OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TOKYO 2020 | LIVE RESULTS
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Live Results & Standings
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Basketball Competition is underway starting on the 25th of July with The Islamic Republic of Iran and The Czech Republic tipping off at 10AM AEST.
The Basketball event in the Olympics will run until the 7th of August when the Gold Medal Winner will be crowned (8th of August Women's).
The Group Stage
The Group stage of this event has now ended with 8 teams qualifying. These 8 teams include*:
- USA
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Germany
- Australia
- Argentina
- Italy
- France
*Teams That Are Eliminated Have Been Highlighted in green
LIVE FEED
UPDATE 9:45 AM AEST
PRE-GAME In Tokyo 2020 as Australia and Team USA prepare to battle it out in the first qualifying semi of the day. The winner of this game will go on to face the winner of the France vs Slovenia game taking place later on in the day, in a gold & silver medal contest. The lose however will go on to face the loser of the other game to compete for a bronze medal. If Australia can win this game they guarantee themselves a medal for the first time in Olympic history in the basketball event.
UPDATE 12:45 PM AEST 3/8
Slovenia has claimed a win to move into the semi-finals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics basketball with a 24pt win over Germany. Star player Luka Doncic almost scored himself a triple-double falling only two rebounds short.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Luka Doncic (20, 11 & 8)
FINAL SCORE: Slovenia 94 - 70 Germany
3Q: Slovenia 66 - 54 Germany
HT: Slovenia 44 - 37 Germany
1Q: Slovenia 25 - 14 Germany
TIP - OFF Slovenia faces off against Germany in the first game of the Tokyo 2020 knockout rounds, with a loss for either side meaning an end to their campaign. Star Luka Doncic must play well to ensure a win after going 16 - 0 with Slovenia so far.
UPDATE 19:34 PM AEST 28/7
Australia has guaranteed themselves a spot In the next round of the Tokyo 2020 Men's basketball competition as they top the leaderboard of Group B with a 3 point win over Italy. Italy looked to be ahead on the scoreboard but never had a confident lead over the Aussies allowing them to come back from being down multiple times ending up with the win.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Patty Mills (16, 6 & 5)
FINAL SCORE: Australia 86 - 83 Italy
3Q: Australia 65 - 62 Italy
HT: Australia 44 - 45 Italy
1Q: Australia 25 - 25 Italy
TIP-OFF 18:20 PM. Australia looks to lock in a second-round appearance in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Men's Basketball event in a must-win match against Italy.
UPDATE 16:01 PM AEST 28/7
Team USA has made their Olympics record for this year 1-1 after showing out against Iran, absolutely dominating in an all-around team performance winning by 54.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Damian Lillard (21, 2 & 5)
FINAL SCORE: Team USA 120 - 66 Iran
3Q: Team USA 82 - 41 Iran
HT: Team USA 60 - 30 Iran
1Q: Team USA 28 - 12 Iran
TIP OFF in Tokyo as Iran and Team USA both play their second games of the tournament. Coming into the game Team USA, despite losing their last game to France is the overwhelming favourite with All-Star calibre players in Kevin Durant and Damian Lillard sure to put on a show.
UPDATE 12:56 PM AEST 28/7
Nigeria has now suffered their second consecutive loss in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics men's basketball as they fail to hold on to an early 4th quarter lead against Germany. With this loss, Nigeria is almost certainly out of contention for the knockout rounds after showing some hope of being the first-ever African team to progress.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Jaden Nwora (33, 7 & 2)
FINAL SCORE: Nigeria 92 - 99 Germany
3Q: Nigeria 74 - 74 Germany
HT: Nigeria 50 - 50 Germany
1Q: Nigeria 21 - 24 Germany
TIP OFF in the first game of today's Tokyo Olympics Basketball Event between Nigeria and Germany of Group B. Nigeria is coming into the game the favourite after their exhibition match win against Team USA, yet are still seeking their first win of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Basketball tournament after suffering a loss to Australia. Germany looks to win their second game to almost guarantee qualification to the next round after beating the Islamic Republic of Iran.
UPDATE 16:30 PM AEST 26/7
Slovenia has won their first-ever Olympic Basketball game in a tremendous upset against the #2 FIBA world-ranked Argentina beating them by 18. Luka Doncic had one of the greatest Olympic Basketball individual games in history with a 31 point first half followed by 17 in the second. He also contributed 11 rebounds and 5 assists to the successful effort made by Slovenia to win their Olympic basketball debut.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Luka Doncic (48, 11 & 5)
FINAL SCORE: Slovenia 118 - 100 Argentina
3Q: Slovenia 88 - 66 Argentina
HT: Slovenia 62 - 42 Argentina
1Q: Slovenia 32 - 24 Argentina
TIP OFF in the first game of today's Tokyo Olympics Basketball Event between Argentina and Slovenia. Going into the match Argentina is the favourite as they have the 4th best team in the world - According to FIBA national rankings -, but this time Slovenia has a weapon up their sleeves in that of 22-year-old 1x NBA Rookie of The Year, Luka Doncic.
UPDATE 11:27 PM AEST
Despite maintaining a lead throughout most of the game Team USA has suffered their first Olympic Basketball loss in 20+ games to France who showed out in the 3rd quarter outscoring Team USA 25 - 11 flipping the game on its head. This loss is the 3rd in the last month for Team USA out of the 5 games they have played.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Evan Fournier (28, 4 & 1)
FINAL SCORE: TEAM USA 76 - 83 FRANCE
3Q: Team USA 56 - 62 France
HT: Team USA 45 - 37 France
1Q: Team USA 22 - 15 France
Team France is headlined by NBA Defensive Player of The Year Rudy Gobert & Nicholas Batum who face off against the star-studded Team USA featuring the likes of Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Devin Booker and more.
UPDATE 20:30 PM AEST 25/7
An excellent game for Australia with a 19 point win over Nigeria, one of the top competitors in this year's Tokyo Olympic Games basketball competition. This effort was helped tremendously by an offensive effort from Patty Mills and a defensive effort from Philadelphia 76ers player Matisse Thybulle.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Patty Mills (25, 6 & 4)
FINAL SCORE: AUSTRALIA 84 - 65 NIGERIA
At the end of the 3RD QUARTER, Australia doubles their lead of 3 to 6 over the stoppage-filled passage of play.
3Q: Australia 58- 52 Nigeria
It's HALFTIME in Tokyo with Australia going into the break with a 3 point lead over Nigeria, helped by defensive efforts from Matisse Thybulle.
HT: Australia 43 - 40 Nigeria
At the end of the 1ST QUARTER, The game is tied with Nigeria coming back from 7 down in the last minute of the quarter with some sharp-shooting from beyond the arch.
1Q: Australia 23 - 23 Nigeria
UPDATE 5PM AEST 25/7
Italy has come from behind with a 10 point win over Germany.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Simone Fontecchio ( 20, 4 & 2)
FINAL SCORE: ITALY 92 - 82 GERMANY
UPDATE 12PM AEST 25/7
The Czech Republic has Beaten The Islamic Republic of Iran despite a 15-2 run in the 4th by Iran.
Sports News Central's Player of The Game: Blake Schilb (14, 5 & 4)
FINAL SCORE: CZECH REPUBLIC 84 - 78 IRAN
Who Is The Favourite?
Heading into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Team USA was the obvious choice for the Gold medal spot, but during the Exhibition Warm-Up games in Las Vegas, doubt was cast over the team's ability as they lost 2 consecutive games to Nigeria & Australia of the 4 they played.
Team USA is still obviously the favourite for the Gold Medal, but they aren't going to get it as easily this year as strong star-studded teams such as Australia, France and Luka Doncic's Slovenia.
All in all the Tokyo 2020 Basketball event should be one of the closer and more entertaining of the last 20+ years since Team USA has absolutely dominated the international scene.
For more information throughout the day make sure to stay tuned to the blog or follow me on Twitter @FlatzyT (Sports News Central | Olympics LIVE Feed).
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