Nigeria’s D’Tigers got their campaign in the second round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers off to a poor start after losing 78 – 66 to Côte d’Ivoire in Group E on Friday.
D’Tigers failed to win any of the four quarters throughout the tough encounter.
After a 14 – 14 points score in the first quarter, Côte d’Ivoire took the second quarter 28 points to D’Tigers’ 22.
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The Ivorians also took the third quarter 18 – 16 before rounding it the game off with 18 – 14 point win in the fourth quarter.
The Nigerian team will hope to bounce back from the defeat to Côte d’Ivoire when they will face Guinea later today (Saturday).
Meanwhile, the group’s other results saw Cape Verde beat Guinea 65 – 48 and Angola overcame Uganda 84 – 62.
The qualifiers will determine the five African teams that will participate at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
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Basketball reform committee it’s obvious that your occultic interference was to destroy a successful Nigerian team and bring your darkness on the team. This is exactly what you guys are good at demons. Since you reformed the teams it’s been fail fail fail from Grace to grass!
I am so surprised at the performance of D tigers.This interference has totally killed this team. I also noticed some big name players have withdrawn from this team. Shame on those government officials who are hell bent on killing this team.
Just trying to count how many of our National teams have been degraded due to interference by Sunday Dare, that useless Sports minister:
1. Nigeria men’s football team (his insistence of firing Rohr on the eve of the AFCON led to Nigeria’s worst ever result and subsequently, missing the 2022WC in Qatar)
2. Nigeria women’s basketball team (his abject stupidity led to Nigeria being kicked out of the FIBA world cup)
3. Nigeria women’s football team (did not pay their remunerations, leading to practice boycott and loss of 3rd place game)
4. Nigeria U20 women’s football team (he decided to take over the payment of remunerations for the team and did not pay them, giving all manner of excuses)
5. Nigeria men’s basketball team (his undue interference has caused low morale and a rash of withdrawals, leading to the CIV defeat and likely missing out of the WC).
Not to mention his really moronic handling of the Puma jersey deal for the Olympic team, leading to the disgraceful performance and embarrassment for the nation.
I don’t know how many times this jackass has to prove that he is grossly incompetent and has no business running the affairs of sports. Maybe when he destroys everything, una eye go clear.
Remember say the plot of land you buy, will be claim back by the original owner after 100 years. So pls help me calculate about the land i buy in 1914 ,weather my ownership of the plot of land don expire or not!