Brazil beat Venezuela by one point and reach the AmeriCup 3x3 quarter-finals
Brazil reached the AmeriCup 3x3 quarter-finals by beating Venezuela 17-16 in their opener and then losing 21-13 to Puerto Rico, finishing second in Group B in San Salvador. Leandro da Silva had nine points and eight rebounds in the first game; on Sunday (1) they face the Group D winner.
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O Brasil está nas quartas de final da AmeriCup 2026 de basquete 3x3. Em San Salvador, El Salvador, a equipe de Juninho Mariano venceu a Venezuela por 17 a 16 na estreia desta sexta-feira (30) e depois perdeu para Porto Rico por 21 a 13, terminando em segundo no Grupo B.
A vaga na fase eliminatória veio com uma vitória e uma derrota. No domingo (1º), o Brasil encara o líder do Grupo D, que sairá do duelo entre Argentina e Chile. Porto Rico, com dois resultados positivos, ficou em primeiro na chave; a Venezuela foi eliminada sem vencer.
No jogo de abertura, decidido por um ponto, Leandro da Silva foi o nome brasileiro: nove pontos e oito rebotes, com cinco acertos em sete tentativas de um ponto e dois lances livres convertidos. Léo Branquinho somou quatro pontos, e André Augusto Sant'Anna dos Santos e William Weihermann fizeram dois cada. O Brasil também dominou os rebotes, por 18 a 15.
Pela Venezuela, José Gregorio Rodríguez Fuentes foi o cestinha, com dez pontos e sete rebotes, e Jhordy Alexander Aponte González acrescentou cinco.
Contra Porto Rico, o Brasil teve dificuldade nas bolas de dois pontos — equivalentes às de longa distância no 3x3 — e acertou apenas duas de 16. André Augusto foi o maior pontuador, com cinco, seguido de William (quatro), Leandro (três) e Léo (um); Leandro ainda pegou seis rebotes.
Do lado porto-riquenho, Bryan González somou 11 pontos e quatro rebotes; Luis Cuascut marcou cinco, Leandro Allende três e Michael Wesley dois. Nos arremessos de dois pontos, a equipe converteu cinco de 13; o Brasil, dois.
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