Olympic dream of the 12 Warriors ends with defeat against Brazil

The Mexican basketball team fell by beating in the Croatian Pre-Olympic and was marginalized from the places for Tokyo 2020

Mexico fell against Brazil in the semifinal of Pre-olympic celebrated in Croatia by succumbing to a resounding score of 102-74, where the South Americans proved to be a strong candidate to obtain the ticket to Tokyo 2020.

The defeat of the Aztec team also marked the farewell of Gustavo Ayon of the Mexican team, since the player of the Zenit of Saint Petersburg indicated that it would be his last process.

The closest that the 12 Warriors they were on the scoreboard was at the end of the first quarter they were 18-24.

The Mexicans weren’t able to steal a single room from the team Brazilian, which has demonstrated its power by imposing itself on the Pre-olympic in all the rooms they have played so far.

The Mexican quintet started the third period badly with their own mistakes and giving freedom to the rival South American, who did not forgive and in just five minutes they had an advantage of 18 points, while the Aztec team only achieved four points in that same time.

At the end of the third quarter Brazil was up on the scoreboard with an advantage of 23 points with a favorable 57-80. Until the third quarter the team Brazilian had 16 triples and a 57 percent effectiveness.

In the last quarter Mexico They were up to 30 points behind, while the yellow team was the master of the court and at no time did they see their great advantage at risk.

In the end Brazil He returned to give a sample of his leading role. They had, because in their three games they have had an advantage of almost 30 points. For its part, the team led by Omar Quintero will have to return home with a broken dream.