Brazil 76 – Uruguay 66: La Celeste said goodbye to the AmeriCup with a defeat

The Uruguayan basketball team fell 76-66 to Brazil for the third date of group A in the AmeriCup. The team led by Magnano, that came from falling against Colombia and Canadawas looking to obtain his first victory in the competition, but could not do so, was eliminated in the group stage and said goodbye without stealing points from his rivals.

Despite the fact that Celeste was superior in the first half, where they finished up 43-35 and scored a maximum of 12 points, in the complement the host reacted with Felicio as a figure, who contributed 14 points, and ended up reversing the score. Uruguay again had problems to prevail in the closing of the matches and said goodbye to the tournament with three points. In any case, the tournament allowed him to shoot players like Ubal and Rodríguez, who showed a promising performance for the future of the team.

La Celeste started the process better and quickly took the lead with Esteban Batista’s double. Then, with a great performance by Joaquín Rodríguez, he managed to get a lead of 10 points (16 to 6), but the local managed to discount immediately. In closing, the host gained momentum with Yago as the decisive player, who scored a double one minute from the end and won a key free kick to stay three shy of parity (16-19). But Rodríguez answered again with a double and Ubal scored a triple with 30 seconds to go.

In almost five minutes of the second boy, Celeste had not been able to score and that allowed the local team to take over the scores, so they had been one of parity (25-26). However, La Celeste reacted and with the contribution of Parodi’s and Osimani’s goals they got up to 12 points ahead (37-25). In closing, Felicio discounted for Canarinha, who came within eight of equality (35-43).

In the third boy came the local reaction, which through Lucas Mariano and Yago Santos reversed the score and showed the usual hierarchy of their players. Marcelinho Huertas was also essential with his contributions. Uruguay, once again, could not sustain the good performance of the first half of the match and began to have more losses than the rivals optimized. In the end Batista discounted.

The host team maintained its level with a specific protagonist who was in charge of doing damage from 6.75 meters: Yugo Santos. The base was irrepressible and he ended up being one of the figures of the game along with Felicio. Uruguay managed to discount, but was far from fighting for the point in the closing. In any case, he was able to shoot players like Ubal and Rodríguez who are the present and future of La Celeste.