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The FIBA 3 × 3 World Tour Masters was successfully held at the weekend in Doha, Qatar, and the Amsterdam Talent & Pro of the Netherlands won the title.
Amsterdam Talent & Pro claimed their first World Tour title over Serbia’s Novi Sad, 21-19, after new recruit Maksim Kovacevic drained a last-second shot from beyond the arc in the final held at the Al Sports Complex Gharafa on Saturday.
The Manila team, meanwhile, was brave in the playoffs the day before.
With the game tied at 19 with a few seconds to go, Mr. Kovacevic hit the game’s double winner in a trade to catapult Amsterdam Talent & Pro to the breakthrough title.
The two points were part of the 13 markers that Mr. Kovacevic had in the championship game.
His teammate Arvin Slagter led all scorers in the two-day event with 35 points and was named MVP.
The world’s number one 3 × 3 player, Dusan Bulut, led a new-looking Novi Sad alongside new addition Strahinja Milošević.
In individual competitions, Pole Piotr Grabowski won the Elite Air Dunk contest, while Darius Tarvydas (Šakiai Gulbelė, Lithuania) dominated the McDonald’s Shoot-out contest.
STAND GALLANT MANILA
Meanwhile, a revamped Manila ChooksTM team did not make the main draw of the FIBA level 11 (top level) tournament, but still fought hard in the playoffs.
The team of veteran Chico Lanete, Mac Tallo, Zach Wong and Dennis Santos finished 1-1 in the tie.
Manila’s victory came at the expense of home team Doha, 21-20, in overtime, thanks to a game-winning double from Lanete.
The former 5-on-5 player’s initial attempt from the city center was blocked by 6-foot-3 Doha player Faisal Abuissa, but Mr. Lanete, who was the oldest player in the 14-team encounter with 41, he was able to bounce back, feigning his defender before knocking down the deuce that towed them to victory.
Manila ChooksTM lost, 22-17, in the previous game to Graz of Austria, which advanced to the main draw with a 2-0 record in the playoffs. – Michael Angelo S. Murillo
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