in 2024
Paris Olympics
In a matchup in Group B of the men's basketball team tournament, the
German men's basketball team
86-73 over
Brazilian men's basketball team
The team has won two consecutive group stage matches. Earlier, Brazil defeated France in their opening group game, while Germany edged out Japan.
At the beginning of the game, Brazil scored only one point in the first three minutes, and their offense was sluggish. Germany was also slow on offense, but Obstreicheri scored 9 points to help Germany take the initiative, and Bonga's three-pointer hit the mark, giving Germany a 12-point lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Germany fell into a scoring drought, scoring only 4 points in more than half a quarter, Schroeder's three-pointer to stop the decline, but Brazil's Bennett hit three consecutive three-pointers, scoring 11 consecutive points, once overtaking the score. Both teams exchanged three-pointers, and at the end of the half, the two teams were tied.
Going into the second half, Brazil's offense remained inefficient, and Germany took advantage of the situation with a small 9-2 wave to take the initiative again. Bonga's back-to-back buckets helped Germany take a nine-point lead at the end of the third quarter. In the final quarter, both teams frequently went to the free throw line, and Bonga and Obst hit back-to-back three-pointers to extend Germany's lead to double digits. In the end, Brazil was unable to come back, and Germany beat Brazil 86-73 to get two consecutive wins in the group stage.
