Umdlalo wokuqala we-semi-final weqembu le-basketball lamadoda kuma-Olimpiki aseTokyo uvale emini ngo-Agasti 5. Iqembu lase-US linqobe iqembu lase-Australia ngo 97-78 futhi lahola ekutholeni amathikithi okungena kowamanqamu.
Kula ma-Olympic, iqembu lase-US alizange lithumele uhlu oluqinile. Izinkanyezi ezinhlanu uJames, uCurry, uHarden, uLeonard, noDavis babengekho. UDurant waba yinkanyezi enkulu kunazo zonke.
UDurant (ophakathi nendawo) kanye nabalingani bakhe abadlala kahle kakhulu
Amandla okuhlasela eqembu lase-US anciphile, futhi inkundla igxile kakhulu ekuzivikeleni. Nakuba uDurant engumuntu ofaka amagoli, wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ekuzivikeleni, ekuvimbeleni nasekuntshontsheni.
Laba badlali beqembu lase-Australia badlala ndawonye unyaka wonke, futhi izinga lokuqonda okuthule ngokusobala liphakeme kuneleqembu laseMelika. Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMills no-Ingles, “iKangaroo Army” yanqoba iqembu laseMelika ngegagasi “lemvula enamaphuzu amathathu”.
Nakuba abadlali baseMelika babezivikela kahle, abakwazanga ukuvimba ukuthinta komphikisi okushisayo. Iqembu lase-Australia lake lahola ngo 41-26 kwikota yesibili. U-Ingles, u-Ixum, noGoulding ngamunye wabo wenza amaphuzu amabili amathathu. I-United States yaphuthelwa yiwo wonke amaphuzu okuqala ayi-10 amathathu, futhi kwaze kwaba yilapho inkanyezi yeSuns uBooker ishaya amaphuzu angu-11.
Ngaphambi kokuphela kwekota yesibili, uDurant wahola iqembu lase-US lafinyelela esicongweni sokuhlasela, wanciphisa umehluko wamaphuzu waba ngu-42 kuya ku-45. UDurant wathola amaphuzu angu-15 engxenyeni yokuqala, waba ngumdlali kuphela eqenjini lase-US ofinyelele izinombolo ezimbili. Iqembu lase-US lenze ama-three-pointer abandayo futhi lenza ama-shots amabili kwangu-13 engxenyeni yokuqala.
Umqeqeshi wase-US uPopovich
Ngemva kokuqala kwekota yesithathu, uDurant washaya amabhola alandelanayo aphakathi nendawo, futhi amabhola akhe aphezulu enza abaphikisi bangakwazi ukuzisiza. Inhlanhla nayo yasekela iqembu lase-US. Isikhungo seqembu lase-Australia uLangdale washaya ibhola enyaweni likaDurant, kodwa unompempe wanikeza iqembu lase-US ibhola. Emidlalweni yebhasikidi yamadoda yeMidlalo yama-Olimpiki, umqeqeshi oyinhloko akanalo igunya lokuphikisa izijeziso, futhi akukho ukudlala ividiyo.
UMills wadlalela iSpurs ngaphansi kobuholi bomqeqeshi wase-US uPopovich izinkathi eziyi-10, futhi wajoyina iNets kaDurant kuphela ngo-Agasti 4. Imikhawulo iyonke kaPopovich kubalandeli bakhe bangaphambili yaba yimpumelelo enkulu. Nakuba uMills ayekwazi ukushaya amagoli, iphesenti lakhe lokushaya laliphansi.
UHoliday ungomunye wezinkanyezi ezihamba phambili zompetha omusha we-NBA uBucks. Akagcinanga nje ngokuvikela uMills, kodwa futhi washaya amagoli alandelanayo kwikota yesithathu.
Iqembu lase-US liqale “imvula yamaphuzu amathathu” kwikota yesithathu. UBooker, uDurant, noTatum ngamunye bashaye amaphuzu amathathu. Besebenzisa ukuhlasela okungu-32-10, iqembu lase-US lihole ngo-74-55. Ithuba lingena kwikota yesine. Umdlalo ulahlekelwe ukungabaza kwawo ngaphambi kwesikhathi esibekiwe, futhi nguLaVine kuphela, owayengumpetha womncintiswano we-slam dunk, odlale amakhono akhe ahlukile ngokulandelana.
USiboasi ungumkhiqizi ochwepheshe wokukhiqizaumshini wokuqeqesha i-basketball, iumshini wokudubula we-basketball obuyela emuvakungasiza abadlali ukuthuthukisa amakhono abo, uma benesithakazelo sokuthenga noma ibhizinisi, sicela uxhumane nathi:
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Agasti-06-2021