Brazil defeats South Africa in 9th-10th place play-off of men's wheelchair basketball
16/9/2008 18:20
Centres Jose Marcos Silva and Leandro Mirando led Brazil's scoring
momentum as they defeated South Africa 68-46 in the Paralympic men's wheelchair
basketball classification play-off game for 9th-10th place today at the National
Indoor Stadium.
Silva and Mirando combined for 35 points during the game in
which Brazil scored 54 points in the paint, 28 second-chance points, and 18
points from South Africa's 32 turnovers.
"It was not an easy victory for us.
I feel fantastic," said Brazilian coach Luiz Silva.
"We have better
controlled our rhythm. We gained more experience, which is the most important
thing. I think we played eighty percent of what we expected."
Earlier in the
tournament, Brazil finished 1-4 in the group
preliminaries and defeated
European Champions Sweden in the classification game for 9th-12
place.
Forward Richard Nortje tied Silva for the most 18 points scored in the
game, and also had his team's most rebounds and steals.
South Africa finished
1-4 in the group A preliminaries and beat China in the classification game for
9th-12 place.
Xinhua
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