Tournament tracker: Memorable tournament finished in Tokyo

07/08/2021

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Tournament tracker: Memorable tournament finished in Tokyo

TOKYO (Japan) - Our Tournament Tracker keeps you up to date with an overview of what has been happening at the FIBA Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament in the Japanese capital.

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Saturday, August 7

Headlines:

- Kevin Durant almost set a new scoring record in the Final, as USA win fourth straight gold
- Patty Mills climbs over 40 points to give Australia their first medal, ever
- Don't forget about the other guys
- Tournament wrap

Top Performers:

Patty Mills (AUS) - 35 EFF / 42 PTS / 9 AST / 3 REB
Kevin Durant (USA) - 29 EFF / 29 PTS / 6 REB / 3 AST
Klemen Prepelic (SLO) - 21 EFF / 18 PTS / 55% FG / 7 REB
Matisse Thybulle (AUS) - 21 EFF / 11 PTS / 83% FG / 5 REB / 4 AST / 3 STL
Nando De Colo (FRA) - 20 EFF / 12 PTS / 75% FG / 7 AST / 5 REB

Game Highs:

Patty Mills (AUS) - 35 EFF
Patty Mills (AUS) - 42 PTS
Joe Ingles (AUS) - 9 REB
Patty Mills (AUS) - 9 AST
Nic Kay (AUS) - 4 STL
Bam Adebayo (USA) - 3 BLK

Did You Know?

USA won their fourth straight gold in the Olympics, a streak that has not happened since the 1960s, when they won seven in a row
France won their third silver. They were beaten by the USA in all three Finals, 1948, 2000 and 2020
Australia finally finished on the podium, after a total of four fourth-placed finishes until this event

Thursday, August 5

Headlines:

- USA erase 15-point deficit, storm through to the fourth-straight Final
- All about D, KD and the lack of AB
- Batum's block sends France to the Final
- Defense on Doncic, TLC factor, end of a streak

Top Performers:

Luka Doncic (SLO) - 30 EFF / 16 PTS / 10 REB / 18 AST
Kevin Durant (USA) - 28 EFF / 23 PTS / 9 REB / 2 AST / 2 STL
Mike Tobey (SLO) - 27 EFF / 23 PTS / 71% FG / 8 REB
Nando De Colo (FRA) - 26 EFF / 25 PTS / 7 REB / 5 AST
Rudy Gobert (FRA) - 24 EFF / 9 PTS / 16 REB / 3 AST / 4 BLK

Game Highs:

Luka Doncic (SLO) - 30 EFF
Nando De Colo (FRA) - 25 PTS
Rudy Gobert (FRA) - 16 REB
Luka Doncic (SLO) - 18 AST
Rudy Gobert (FRA) - 4 BLK

Did You Know?

France reached the Final after 21 years. The last time they got to the Final, they also played two games against the USA, in the group stage and the title game in Sydney 2000.
Luka Doncic recorded the third triple-double in Olympic history with 16 points, 18 assists and 10 rebounds, joining Alexander Belov (1976; 24pts, 14reb, 10ast v Canada) and LeBron James (2012; 11pts, 14reb, 12ast v Australia).

Tuesday, August 3

Headlines:

- Luis Scola retired from basketball, Pau and Marc Gasol retired from their national team
- USA outlast Spain to keep the streak alive; they have made the Semi-Finals in every single Olympic appearance
- Slovenia turn into a defensive firepower for a day, blow out Germany by 24 to reach the Semis
- Australia use a 37-11 final quarter to send Argentina home
- France come up big in the closing minutes, literally, because Rudy Gobert led the charge to get Les Bleus back to the Semi-Finals for the first time in 21 years

All the action from Tuesday August 3 is wrapped up in the DAILY RECAP.

Top Performers:

Zoran Dragic (SLO) - 37 EFF /27 PTS / 85% FG / 6 REB / 4 AST
Ricky Rubio (ESP) - 34 EFF / 38 PTS / 65% FG / 4 REB / 2 AST
Nicolas Batum (FRA) - 29 EFF / 15 PTS / 14 REB / 3 AST / 3 STL
Rudy Gobert (FRA) - 28 EFF / 22 PTS / 77% FG / 9 REB
Kevin Durant (USA) - 28 EFF / 29 PTS / 4 REB

Game Highs:

Zoran Dragic (SLO) - 37 EFF
Ricky Rubio (ESP) - 38 PTS
Zoran Dragic (SLO) - 5 MADE 3PT
Nicolas Batum (FRA) - 14 REB
Luka Doncic (SLO) - 11 AST
Alessandro Pajola (ITA) - 5 STL
Willy Hernangomez (ESP) - 3 BLK

Did You Know?

Ricky Rubio scored 38 points against the USA, the most ever by a Spanish player in a game at the Olympics.
Ricky Rubio set his career-high for all competitions at the senior level, beating the 34-point mark he had in the NBA
Ricky Rubio scored the most points against the USA since the Team USA started playing with professional players in 1992
Slovenia are 17-0 in all competitions with Luka Doncic in the lineup

Sunday, August 1

Headlines:

- Slovenia outlast Spain in the game of the tournament, as Luka Doncic falls one assist short of the third-ever triple-double in the history of Olympic basketball
- Facundo Campazzo was three rebounds away from a triple-double himself as the point guard let Argentina to a comfy win over Japan to take the last ticket to the Quarter-Finals
- France v Italy, Slovenia v Germany make up one part of the draw; USA v Spain, Australia v Argentina are on the other side of it.

All the action from Sunday 1st is wrapped up in the DAILY RECAP.

Top Performers:

Mike Tobey (SLO) - 26 EFF / 16 PTS / 14 REB / 3 AST
Facundo Campazzo (ARG) - 25 EFF / 17 PTS / 11 AST
Yudai Baba (JPN) - 23 EFF / 18 PTS / 67% / 7 REB
Luis Scola (ARG) - 21 EFF / 23 PTS / 10 REB
Gabriel Deck (ARG) 21 EFF / 16 PTS / 70% FG / 4 REB / 3 AST
Valtko Cancar (SLO) - 12 EFF / 22 PTS / 67 FG
Luka Doncic (SLO) - 21 EFF / 12 PTS / 14 REB / 9 AST

Game Highs:

Facundo Campazzo (ARG) - 25 EFF
Luis Scola (ARG) - 23 PTS
Luis Scola (ARG) / Facundo Campazzo (ARG) 5 MADE 3PT
Rui Hachimura (JPN) - 11 REB
Facundo Campazzo (ARG) - 11 AST
Alberto Abalde (ESP) / Leandro Bolmaro (ARG) - 3 STL

Did You Know?

Slovenia and Germany have previously played in a Quarter-Final, back at the FIBA EuroBasket 2005. Germany won that one by 14 points.
Luis Scola is playing in his fifth Olympics. Argentina reached the last eight phase every time with him on board. The only time they went this far before Scola joined the squad was back in 1952, when they finished fourth in Helsinki.

Saturday, July 31

Headlines:

- USA blow out Czech Republic in the second half, book a trip to the Quarter-Finals as a seeded teams, meaning they won't be drawn against group winners
- Italy hold Nigeria to a single field goal over the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter to advance to the Quarter-Finals
- Germany lose to Australia, but advance as one of the two best third-placed teams
- France cruise to 3-0 against Iran

All the action from Saturday 31 is wrapped up in the DAILY RECAP.

Top Performers:

Kevin Durant (USA) - 32 EFF / 23 PTS / 73% / 8 REB / 6 AST
Chimezie Metu (NGR) - 32 EFF / 22 PTS / 64% / 10 REB / 3 AST / 3 STL
Hamed Haddadi (IRI) - 26 EFF / 18 PTS / 12 REB / 5 AST
Jayson Tatum (USA) - 23 EFF / 27 PTS / 63%
Nick Kay (AUS) - 22 EFF / 16 PTS / 70% FG / 4 REB / 4 AST
Jock Landale (AUS) - 22 EFF / 18 PTS / 70% FG / 3 REB

Game Highs:

Chimezie Metu (NGR) - 32 EFF
Jayson Tatum (USA) - 27 PTS
Hamed Haddadi (IRI) - 12 REB
Tomas Satoransky (CZE) - 8 AST
Matisse Thybulle (AUS) - 4 STL

Did You Know?

USA scored 20 three-pointers against Czech Republic, which means that they now have three games with 20+ three-pointers in the history of the Olympics. All the other teams combined have just one (Lithuania, 21 in 2004).
Kevin Durant is now the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Team USA in Olympics.
Germany made it to the Quarter-Finals for the first time since 1992, when coach Henrik Rodl was a player on the team

Thursday, July 29

Headlines:

- Slovenia defeat Japan with another 100-point explosion, booking a trip to the Quarter-Finals with their 116-81 win.
- Spain do the complete opposite, shut down Argentina by putting on another defensive clinic to also reach the Quarter-Finals by winning 81-71.

All the action from Thursday 29th is wrapped up in the DAILY RECAP.

Top Performers:

Luka Doncic (SLO) - 33 EFF / 25 PTS / 7 REB / 7 AST
Rui Hachimura (JPN) - 29 EFF / 34 PTS / 7 REB / 3 AST
Zoran Gragic (SLO) - 27 EFF / 24 PTS / 77% FG / 4 REB
Ricky Rubio (ESP) - 24 EFF / 26 PTS / 62% FG / 5 REB / 4 AST
Nicola Laprovittola (ARG) - 21 EFF / 27 PTS / 64% FG / 4 AST

Game Highs:

Luka Doncic (SLO) - 33 EFF
Rui Hachimura (JPN) - 34 PTS
Nicolas Laprovittola (ARG) - 5 MADE 3PT
Mike Tobey (SLO) - 11 REB
Luka Doncic (SLO) - 7 AST
Facundo Campazzo (ARG) - 3 STL

Did You Know?

Ricky Rubio had his national team career-high with 26 points against Argentina. His previous career-high was 20, also against Argentina, in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Final.
Argentina and Japan will play the do-or-die game in the battle of best friends. Japan head coach Julio Lamas was the assistant coach to Sergio Hernandez with Argentina back in Beijing 2008, and Sergio Hernandez was the assistant coach to Julio Lamas back in London 2012. "Brothers" was a term used by Argentina head coach Hernandez when asked about it.
Slovenia are 15-0 in official games with Luka Doncic in the lineup.

Wednesday, July 28

Headlines:

- France defeated Czech Republic 97-77 to go to 2-0, win the group, advance to the Quarter-Finals as a seeded team in the draw
- Australia also got to 2-0 by beating Italy 86-83, and cannot finish lower than third spot in their group; in fact, since the third-placed team in Group A will finish at 1-2 no matter what, Australia cannot be the worst third-placed team of all groups and are certain of their spot among the elite eight
- USA finally looked like a loaded team that they are; Damian Lillard knocked down seven triples to help them to a 120-66 win over Iran
- Germany outmuscled Nigeria to pick up a 99-92 win and stay in the hunt for the Quarter-Finals; Nigeria dropped to 0-2 and need a minor miracle to advance

All the action from Wednesday 28th is wrapped up in the DAILY RECAP.

Top Performers:

Jordan Nwora (NGR) - 35 EFF / 33 PTS / 65% FG / 7 REB
Zach LaVine (USA) - 24 EFF / 13 PTS / 8 AST
Nico Mannion (ITA) - 24 EFF / 21 PTS / 60% FG / 7 AST
Nic Kay (AUS) - 24 EFF / 15 PTS / 86%% FG / 7 REB
Ondrej Balvin (CZE) - 24 EFF / 18 PTS / 73%FG / 8 REB / 3 BLK

Game Highs:

Jordan Nwora (NGR) - 35 EFF
Jordan Nwora (NGR) - 33 PTS
Jordan Nwora (NGR), Damian Lillard (USA) - 7 MADE 3PT
Johannes Thiemann (GER) - 10 REB
Maodo Lo (GER) / Tomas Satoransky (CZE) - 9 AST
KZ Okpala (NGR) - 5 STL
Kevin Durant (USA) /Ondrej Balvin (CZE) - 3 BLK

Did You Know?

USA's 19 three-pointers are the fourth best mark all-time at the Olympics, trailing USA's 29 against Nigeria in 2012, Lithuania's 21 against USA in 2004, and USA's 20 against Argentina once more in 2012
Germany's 99 points are their highest ever tally in the history of Olympics, beating the previous mark of 96, scored against Puerto Rico back in 1992 when their current coach Henrik Rodl was playing at the Olympics

Monday, July 26

Headlines:

- Luka Doncic explodes for 48 points, tied second best mark in the history of the Olympics!
- Spain dominate against the hosts, start their stay in Tokyo with a win over Japan

All the action from Monday 26th is wrapped up in the DAILY RECAP.

Top Performers:

Luka Doncic (SLO) - 49 EFF / 48 PTS / 11 REB / 5 AST
Ricky Rubio (ESP) - 25 EFF / 20 PTS / 62% FG / 9 AST
Klemen Prepelic (SLO) - 23 EFF / 22 PTS / 75% FG / 4 REB
Mike Tobey (SLO) - 22 EFF / 11 PTS / 63% FG / 14 REB
Facundo Campazzo (ARG) - 22 EFF, 21 PTS / 6 REB / 4 AST
Yuta Watanbe (JAP) - 22 EFF, 19 PTS / 8 REB / 5 STL
Victor Clave (ESP) - 22 EFF / 13 PTS / 10-0% FG / 9 REB

Game Highs:

Luka Doncic (SLO) - 49 EFF
Luka Doncic (SLO) - 48 PTS
Luka Doncic (SLO) - 6 MADE 3PT
Mike Tobey (SLO) - 14 REB
Ricky Rubio (ESP) - 9 AST
Yuta Watanbe (JPN) - 5 STL

Did You Know?

Luka's 48 points are the most over the last 33 years. He was just seven points away from Oscar Schmidt's all-time record of 55 points for Brazil against Spain back at the Seoul 1988 Olympics
Slovenia are yet to lose a big event game with Luka Doncic on board. Won the FIBA EuroBasket 2017; won the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2020; won their first ever Olympic game = 14-0 with Doncic!

Sunday, July 25

Headlines:

- Back-to-back! France defeat the USA for the second straight time, after defeating them in their last matchup at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in China
- Australia switch through gears after the break to break away from Nigeria
- Italy win the battle of OQT winners with Germany
- Czech Republic pick up their first win ever over Iran...but blow a 22-point lead and win by "only" six

All the action from Sunday 25th is wrapped up in the DAILY RECAP.

Top Performers:

Maodo Lo (GER) - 26 EFF . 24 PTS / 4 REB / 4 AST
Patty Mills (AUS) - 25 EFF / 25 PTS / 6 AST / 4 REB . 4 STL
Behnam Yakhchalidehkordi (IRI) - 22 EFF / 23 PTS / 56% FG / 4 AST
Simmone Fontecchio (ITA) - 21 EFF / 20 PTS / 4 REB
Hamed Haddadi (IRI) - 21 EFF / 15 PTS / 10 REB / 4 AST

Game Highs:

Maodo Lo (GER) - 26 EFF
Evan Fournier (FRA) - 28 PTS
Simone Fontecchio (ITA) / Patty Mills (AUS) - 5 made 3PTS
Hamed Haddadi (IRI) / Bam Adebeyao (USA) -10 REB
Tomas Satoransky (CZE) - 8 AST
Tomas Satoransky (CZE) - 5 STL
Isaac Bonga (GER) / Achille Polonara (ITA) / Jayson Tatum (USA) - 2 BLK

Did You Know?

USA were 25-0 over their last 25 games in the Olympics, their last defeat until tonight was back in 2004
The last team to win two straight over the USA on global level was Argentina, at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2002 and the 2004 Olympics