Brazilian basketbailers beaten
NZPA-Reuter Seoul Spain overcame a 55point effort by Oscar Schmidt to beat Brazil, 118-110, on Saturday in what could prove to be a pivotal game in the Olympic men’s basketball competition. Spain shot magnificently and controlled the boards to claim the win earn a shot at a
medal. The win raised Spain’s record to 4-1 for second place in group B behind the United States. It put it into today’s quarter finals. Brazil, which fell to 3-2 for third place, will play the European champion, the Soviet Union, in the quarter-finals, with the winner assured of playing for a medal.
The game was close until Spain scored nine straight for a 95-82 lead in the middle of the second half when Brazil’s shooters went cold. Brazil never got closer than eight. The United States finished the preliminaries unbeaten after trouncing Egypt, 102-35.. It meets Puerto Rico in the.quar-
ter-finals. Canada clinched a berth in the quarter-finals against the group A No. 1, Yugoslavia, when the guard Eli Pasquale sank a three-pointer with six seconds left to beat China, 99-96. Australia clinched third place in group B, and a quarter-final date with Spain, by beating South Korea 95-75.
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