Puerto Rico UPSETS Lithuania For Olympic Ticket
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Puerto Rico makes a huge upset and defeats Lithuania in the FIBA Olympic Qualifier final in a convincing way: 68-79. Jose Alvarado and Tremont Walters lead the way to the Olympics, where Puerto Rico hasn't been since 2004.
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How can you lose from a team like Puerto Rico?
Hell Yeah! 👊😀🇵🇷🇺🇸
@@TMPOUZIYou dont have a heart like PR.. . .LOL
¡We did it already!
@@ernestoa.desantiagovargas6559 This is only the beginning......
Last time Puerto Rico's basketball team went to the Olympics, in 2004, we did not win a medal, but had the pleasure of beating team USA 92 to 73.... hope to do the same at Paris, but adding a medal to it.....
Yea and you see how that turned out. You ran into the avengers.
Grande Puerto Rico, victoria muy merecida!
Nos vemos en Paris, saludos de España 🇪🇸❤️🇵🇷
I grew up watching Lithuania hit us in the face so many times and they always beat us. By the way, they are a great team and we admire them. Finally, we managed to beat them, in our house and with the ticket to Paris!!! 🔥 💪🏻
Congrats you guys, y'all deserve it! We on the other hand got way too cocky. This is what we get for not taking the teams seriously and underestimating everybody. It was a qualifier and we decided the bench players play the game (except Sabonis)... Good luck Puerto Rico! I hope y'all show everybody a good basketball in the Olympics! ❤
@@robertasgar6387 ✍️🤝
@@robertasgar6387I appreciate the love and back at ya. However, I have to make it clear that PR would've won either way, cocky or not. Saying that the reason we won is because of a mistake on your team's part and not just that we are better this time, does not sit well.
@@nelson1.o @nelson1.o I mean you can take it as you want, but I'm just bein honest, It's straight facts. Just a year ago we beat top teams including the USA. What was shown here wasn't even 50% of what we can do. All of our best players said they'll play AFTER qualifications. I guess they won't now. Sorry to disappoint you, but It wasn't the real team.
@@robertasgar6387 for me to be "disappointed", I would have to agree that all of what you wrote somehow magically means you would have beaten us. It's not like we were amazing last year, which means this particular group and energy now would have been a problem for any team. Not like we don't have a history of beating the best in the world before, or anything. Your team's could've's would've's and should've's are for you to process as you will, but by no means are they some absolute measurement of a certain outcome as you've convinced yourself of, especially not with this team we have. So, sorry too if that disappoints you my guy, but nothing that attempts to take away from this victory will be considered valid. 💪🏾💪🏾🇵🇷
I'm very happy for my team Puerto Rico. It's been a long olympic drought. I've also followed courageous Lithuania for many years.Extraordinary people. Only 3.8 million and yet they fight and win against the best in Europe and the world. They will be back !! And so will Puerto Rico!!
2.8 *
The coach of Serbia said that Puerto Rico will pass as the favorite and win a visa for Paris! I didn't believe it! I was expecting Italy or Lithuania to be honest! But the coaches still know something better than us ordinary fans..
Bro as a Puerto Rican like they might actually beat USA because you don't know how long we have been waiting for this we've been training a lot bro like there's a chance AND WERE TAKING IT
I swear if I get a message after Puerto Rico loses I'm going to crash out jk😅
Hooray puerto rico from a Mexico Suppurter pr reprensented latin america basketball that day against an European team 🇲🇽🏀🇵🇷
Felicidades desde Serbia!!! VAMOS PR!
The announcer at the end! Bro thought he was in a movie. Bro thought he was in an anime.
Bro thought he was him 💀
@@EndlessFlame1 fr
It’s been 20yrs since last olympics
@@3ktor Who plays for Puerto Rico of you don't mind me asking?
@@pandavikingguy6193 You can see who is playing in the video. They got their name on the back of the jersey. Maybe you’re just blind?
Congratulations Puerto Rico!!!
wow they played with so much energy!
Congratulations 12 magníficos...🙏🙏🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Good for them, I'm happy for PR!
Lithunia will be back on their feet in no time, this country loves and understands the game.
At the end the fans are shouting: “Vamos para Paris” which means: “We are go to Paris” 🔥 💪🏻 🙌🏻
@@ernestochaparro8751 Enjoy It because It's not gonna last long. USA and Serbia are in your group
We are ging going to Paris it should say!! D.🫶👋
A llorar sl carajo 🤪👍🏻
@@gunthervidavskij6184We are enjoying it. We are going to Paris.
@@gunthervidavskij6184 we qualified for the Olympics by which only 12 teams were able to get a ticket to Paris. That is already a victory. What happen next will be an addition.
Νot a surprise I took a bet on puerto Rico and got paid
The defense of the puertorican team was incredible,lithuania only scores 68 points!
I am so proud of my boys! I can't believe that we didn't just make the Olympics, but we managed to win every game by double digits!
Idk if we'll make any noise in the Olympics, especially considering we're in a really stacked group. But if there's anything this tournament has taught me, it's not to underestimate these guys.
Dreamed of a historic moment like this for the national team 😢 after 20 years, Finally 🇵🇷🔥
Greetings from Puertorico, ive been following this channel for a while!!
well deserved win
Happened because you left 'em out in your basketball fanatic nation ranking... Definitely a No. 1 over there
Nah that dagger three was too hype
I feel like the FIBA broadcast micing did not do it justice
Listen to that PR crowd!! That’s how you support a team🔥🔥
For US its nba final Game 7 heart and soul in every Game ❤
Brazil, Spain, Greece and Puerto Rico prevailed in their Olympic qualifying tournaments on Sunday. The 12-team field that will compete in the Paris Olympics has now been finalized. The other eight teams had already secured spots in the 12-team tournament. Puerto Rico grabbed the last spot by dispatching Lithuania, 79-68. Jose Alvarado scored 23 points as Puerto Rico qualified for the first time since 2004. Puerto Rico is on Group "C" along with the United States, Serbia and South Sudan.
On of the most consistent teams at this qualifiers.
Jose Jose Jose Jose
My God! This was unexpectable but nice for the sport, whoever works hard as a team, wins... not the big names..
PR Cinderella in Paris will win two Games SSD and Serbia enough for 6 spot
La realidad es q le ganamos a Lituania y nos ganamos el pase a las Olimpiadas!! . Gustele a quien le guste ok. D.🎉🎉🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🥳🥳
WEEEEPPAAAA!!! 😆😆😆 LET'S GOOO!!! Can't wait to see what my team does in the Olympics 😁😁😁
Tako mi je drago sto su oni prosli
Mi bella isla ❤ felicidades 🎉 muchachos...
Urbonus wasn't worried about Puerto Rico. They weren't worried about your team either mate.
Urbonus said Greece should be worried about Slovenia too lmao.
@@yiannisschmalz6574 Urbonus doesn't know anything about basketball, he just yaps all day.
All I know is PR's coaching staff prepared really hard to work Europeans teams from the defensive side. Before this tournament PR had only 2 wins vs Euro teams in 20 years and they got 2 out of 2 on this tournament. They deserve lots of credit.
Look at bright side no humiliation by Usa -50
Soy Boricua, pa que lo sepas
Pity for Lithuania...i guess Puerto Ricko was better...rest my friend Grigonis,we have a back to back to make...lol
I have been saying this for years: Lithuania are not as good as they used to be
@@gunthervidavskij6184 cammon man , Lithuania was great as always. Say exactly what are you want to say. Your coach is not good enough for your team. the way he faciliates Sabonis for example is unacceptable
@@GioBall My coach? What are you talking about? I am American, my coach Is Steve Kerr
@@GioBall 2021: Lost the Preolympic at home and failed to qualify
2022: Failed to reach the top 8 at EuroBasket
How can you Say "they were great as Always"? LOL
@@gunthervidavskij6184 oh sorry. The Lithuanian coach
Why do they always srcream huaaaaa??
I know it sucks guys, i wish you better luck next time 👍💚
Was not upset for pr ppl we knew
Sabonis, euroleague A tier players ws random people with Alvarado, and 1euroleague star
@@themysticalsloth8867 people under estimate pr
When are you gonna talk about how the Olympics is closer to nba basketball than fiba and how all the fiba teams are doing bad
Actually, the Olympics are more similar to FIBA than the NBA. You got it backwards...
How that happened Lietuva???
Team work... LOL
@@kostasoly9318 Not that good anymore
PR🇵🇷🇵🇷💯
That cool 2😳👀🔥🏀🎉
Not a surprise
home teams got all the tickets.
No, Brasil beat Latvia
Juaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa❤
Lithuanians going back to the science lab to figure this one out is comedy🤣
Sabonis is a waste of space,he should never play for Lithuania again, shadow of his father is to great for him,Valanciunas is only centar you need
Huh? Valanciunas Is way worse. Can't pass like Sabonis, Is a terrible Defender and also a low IQ player
When you allow NBA puertorican be them , they always beats the best in the NBA. Sabonis get clinics classes in the post . And Alvarado take them out from every corner of the floor .
The truth is Puerto Rico have better team than Lietuva in all aspects of the game if you see the game and follow this team for years you know !!!! Europeans here need to know the history of this team before talk about it 😂🇵🇷🇵🇷
Bunch of no names in Puerto rico lol
Was it really an upset though?
Yes, is the first time it happened...I had seen all their attempts vs Lithuania so yes is an upset
@@shaolin95 I’m not convinced. I think this Puerto Rico team was better than this Lithuanian team so for me it is not an upset
@@antoniosvlachodimos8450You must have been living under a rock for the last 4 years
My babies great players, wish them the best! Hard with Celtics😂
Yeeaahh 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Aj ja ja ja ja jaj porto riko 😂😂😂😂
Lituania siempre es bueno bailar una SALSA.. no lo olviden.
Salsa fue lo que le dieron 😅
zajebal nx
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Sadly, all those players did not play for Puerto Rico. All of their passports display the Stars and Stripes.
😂
@@omayrasanantoniobarreto7221their Jerseys display Puerto Rico very close to their hearts. I did not see the passport during the game.
That Puerto Rico team are son's for Puertorrican mothers. Give the créditos to those guy's.
FYI, there's not such thing as a Puerto Rico passport. Our passport in PR is the US passport. Educate yourself.
Are you for real, don't you know we have the same passport... 😂
Tremont Waters, Jordan Howard. Yeah that's a pure Puerto Rican team, carried by Americans. What's even the point of international basketball anymore, literally every team got an afro-american playing for it. In this case, 2
Bro both of them have parents from PR . So they are PR descendent that only qualify them to play .
Carried by Americans ?? We’re born American lo
Gigi Fernandez, Jesse Vassallo, Charlie Pasarell, etc. are from PR that won medals for USA… 🤦🏻♂️
😂 Lithuania in shambles ...you guys only have basketball and you are not even good in that...what a sad sad country
What a sad sad comment..
2.8 million people and they beat the U.S in the world cup
I think it's more like "What a sad sad commenter" :)
@@wenlisman everybody beat USA at the World Cup🤣..imagin only having basketball and being terrible at it🤣 what a shitty country...always talking big on podcasts for what? 🤣
You are sad loudmouth talking shit over the wire I feel sorry for you.
Not a good team in my opinion, I think Puerto Rico is gonna be humiliated in the olympics.
Your opinion doesn’t count
@@delisselopez89 it does! Delisse
@@Veronikas_K45it doesn’t, you irrelevant
Shut up you mad
PR not only beat Lithuania, but also beat Italy, with the same players who beat Serbia the past world tournament in their own home. Obviously you didn't watch the game and how PR played, and based on your low basketball IQ, you say that nonsense.
Since when did the lithuania national team become horrible cant even win against puerto rico😤
Puerto Rico is a great team with players in NBA and european teams. The basketball is globalized and in this kind of scenarios there isn’t a small rival anymore.
Well, if you look the statistics of PR in this qualified tournamemt, you will find the answer.
question is since when Lithuania was good??? PR known for BBall and Baseball. Lithuania known for....
Genius, PR has a very good team with an excellent PG. Stick to volleyball.
@@ernestochaparro8751
never better explained