Brazil defeats Canada, 4 teams will face off in a deathmatch for 2 tickets to the quarterfinals

Brazilian national basketball team player Yago Santos (right) celebrates with teammate Tim Soares (left) after playing against the Canadian national basketball team in the second round of the group stage L of the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup at Indonesia Arena, Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday (1/9/2023). The Brazilian national basketball team defeated the Canadian national basketball team with a final score of 69-65.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — After Latvia beat defending champions Spain in the first match of the second phase of Group L. In the second match, it was Brazil’s turn to surprisingly beat a team full of Canadian NBA stars.

In Friday night’s match (01/09/2023) at Indonesia Arena GBK Senayan Jakarta, Brazil incredibly defeated Canada 69-65. This result gives the four Brazilian teams with a 3-1 winning record, Canada (3-1), Latvia (3-1) and Spain (3-1), a chance to advance to the quarters. of final. FIBA World Cup 2023.

Sunday’s match (03/09/2023) will be a match of life and death. The winner of the match between Latvia and Brazil, which will take place at 4:30 p.m. WIB, or Canada against Spain, which will take place at 8:30 p.m. WIB, will qualify for the quarter-finals.

In this match, Brazil faced the top five players, Bruno Caboclo, Georginho De Paula, Leonardo Meindl, Yago Santos and Tim Soares. Meanwhile, Canada installed Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dillon Brooks, RJ Barret, Kelly Olynyk and Dwight Powell.

Bruno Caboclo emerged as the best player in this match with 19 points, Gui Santos 10 points. On the Canadian side, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points and Alexander-Walker 17 points.


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