ORLEANS 鈥� sa国际传媒's national men's basketball team wrapped up pre-Olympic play with a 103-93 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday.
Dillon Brooks paced the Canadian attack with 21 points, while Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Trey Lyles each chipped in with 15 off the bench.
sa国际传媒 finished its Olympic tune-up schedule with two wins and a loss. The seventh-ranked Canadians scored a convincing 85-72 victory over host France on Friday in Orleans, after dropping an 86-72 decision to the top-ranked United States on July 11 in Las Vegas.
The Canadians open the Olympic basketball competition on Saturday against 14th-ranked Greece, led by two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, in Lille, France.
sa国际传媒's men's basketball team will be making its first Olympic appearance since finishing seventh at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Along with Greece, sa国际传媒 is in Group A, the tournament's so-called "Group of Death," with No. 2 Spain and No. 5 Australia.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 21, 2023.
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