Men's basketball warm-up game: Canada narrowly beats Spain in extra time Alexander 22+8 Zhou Zhihao empty dunk

On August 18, Beijing time, the men's basketball World Cup warm-up game continued, the Canadian men's basketball team narrowly defeated the Spanish men's basketball team 85-80 overtime, Alexander scored 22 points and 8 rebounds, Barrett contributed 18 points, and Chinese center Zhou Zhihao staged an empty dunk. The Spanish men's basketball team suffered two consecutive defeats in warm-up matches, after losing 88-98 to the U.S. men's basketball team in the previous game.

Canada led 27-21 in the first quarter, and Spain responded strongly in the second quarter, running 23-13 in a single quarter. At half-time, Spain led Canada 44-40. Alexander had 14 points, four rebounds and one assist in the first half.

In the second half, both sides stepped up their defenses and their shooting percentage also dropped. In the third quarter, Canada played 15-12, and in the third quarter, Canada trailed Spain 55-56. In the final quarter, Zhou Zhihao staged an empty dunk. The two sides were still glued to the score, and Alexander made a quick layup to tie 73-73. Alexander had a chance to overwre, but he missed and the game went into extra time.

In extra time, Dillon hit a three-point shot, and Canada, who played away from home, played better, 12-7, and finally defeated the mighty Spain by five points.

Statistically, Canada shot 42 percent from three-point range (8-of-19), while Spain was significantly inaccurate in three-point shooting (10-of-36).

Canada's Alexander scored a game-high 22 points and contributed eight rebounds and three assists, shooting 7-of-17 from the field. Barrett had 18 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Powell had 12 points and 12 rebounds, Olynyk had 11 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks, Dillon had 5 points and 3 assists, and Zhou Zhihao had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal.

Spain's Juan Hernangomez scored a team-high 12 points and grabbed five rebounds. Garuba 10 points, Claver 9 points.

In this year's World Cup warm-up, Spain won 2 and lost 2, beating Venezuela by 30 points, Slovenia by 20 points, the US men's basketball team by 10 points, and Canada in overtime. Before the start of the World Cup, Spain also had a warm-up match against Dominica. The match will be played starting at 3:30 a.m. Beijing time on August 20.

Canada won 3-1 in the World Cup warm-up matches, losing by five points to Germany, then defeating New Zealand by 31 points, narrowly beating Germany by one point in extra time and Spain by five points in extra time. Canada's last warm-up rival is also Dominica, who will play this match at 0:00 am on August 19.