Nigeria’s D’Tigers crash out of Tokyo 2020 Olympics after 80-71 loss to Italy
There is news about Team Nigeria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The news is about Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team known as D’Tigers.
In the early hours of Saturday, July 31st D’Tigers suffered an 80-71 loss to Italy in their final group game at the Olympics.
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Italy took the first quarter 29-17 but D’Tigers bounced back to take the second and third quarters 11-22 and 16-24.
Italy would however take the fourth quarter 8-24 and closeout in style.
The loss means that D’Tigers are out of the basketball event after suffering earlier defeats to Australia and Germany.
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