The Argentine basketball team defeated Brazil 75-73 as a visitor and was crowned champion of the Americup

The Argentine basketball team once again stomped on the Geraldao Arena of Recife and was crowned champion of the Americup by defeating Brazil by 75 to 73. After leaving on the way USA in the semi-final, the Soul He had a tough task against the classic continental rival and once again dominated the match from start to finish to lift said title for the third time in history: I know repeated what was done in the 2001 and 2011 editionswhen the national cast reached the top.

It’s true, he suffered in the end, especially when Verdeamarela came back from the scoreboard to the point of being up 73-71. There appeared the hierarchy of albicelestes men: first Facundo Campazzo assisted Delia as a girdle to equalize. and then came up Nicholas Laprovittola to enable gabriel deckscorer of the lawsuit with 20 units, to lower the blind to the classic.

I said, the Tortu Deck was the top scorer of the team (he was chosen MVP of the contest), followed by Lapro (15) and Campazzo (13). But all contributed maximum intensity to defend, with cohesion and aggressiveness, against a rival with renowned players. And leaving behind the problems that afflicted the squad before the tournament, when unexpectedly the coach Che Garcia he disassociated himself and took over, just two days before the start of the competition, Paul Prigioni, Powerhouse of the Golden Generation and member of the coaching staff of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Argentines they found a good lead from the first quarter by building a 12-point lead early in the game. Far from slowing down the intensity in the face of half the local bias, Argentina arrived at halftime with the score 48-38 in favor and with 50% effectiveness (18 of 36) in shots at the hoop.

During the first stage, Deck shone with 14 points (5 of 10 shooting from the field) 4 rebounds and 1 assist, but there was also an interesting contribution from Facundo Campazzo with 12 units accompanied by Leandro Bolmaro and Nicolás Brussino, with seven each. Nicolás Laprovittola also scored five points, five rebounds and two assists in that passage. To close, Marcos Delia added a double to the account.

On the other hand, there was no outstanding task to the point that no Brazilian had double digits in their statistics at the break and the best scorer of the first two quarters was Marcelinho Huertas (8 points) in the 10 minutes who had been on the field.

Until the reaction of Brazil, driven by the public. But Argentina resurfaced at the decisive moment, in the last seconds, to retake the advantage and defend the last ball as the last.

In the group stage of this 2022, Argentina was one double away from having qualified as the best of all. In its premiere it easily beat Virgin Islands (95-62) and then showed all his scoring ability against Puerto Rico (99-86). Already in the definition of the area, he was able to overcome Dominican Republic 90-78. That earned him go to the key he found it with Venezuela in the quarterfinals. And despite having an irregular first half, the national team took out all its plate in the second half to win a resounding victory (76-53) and classify among the best four of the contest. In the run-up to the title match, defeated USA by 82 to 73 and added a new gold page against the strongest team in the discipline.

And in the classic against Brazil, as a visitor, like the soccer team in the 2021 Copa América at the Maracaná, Alma deservedly celebrated. The Messi, De Paul and Di María were the Campazzo, Deck and Laprovittola. And this group, runner-up in the world in 2019 (although without their great reference, Luis Scola), continues to prove that they still have much more to give.

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