49-57. The men’s team, eliminated in the quarterfinals at the Paris Paralympic Games

The boys’ wheelchair basketball team was removed this Tuesday at quarter finals of the tournament Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. In a match played with great atmosphere in the Paris-Bercy stand, Spain was overcome Germany 49-57 in a match in which he reached the last quarter alive, but in which the Germans condemned him.

A fantastic first half duel in between Thomas Boehme and Asier Garcia The German had continuity in the second, shining 26 points to punish the Spanish options. In the second part it is a great Ignacio Ortega for 21 total points, but they are not enough to fight for victory. Alexander Halouski with 15 points and Nico Dreimuller At 10 they also supported the German attack. The keys are also alone six points scored by the Spanish team in the second quarter.

The Spanish team staged well, punishing Ortega and Alejandro Zarzuela. However, a penetration by Boehme allowed him to wake up in the fight. Spain began to add attacking errors and Dreimuller punished them again and again.

The Germans did not allow the Spaniards to open a gap on the scoreboard and Boehme managed to lead them to a 7-8 score. The match entered into a great rivalry between the German and Asier García, with three consecutive baskets won the round for him 13-12 Spanish after the first quarter.

But Boehme put his team on his back in the second, with Spain completely blocked in attack, with only six points. Five points in a row from Boehme They allowed Germany to lead the scoreboard by 13-17 against a Spain that was inaccurate in attack. Only Jordi Ruiz made a dent in a Germany that at times was capable of finding the zone to create good shooting situations.

Asier García made it 19-19 with five minutes left before halftime, but a three-pointer from Boehme in response hurt the Spanish team. Spain remained scoreless throughout the second half of the quarter and Tobias Hell and Boehme, who had sixteen points at halftime, was outscored 19-26 where the game was stopped.

A huge Ignacio Ortega appeared in the third quarter, where he scored seventeen points, to keep Spain in the game against a Germany that was trying to get off the scoreboard. His shots cut the gap to 25-26, but Boehme again remembered with a triple that he was so bad in the game.

Germany repeatedly responded to Ortega’s baskets and Halouski even led to go up 32-37. Two more baskets by Ortega compressed the score to 36-37, but two consecutive German triples, one from Boehme and one from Halouski, allowed Germany to distance themselves to 36-43. At the last second, another triple by Ortega made it 39-43 there are ten minutes left.

But Halouski and Boehme reopened the advantage in the final quarter, which Spain denied in attack, so the Germans opened up a gap until 41-53 with less than five minutes left. Spain looked to Eduardo Prieto’s inside balls as an option, although he did not go with the outside shot.

Ortega made it 45-55 with less than three minutes remaining, but Spain couldn’t get into the game and only recovered to 49-57 final. In this way, The team, fourth at Tokyo 2021, was eliminated in the quarterfinals and cannot compete for a medal. The goal now is to fight for fifth place.

Match sheet

49-Spain: Daniel Stix, Pablo Zarzuela (5), Francisco Sánchez, Alejandro Zarzuela (2), Amadou Diallo, Jordi Ruiz (4), Asier García (8), Óscar Onrubia (2), Manuel Lorenzo (3), Ignacio Ortega (21) , Eduardo Prieto (4) and Alexis Ruiz
57-Germany: Nico Dreimuller (10), Matthias Guntner (2), Tobias Hell (2), Lukas Glossner, Jan Haller, Jan Sadler, Jens-Eike Albrecht, Thomas Boehme (26), Aliksandr Halouski (15), Alexander Budde (2), Thomas Reier and Julian Lammering
Components: 13-12, 6-14, 20-17 and 10-14
Referees: Celine Villard and Darrell Hargreaves
Incidents: Quarterfinals of the Paris Games at the Paris-Bercy pavilion with a grand entrance to the stands