The Puerto Rican selection captured the ballot at the AmeriCup 2022 with a dramatic victory over the Bahamas in the last match of the third and final event of the FIBA celebrations celebrated at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente de San Juan.
The Boricuas dominated 102-97 to the Bahamas in a duel between José Juan Barea, Shabazz Napier and Gian Clavell combined to score a 74-point lead.
Barea and Collier will have 26 aunts each, while Clavell, who will win the League of Russia domino, will have another big contribution to 22 units, 10 of them at the moment Puerto Rico is the most needed.
Puerto Rico was ranked first at 52-48, after the third time the Bahamas won 79-70 with a single in which it dominated 31-18.
At the same time, Clavell’s figure appears to be repeating that there are points in succession (77-81) to give a second air to Puerto Rico.
Barea and Clavell combined to provoke an empathy at 84 when the break was 6:46 on par.
Various defensive tackles take place in Puerto Rico on the free throw line to maintain command 90-88. Napier set up three points and played a free draw for the 94-88, giving the opening scenario to a giant Barea scorer who went to the 96-88 venues for the important triumph.
“Bahamas has a big game, but our logramos will press and maintain game control. It’s not easy. We have a big team that will log in to the final. We are happy with the victory”, uitdrukking Barea tras la victoria quien además recogió siete rebotes y repartió ocho assistants.
Puerto Rico joins Mexico and the United States as the group of three teams in the 2022 World Cup qualifier, the 2023 World Cup classification.
Michael Thompson and David Nesbitt won the best for the Bahamas with 21 and 13 points respectively. Travis Munnings contributed 14 points for loss, recovered 7 balloons and received new assistance.