Brazil bided their time and booked their place in the Americup final | OneFootball

Now it awaits either Argentina or Canada in the final.

With a devastating final quarter, the Brazilian team overcame a 20-point deficit and qualified for the final.

Brazil wrote one of the most shocking pages of its recent history in basketball. The green and yellow team defeated the United States 92 to 77 this Friday, securing a spot in the final of the AmeriCup 2025, in a night to remember.

The incredible happened at the end: the North American team was leading 75-65 with just 6 and a half minutes left, but from that moment they collapsed under Brazil's offensive and defensive fury. The partial was simply astonishing: 27-2 in six and a half minutes, within a final quarter that ended 34-9 in favor of the South American team.

The star was Yago Mateus, who signed a brilliant sheet with 25 points, 12 assists and 4 rebounds. He was accompanied by a solid Bruno Caboclo, with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, and a decisive Lucas Dias, who completed a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds.

The United States had managed to pull a 20-point lead with 2:30 left to finish the third quarter, but they couldn't sustain it against the Brazilian reaction, which relied on its intensity and the individual talent of its stars.

Now, Brazil awaits in the final the winner of the other semifinal between Argentina and Canada, who will face off this Saturday from 21.10.

A categorical victory, with shades of a feat, that confirms Brazil as one of the great entertainers of continental basketball.

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