Team USA men's wheelchair basketball opens 2024 Paralympics with win vs. Spain

Published: Aug 30, 2024 Duration: 00:02:59 Category: Entertainment

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Team USA men's wheelchair basketball opens 2024 Paro Olympics with win versus Spain Paris in a rematch of their two previous Encounters this summer in which the United States emerged Victorious by scores of 61 to 57 and 70-65 Team USA once again edged out Spain 66-56 in a closely contested par Olympic opener in bery Arena on Thursday afternoon we're talking about the best of the best right now Team USA Trayvon Jennifer said of the two teams this is the biggest tournament we have so we know we're going to get a team's best shot out here so we had to come out and take care of business Spain gave us some really good play for our first game the game stayed close early as the two teams traded the first four baskets before Jake Williams knocked down back-to-back threes to put the Americans up 10 to six less than four minutes into the game after a second chance basket from Jennifer Spain connected on a three-pointer that cut the deficit to just one and nearly took the lead but missed the layup to end the opening frame 18 to 17 in favor of the Americans Williams was everywhere on the court scoring eight points and adding two rebounds and two assists in just the first quarter 2024 Paris Olympics follow USA today's coverage of the biggest names and stories of the games the second quarter picked up right where the first left off with Jennifer scoring a quick two points before Spain took the points right back back grabbing its first lead with 525 left to play in the period however Bell immediately banked one off the glass to retake the lead at 24 to 23 while that was Spain's only lead the United States was unable to pull away more than two possessions fighting their way to a 32 to 29 Advantage going into the break Spain is an all world team five-time par Olympian and team captain Steve Serio said we knew that Spain always brings it they are not an opponent that you can Overlook we definitely have a lot of room to grow but we'll go back and look at the game tape and get better the third quarter saw Team USA begin to pull away when serial's an One play at the 736 Mark gave them a 36 to 29 lead Spain continued to fight back but the Americans maintained a comfortable margin Jennifer's fast break score with 301 remaining in the period extended the lead to eight team us took a 36 to 40 lead into the fourth quarter before Spain made a late push cutting the lead to just one possession with just over 6 minutes remaining however the Americans held on securing the victory with a final score of 66-56 Jake Williams led the way with 22 points and seven assists but said that this is just the start everyone's excited to get the first game going Williams said we play Spain a lot at these tournaments so we know

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