Huge game against Brazil today with a 29 point victory, and the most noticeable difference being them not letting up in the second half, and not losing their composure (other than one technical to Rautins). Obviously this is a weaker Brazilian team without four NBA players, but then most teams including Canada are in a similar spot. Any way you look at it, destroying a team ranked in the FIBA top 10 is impressive.
Finishing top four now looks very possible, especially since they own any conceivable tie-breaker with Brazil. Take care of business against Uruguay, Mexico, at least one win against Dominican or Venezuela, and they should get through easily.
I'm also impressed with the job Triano has done in managing this lineup without a true SF on this team. It helps that some of the bigs have decent perimeter shots.
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