Highlights: Team USA 73-82 Argentina in FIBA Americup 2022

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Gabriel Deck with the foul and it counts, Argentina wins it by 8. Time out USA.

Gabriel Deck gets the basket and the advantage of 3 for Argentina. A very tight closure is coming.

The start of this last period was very fought with both teams fighting and keeping the difference very close, the match is for anyone.

The last quarter begins.

Better closure of Argentina in the fourth to take advantage of 6 at the end of the third period.

Craig Sword with the combination with Gary Clark for the Alley-Oop on the USA run to put the game within 1 point:

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10-0 run for USA and forces time out for Argentina. Great connection from Norris Cole and Craig Sword to keep their team in the game.

Argentina begins to take off on the scoreboard and increases the advantage by 11 points.

The third quarter begins.

We go into the break with a partial victory for Argentina by 7 points.

Argentina controlling the game and putting the difference by 9 points in their favor.

Marcos Delia with the inverted tray and advantage of 7 for Argentina.

Zylan Chetman with the breakaway for the 2-handed dunk:

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Argentina with 8 consecutive points forcing time out of USA.

The second quarter begins.

The first quarter ends, advantage of 3 for Argentina. Gabriel Deck with 10 points.

Slight advantage of Argentina that manages to go to the front after the great play of Gabriel Deck.

Even game at the start between both teams, little difference in the score.

The match started at the Geraldao Arena.

We are a few minutes away from the start of the presentation of the game and the previous FIBA protocols.

Everything is ready at the Geraldao Arena for the game between Argentina and USA:

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These are the starting fives of each team for today's game:
USA: Frank Mason, Norris Cole, Craig Sword, Gary Clark and Stephen Zimmerman.
Argentina: Facundo Campazzo, Carlos Delfino, Nicolas Laprovittola, Marcos Delia and Gabriel Deck.

A very even match awaits us between both teams, these are the latest results in their clashes:

These are the 12 players that represent Argentina:I 

These are the ones summoned by the United States:

In the last game, this was how both teams lined up:
Argentina: Facundo Campazzo, Carlos Delfino, Nicolas Laprovittola, Marcos Delia and Gabriel Deck.
USA: Frank Mason, Norris Cole, Craig Sword, Gary Clark and Stephen Zimmerman.

The last official match between Argentina and the United States dates from the second window towards the 2023 FIBA World Cup when Team USA beat visiting Puerto Rico by a score of 83-75 with an outstanding performance by Langston Galloway for USA with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists and José Alvarado for Puerto Rico with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

A close match between both teams awaits us, here we share the statistics of each one.

We are just under an hour before the match between Argentina and the United States kicks off at the Geraldão Arena. Both quintets will go out in search of victory. Who will make it tonight? Follow our coverage on VAVEL.

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The point guard from the United States comes to this FIBA Americup after having a good season with the Go-Go Capital City of the NBA G-League. The young American is one of the great figures of the representative of the stars and stripes. Sword is a constant player for Team USA in the qualifiers and one of the team's benchmarks in the Americup, he averages 12.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He is the offensive leader of the United States and hopes to take advantage of the Americup with the United States to secure his place in the G-League and seek to start raising his level in the face of a possible Call-Up in the next campaign. Sword will have to team up with Gary Clark and Anthony Lamb for the United States to be among the best on the continent and reach the grand final.

The Stars and Stripes team enters this duel marching as the sole leader of Group B in the Americas Qualifiers, Team USA hopes to advance to the Americup elimination round on foot. On this occasion, the team will be led by Alex Jensen, assistant coach of the Utah Jazz. This presents a squad with players with great experience in the NBA such as Patrick McCaw, Jodie Meeks, Anthony Lamb and Gary Clark, so the squad is quite competitive and will face Mexico and Venezuela to see if this version of the North American team is one of the favorites. The United States is the current champion and will try to add its eighth continental title but the mission will not be easy. The Americans finished the Group Stage as leaders of Group C with 2 wins and 1 loss, they do not start as the favorites to face Argentina and are expected to go to the game for third place.

The base of the representative of Argentina arrives at this FIBA semifinal duel being one of the best players of the Denver Nuggets of the United States NBA. His contribution has been a fundamental part for Argentina to be in third place in the qualifying round for the World Cup. He comes into this game averaging 12.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 9.6 assists per game. Campazzo is one of the great figures of the national team and seeks to contribute his talent with a group full of youth with great players such as Nicólas Laprovittola and Nicolas Brussino with whom they will seek to get their pass to the next round of the Americup and put Argentina in the grand final of the continent's basketball.

The representative of Argentina arrives at this Americup after having a positive World Cup qualifying round with a record of 6 wins and 2 losses and in third place in his group. Argentina comes from falling against Canada by a score of 99 to 87 and beating the Bahamas at home with a score of 95 to 77. The group of players from Argentina is one of those that has shown the greatest growth in recent years, some players who stand out are Facundo Campazzo, Nicolas Laprovittola, Nicolas Brussino, Marcos Delia, Gabriel Deck and Carlos Delfino. The goal for Argentina is to fight for the FIBA Americup 2022 title, after closing the group stage undefeated against Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands. The Argentines finished in first place in Group B with a record of 3 wins and 0 losses, also knocking out Venezuela in the quarterfinals by a score of 76-53.

The Geraldão Arena located in the city of Recife, Brazil will host this duel between two teams that seek to advance to the FIBA Americup 2022 Grand Final. This stadium has a capacity for 15,000 fans and was inaugurated in 1970.

Good day to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the blog commentary of the Argentina vs. United States match, corresponding to the FIBA Americup 2022 Semifinals. The match will take place at the Geraldão Arena, at 3:10 p.m.