Serbia’s Miroslav Raduljica (13) scores against Australia during a men’s semifinal round bas …
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Rio de Janeiro: Two Mongolian wrestling coaches stripped off their clothing to protest the result of a bronze medal match in Rio Olympics, a freaky turn in a day where officiating was highly criticized. An upset would give it the most precious one.
The Boomers have never won a medal.
Serbia started out the tournament with a dominating win over Venezuela, but lost its next three games against tough opponents.
That brought Damian Martin into the fray and the Perth Wildcats’ captain provided a nice highlight with a attractive pass to David Andersen underneath the bucket for an easy two.
Spain’s Pau Gasol and Australia’s Matthew Dellavedova take a dive during the men’s bronze medal match in Rio. The Boomers then stole the lead early in the third quarter and, from there, it was basket-for-basket until the dying seconds. “I know during the game there were many fouls the referees didn’t call on our side”. Rodriguez looked out of control hurtling towards the rim, but the officials called it and that was all she wrote.
Spain was buoyed by solid performances from Rodriguez and Rudy Fernandez.
Spain kept a narrow lead throughout the first half. Gasol seemed to be a critical part of every important play. The six-time NBA All-Star had a game-high 31 points and 11 rebounds.
Andrew Bogut gets his fifth and final foul on a Ricky Rubio drive, a play that definitely hindered Australia and probably led to the loss in the end. Even though he wasn’t doing much offensively, his absence down the stretch left the team without a strong defensive presence in the paint.
Milos Teodosic scored 22 points as Serbia, which pushed the star-studded American squad to the final seconds before losing earlier in the Games, moved into the Olympic final with a shockingly easy 87-61 semifinal win over Australia on Friday. Spain held a 67-64 lead to start the fourth quarter after Nikola Mirotic hit a layup in the final seconds of the third.
“Very disappointed that our athletes had to go through what they did go through last night”, Chiller told reporters on Saturday. His playing time seesawed throughout the Olympics, but head coach Sergio Scariolo felt comfortable enough going to the worldwide veteran to let him play a majority of the crunch time minutes over Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio. He scored the Spanish team’s next four points, including a terrific putback dunk. Mills, the leading scorer for Australia with 30, is only 28 years of age and will more than likely play for his country until at least the next Olympics in four years. The Serbs fell 95-80 to Australia, but it was a close game for the first 38 minutes before the Boomers pulled away late. Fourth place at the Olympics is the worst, but this generation of players deserved more than a bronze medal.
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The Serbian team is considered a successor to FR Yugoslavia, so at least in some regards, this will be a rematch of that gold medal game from 20 years ago.
