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Olympic Games
Italy
(2-1) 		80
1 2 3 4
Italy 29 11 16 24
NGA 17 22 24 8
71 Nigeria
(0-3)

2021-07-31 04:40 /
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Italy Italy
Achille Polonara
Achille Polonara 		Points 13
Accuracy 5-8
63  %
Rebounds 5
Assists 2
Steals 0
Efficiency 14
Nigeria Nigeria
22 Points Chimezie Metu
Chimezie Metu
7-11
64  % 		Accuracy
10 Rebounds
3 Assists
3 Steals
32 Efficiency
Italy
Nigeria
40%
28/70
Field goals
40%
25/62
40
Rebounds
39
16
Assists
11
8
Steals
7
72
Efficiency
47
51%
20/39
2-pointers
41%
14/34
News
Mike Brown: "Kind of the same old song"

2021-07-31

After failing to earn a single victory in the Olympic basketball tournament, Nigeria's head coach Mike Brown pointed at the same issues that have been haunting his team. Despite having a strong pre-Olympic showing (Nigeria defeated Team USA), the African team couldn't put together consistent team effort, especially on the defensive end. "It's kind of the same old song. We haven't done a good job ...
Nicolo Melli: "In the fourth quarter we showed great pride"

2021-07-31

Italy's captain, Nicolo Melli, was the difference-maker in Saturday's win over Nigeria that secured Italy second place in a group and a ticket to the Olympic quarter-finals. After the game, Melli was asked if the performance during the final period of the game showed the pride of the captain. "No, the final quarter showed the pride of the team, not just me," acknowledged veteran forward who ...
Dominant fourth quarter sends Nigeria home, Italy into Olympic quarters (1)

2021-07-31

In a closely contested game, Italy (2-1) defeated Nigeria (0-3) 80-71 (29-17, 11-22, 16-24, 24-8) with a strong fourth-quarter performance. Nigeria scored first, but Italy went on a 12-3 run, which prompted Mike Brown to call a timeout with 6:31 to play in the first. However, it didn't appear to help, as Nigerians kept missing shots and committing turnovers. Italy, who started the game with Nico ...
Games
Games
Best players
Nicolo Melli
Nicolo Melli
15 PTS
6/12 FG
2/2 FT
Chimezie Metu
Chimezie Metu
22 PTS
7/11 FG
2/2 FT
Michele Vitali
Michele Vitali
6 REB
6 DREB
0 OREB
Chimezie Metu
Chimezie Metu
10 REB
9 DREB
1 OREB
Italy
Few players
4 As
Chimezie Metu
Chimezie Metu
3 As
2 TO
32 MIN
Achille Polonara
Achille Polonara
14 EFF
75% 2P%
50% 3P%
Chimezie Metu
Chimezie Metu
32 EFF
25% 2P%
86% 3P%
Italy
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
7 Stefano Tonut 26:37 4-8
50% 		4-6
67% 		0-2
0% 		2-2
100% 		2-0 2 1 2 2 0 2 10 6 7
9 Nicolo Melli 26:27 6-12
50% 		5-8
63% 		1-4
25% 		2-2
100% 		4-1 5 1 1 2 0 4 15 13 10
13 Simone Fontecchio 27:45 5-11
45% 		3-4
75% 		2-7
29% 		0-0
0% 		2-0 2 4 2 3 0 4 12 19 7
33 Achille Polonara 25:12 5-8
63% 		3-4
75% 		2-4
50% 		1-1
100% 		2-3 5 2 0 1 0 2 13 -1 14
54 Alessandro Pajola 25:06 0-3
0% 		0-1
0% 		0-2
0% 		4-6
67% 		2-1 3 4 1 0 0 1 4 8 6
1 Niccolo Mannion 16:17 4-12
33% 		3-7
43% 		1-5
20% 		5-5
100% 		3-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 14 4 12
8 Danilo Gallinari 8:29 1-4
25% 		1-3
33% 		0-1
0% 		1-2
50% 		1-1 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 -6 0
16 Amedeo Tessitori 5:30 1-3
33% 		1-3
33% 		0-0
-% 		1-1
100% 		1-1 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 4
17 Giampaolo Ricci 12:59 2-3
67% 		0-0
-% 		2-3
67% 		0-0
0% 		2-1 3 1 0 1 0 1 6 9 7
24 Riccardo Moraschini 12:15 0-1
0% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -10 0
31 Michele Vitali 13:23 0-5
0% 		0-2
0% 		0-3
0% 		0-0
0% 		6-0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
200 28-70
40% 		20-39
51% 		8-31
26% 		16-19
84% 		27-13 40 16 8 11 3 19 80 72

Head Coach:

Romeo Sacchetti

Nigeria
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
Miye Oni 21:11 1-8
13% 		0-2
0% 		1-6
17% 		0-0
0% 		2-0 2 2 0 0 1 2 3 -19 -1
KZ Okpala 3:40 0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		2-2
100% 		1-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 -5 1
Precious Achiuwa 17:23 2-4
50% 		2-4
50% 		0-0
-% 		1-2
50% 		4-2 6 1 0 2 1 1 5 -8 7
Jordan Nwora 34:20 7-17
41% 		4-10
40% 		3-7
43% 		3-5
60% 		3-1 4 0 0 2 0 2 20 2 8
Nnamdi Vincent 25:17 1-5
20% 		0-2
0% 		1-3
33% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 1 2 1 0 4 3 -23 -2
Obi Emegano 21:42 0-3
0% 		0-3
0% 		0-0
-% 		0-2
0% 		0-1 1 2 2 2 0 5 0 12 -7
Josh Okogie 7:41 0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		2-2
100% 		1-0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 -14 -1
Jahlil Okafor 20:17 7-8
88% 		7-8
88% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		5-3 8 0 0 4 0 1 14 -1 16
Chimezie Metu 31:33 7-11
64% 		1-4
25% 		6-7
86% 		2-2
100% 		9-1 10 3 3 2 0 0 22 8 32
Caleb Agada 5:16 0-1
0% 		0-0
-% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
0% 		2-0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 -2
Ike Nwamu 11:40 0-5
0% 		0-1
0% 		0-4
0% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 -6
200 25-62
40% 		14-34
41% 		11-28
39% 		10-15
67% 		31-8 39 11 7 19 2 22 71 47

Head Coach:

Mike Brown

Teams
FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
Italy 28-70
40% 		20-39
51% 		8-31
26% 		16-19
84% 		27-13 40 16 8 11 3 19 80 72
Nigeria 25-62
40% 		14-34
41% 		11-28
39% 		10-15
67% 		31-8 39 11 7 19 2 22 71 47
Best players
Player of the Game
Achille Polonara
EFF
14
Achille Polonara
Points 13
Accuracy 5-8
Rebounds 5
Assists 2