THAT Women's Wheelchair Basketball Final at Beijing 2008 🏀 | Paralympic Games Best Moments

against germany emily hoskins was the foul player in fact sorry she wasn't the foul player it was against emily hoskins of the usa so germany with the inbound now mitna finds monen back to bermuda good overhead pass by meeting butt ah fantastic interlinked play there simone cruz couldn't finish off neither could meet not and marry lemon if you give them that many chances and you let marina morning in to the key to rebound the ball offensively she will punish you three-point ball game again now germany 12 usa nine two minutes left to play in this first period a good crowd here in the national indoor stadium you're tuning into paralympic sport tv gold medal game for the women's wheelchair basketball at the beijing 2008 paralympics long shot again by riddell doesn't go germany good defense not allowing riddle and gonzales into the key this time gonzalez gets in long shot again though doesn't go really struggling with their outside shooting at the moment the usa germany good defense to keep them out there making sure the big players aren't allowed in for easy points marina takes a time germany's number 15 looking for a way through finds meeting a meeting back to morning shot doesn't go shooting from outside always more difficult [Applause] taking a time the usa captain long pass great pass to jen riddell and you know what again missed basket for adele still 12 points tonight to germany [Applause] goes for the long two back it comes great rebounding by annika zane but gives it away there to stephanie wheeler this fast little guard for the usa taking a time finds general dell adele just into the key and the foul is called on the plate [Music] of the evening and the usa coach just encouraging his team get this one in the basket wow great process stephanie wheeler doesn't go emily hoskins must be wondering if there's a force field around this german net at the moment i could have sworn that was in the basket and the ball just pops back out [Applause] persian doesn't get that for germany either it looks very easy from up in the stands for those players down on court with the blood pumping and the nerves wrangling around the bodies sometimes those shots stuff germany 12 usa nine at the moment 10 minutes gone in the gold medal game 30 minutes still to play lots of basketball left in this match and germany with the ball at the inbound [Applause] [Music] take your time always important for a team to find their rhythm after the break even though it's just a two minute break between quarters make or break the team's game they allow themselves to get out of rhythm hoffman trying to get the basket just come into the game doesn't get there well defended by germany carly hoffman couldn't quite find the net the usa managed to rebound the ball and maintain position christina rip now goes in finds the shot goes up for the usa that's alana nichols number nine for us two points to score now still a three-point game germany 14 usa 11. aaron butterberg trying to get it through to zayn i don't think she's going to get there no she doesn't usa in the background the bench delighted by that free ball back to them [Applause] so carly hoffman taking your time in possession sarah castle out to becca murray murray finds christina rip such an influential player for the usa rip really is a playmaker for them carly hoffman now into castle doesn't go [Music] a complete line change at the quarter from the usa similar effect at the moment struggling in front of the basket meet her now fine zayn can she get the shots up loses a balance loses possession christina rip sharp as you like in there like a hyena going after me wanting that ball she found it gets it in possession sarah castle gives it back to rip at the offensive end for the usa long two up by rip good for two [Applause] such an effective player christina rip her first two points of the game working hard at the defensive end getting down the offensive end in front of germany's basket and putting the two away to make it a one-point ball game anna kazan good work there by simone hughes taking rip out the game crossing over trying to make it easier for zayn to get towards the basket long pass for butter bruce struggling with those at the moment loses possession marina model got to be slightly more considerate of her forward partner just putting him a bit too far away from her at the moment making a reach making a stretch and butter struggling to take that those high balls in these early stages of the second quarter so carly hoffman usa number 15. [Applause] christina rip now in possession on the left-hand side [Applause] back to hoffman hoffman will look for the long two goes [Applause] still looks nervous first two points of the game for carly hoffman only came in a couple of minutes ago at the quarter good pass there can't take it marina monen bit too hot to handle for her from anna kazayan and alana nichols just trying to calm the pace of the game down here and it goes carly hoffman can't make it count though there and the germans underneath their own basket take the ball away with simone q's now hughes going for the basket all herself alana nichols can't do anything about it but she can't put the ball in nichols probably just did enough to pull her off catching the back of her chair not fouling it but just doing enough to basketball there by the americans going down the other end becca murray and a half point player there for the usa takes usa into a three-point lead now 17-14 germany i've had a fantastic tournament i've come out here and proved a lot of people proved to a lot of people they're aside to be reckoned with marina morning had a lot to do with that she finds simone coos now hughes takes a time needs to move the ball on shot clock ticking down 10 seconds left on it moaning out deep looking for the shot seven seconds to go in past marina [Applause] rushed a few passes this evening to butter brute and others on this german side just causing the team a few problems losing possession on too many occasions so far [Applause] and need to stay in touch don't want to get allow the us to get too far ahead christina rick now tries to win nearly gets that layup down the right-hand side of the key doesn't quite go though for the usa marina morning coming away with possession and footplate tilt there five morning again handing possession back to the usa the usa and germany played each other in their pool game look there moana just going up on here you