73-86: Schroder leads Germany to the quarterfinals

Led by its star point guard Dennis Schroeder The German basketball team, the current world champions, defeated Brazil (73-86) this Tuesday at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Villeneuve d’Ascq, on the outskirts of Lille, and thus qualified for the quarter-finals of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the tournament to be decided in Paris-Bercy.

Germany, whose player Schroder (Brooklyn Nets) recorded 20 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists for a maximum rating of 22, joins France, who beat Japan after extra time (90-94), as the group leaders. With 4 points, B has already mathematically qualified for the quarterfinals.

Fresh from losing her opening match against France (78-66), Brazil must now beat Japan in the third and final game and wait for the optimal match that will see her advance to the quarterfinals as one of the two best third parties.

The world champions, who had just defeated Japan in the first game (97-77), started well in the first quarter, which ended with a 22-10 advantage for Europe. But the men of Alexander Petrovich They gave the Germans the coin back and outscored them by 12 points, reaching the break tied at 40 points.

Loaned staff Franz Wagner (Orlando Magic added 17 points) Schroder’s team retook the lead in the third quarter and took a 60-51 lead into the final period after trailing by four points in the last quarter.

Red Star Belgrade point guard Jago Santos was the most efficient player on the Brazilian team, finishing with 18 points, four rebounds and eight assists, earning the same top rating as Schroder. Vitor BeniteThe Zunder Palencia guard finished with 17 points, the second-leading scorer for the South American team.

Brazil will face Japan at 11 a.m. next Friday, while Germany and France will compete for first place in the group at 9 p.m. on the same day.