre-Olympic.
2024-07-03 20:34:14
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