I-semi-final yokuqala yeqembu labesilisa le-basketball kuma-Olympics e-Tokyo yavalwa emini ngo-Agasti 5. Iqembu laseMelika lahlula iqembu lase-Australia ngo-97-78 futhi lahamba phambili ekutholeni amathikithi okungena kowamanqamu.
Kula ma-Olympics, ithimba lase-US alizange lithumele uhlu oluqine kakhulu. Izihlabani ezinhlanu uJames, Curry, Harden, Leonard, noDavis babengekho. U-Durant waba inkanyezi enkulu.
UDurant (ophakathi) kanye nozakwabo abasezingeni eliphezulu
I-firepower yeqembu lase-US yehlile, futhi inkundla igxile kakhulu ekuvikelweni. Nakuba u-Durant engumshini wokushaya amagoli, akakubekezeleli umzamo wokuvikela, ukuvimba nokuntshontsha.
Laba badlali beqembu lase-Australia badlala ndawonye unyaka wonke, futhi izinga lokuqonda buthule ngokusobala liphakeme kuneleqembu laseMelika. Ngaphansi kobuholi beMills kanye ne-Ingles, i-"Kangaroo Army" yashaya iqembu laseMelika ngegagasi "lemvula enamaphuzu amathathu".
Nakuba abadlali baseMelika bebezivikela kahle, abakwazanga ukuvimba ukuthintwa komdlali ovuthayo. Iqembu lase-Australia lake lahamba phambili ngo 41-26 ngekota yesibili. U-Ingles, u-Ixum, noGoulding ngamunye wenze amaphoyinti amabili amathathu. I-United States iphuthelwe yiwo wonke amaphuzu amathathu okuqala ayi-10, futhi kwaze kwaba yilapho isibhamu se-11 lapho i-Suns star Booker yakwenza khona.
Ngaphambi kokuphela kwekota yesibili, u-Durant uhole iqembu lase-US lafinyelela kuvuthondaba elihlaselayo, wehlisa umehluko wamaphuzu waba ngu-42 kuya ku-45. U-Durant uthole amaphuzu angu-15 esiwombeni sokuqala, waba ukuphela komdlali eqenjini lase-US ukufinyelela amadijithi aphindwe kabili. Iqembu lase-US lenze amaphuzu amathathu abandayo futhi lenze amashodi angu-2 kwangu-13 esiwombeni sokuqala.
Umqeqeshi waseMelika uPopovich
Ngemuva kokuqala kwekota yesithathu, u-Durant wenze amashothi alandelanayo amaphakathi nebanga, futhi isibhamu sakhe esiphezulu senza abaphikisana nabo bangakwazi ukuzisiza. Inhlanhla ibuye yahambisana neqembu laseMelika. Isikhungo seqembu lase-Australia uLangdale ubhule ibhola onyaweni lukaDurant, kodwa unompempe walinikeza iqembu laseMelika ibhola. Emidlalweni ye-basketball yabesilisa yama-Olympic Games, umqeqeshi oyinhloko akanalo igunya lokuphonsela inselelo izinhlawulo, futhi akukho ukudlalwa kwevidiyo.
UMills wadlalela iSpurs ngaphansi kobuholi bomqeqeshi wase-US uPopovich amasizini angu-10, futhi wajoyina i-Durant's Nets ngo-Agasti 4. Imikhawulo yonke kaPopovich kubafundi bakhe bangaphambili yaba yimpumelelo kakhulu. Nakuba uMills ekwazi ukuthola amaphuzu, iphesenti lakhe lokudubula laliphansi.
Iholide lingenye yezinkanyezi ezihamba phambili zompetha abasha be-NBA Bucks. Akagcinanga ngokugada iMills, kodwa uphinde washaya amaphuzu elandelana ngekota yesithathu.
Iqembu laseMelika liqale “imvula enamaphuzu amathathu” engxenyeni yesithathu. UBooker, uDurant, noTatum ngamunye wenza amaphuzu amathathu. Isebenzisa isiphithiphithi esingu-32-10, iqembu laseMelika lahola ngo-74-55. Inzuzo ingena engxenyeni yesine. Umdlalo ulahlekelwe ukungabaza ngaphambi kwesikhathi esimisiwe, futhi uLaVine kuphela, owayengumpetha womncintiswano we-slam dunk, owenza amakhono akhe ayingqayizivele ngokulandelana.
USiboasi ungumkhiqizi ochwepheshe wokukhiqizaumshini wokuqeqesha i-basketball, iumshini wokudubula we-basketballingasiza abadlali ukuthi bathuthukise amakhono abo, uma benentshisekelo yokuthenga noma ibhizinisi, sicela uthinte:
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-06-2021