The minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare, has showered encomiums on the Team Nigeria's male basketball team, D’Tigers, following their
The minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare, has showered encomiums on the Team Nigeria’s male basketball team, D’Tigers, following their impressive displayed and and strong show in the 97-92 points defeat to Germany in their second group B match of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan on Wednesday.
“The performance of DTigers today against the German team was an A performance that will propel them to a better third game,” Dare said.Jordan Nwora’s 33 points scored was not enough to earn them their first victory in Tokyo. Both sides were tied at 74 points apiece going into the final quarter after Germany’s Niels Giffey nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie the score. But in a game in which both sides were desperate for a win after losing their respective openers, it was the Germans who carried on with the momentum from the third quarter as they raced to a 95-81 lead.
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