I-semi-final yokuqala yeqela le-basketball lamadoda kwi-Olimpiki yaseTokyo ivalwe emini ngo-Agasti 5. Iqela laseMelika lahlula iqela lase-Australia 97-78 kwaye lahamba phambili ekufumaneni amatikiti ukuya ekugqibeleni.
Kule Olimpiki, iqela lase-US alizange lithumele uluhlu olunamandla. Iinkwenkwezi ezintlanu uJames, uCurry, uHarden, uLeonard, noDavis babengekho. UDurant waba yeyona nkwenkwezi inkulu.
UDurant (ophakathi) kunye nabalingane bakhe abaphezulu abahlanu
Umlilo ohlaselayo weqela lase-US unqabile, kwaye ibala ligxile kakhulu ekukhuseleni. Nangona uDurant engumatshini wokufaka amanqaku, akayeki umzamo kwisiphelo sokuzikhusela, ukuvimba nokuba.
Aba badlali beqela lase-Australia badlala kunye unyaka wonke, kwaye iqondo lokuqonda ngokucacileyo liphezulu kunelo leqela laseMelika. Ngaphantsi kobunkokeli beMills kunye ne-Ingles, "i-Kangaroo Army" yabetha iqela laseMelika nge-wave "yemvula yamanqaku amathathu".
Nangona abadlali baseMelika bebezikhusele kakuhle, abakwazanga ukunqanda ukubetha komlilo womchasi. Iqela lase-Australia lalikhe lakhokela i-41-26 kwikota yesibini. U-Ingles, u-Ixum, kunye noGoulding ngamnye wenze amanqaku amabini amathathu. I-United States yaphoswa zonke ii-10 zokuqala ezintathu-pointers, kwaye kwada kwada kwadubula i-11 ukuba i-Suns star Booker iyenze.
Ngaphambi kokuphela kwekota yesibini, uDurant ukhokele iqela lase-US ukuya kwinqanaba elihlaselayo, linciphisa umehluko wenqaku kwi-42 ukuya kwi-45. UDurant ufumene amanqaku e-15 kwisiqingatha sokuqala, waba ngumdlali kuphela kwiqela lase-US ukufikelela kwidijithi ezimbini. Iqela lase-US lenze inqaku elibandayo lesithathu kwaye lenze i-2 ye-13 shots kwisiqingatha sokuqala.
Umqeqeshi waseMelika uPopovich
Emva kokuqala kwekota yesithathu, uDurant wenze izithonga ezilandelelanayo kuluhlu oluphakathi, kwaye izithonga zakhe eziphezulu zenza abachasi bangabi nakuzinceda. Ithamsanqa likwakunye neqela laseMelika. Umbindi weqela lase-Australia uLangdale uyiqengqe ibhola elunyaweni lukaDurant, kodwa usompempe wayinika iqela laseMelika ibhola. Kwimidlalo ye-basketball yamadoda kwiMidlalo ye-Olimpiki, umqeqeshi oyintloko akanalo igunya lokucela umngeni kwizohlwayo, kwaye akukho vidiyo yokudlala.
UMills wadlalela iSpurs phantsi kolawulo lomqeqeshi wase-US uPopovich kangangezihlandlo ezili-10, kwaye wajoyina kuphela iDurant's Nets ngo-Agasti 4. Izithintelo ezipheleleyo zikaPopovich kubafundi bakhe bangaphambili baphumelele ngakumbi. Nangona iMills yayinokufaka amanqaku, ipesenti yakhe yokudubula yayiphantsi.
IHolide yenye yeenkwenkwezi ezikhokelayo kwintshatsheli entsha ye-NBA Bucks. Akagcinanga nje iMills, kodwa waphinda wafaka amanqaku ngokulandelelana kwikota yesithathu.
Iqela lase-US laqala "imvula yamanqaku amathathu" kwikota yesithathu. UBooker, uDurant, noTatum ngamnye wenza iingongoma ezintathu. Ukusebenzisa i-32-10 i-frenzy ehlaselayo, iqela lase-US lathatha i-74-55 ehamba phambili. I-advantage ingena kwikota yesine. Umdlalo uphulukene nokuthandabuza ngaphambi kweshedyuli, kwaye nguLaVine kuphela, owayesakuba yintshatsheli yokhuphiswano lwe-slam dunk, owenza izakhono zakhe ezizodwa emva komnye.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-06-2021