Afrobasket 2017 final



Nigeria vs Tunisia




Nigeria took a big step towards defending their title at the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship co-hosted by Tunisia and Senegal, by qualifying for the final.

D’Tigers saw off Senegal 76-71 in a thrilling contest on Friday, to book a place in Saturday’s final.


Nigeria dominated the first three quarters of the game, only losing the last quarter to the Lions.

D’Tigers took the first quarter 15-12 and the second 19-17. They won the third 18-16, before losing 26-24 in the last quarter.

The coach Alex Nwora side will play co-hosts Tunisia, who defeated Morocco 60-52 in Tunis, as they seek to retain the title they won on the same soil in 2015.

Before Saturday’s clash, Nigeria and Tunisia have met seven times, the most recent of which was a 70-59 victory for D’Tigers in the semi-finals of the 2015 AfroBasket. D’Tigers have won five of the meetings.


http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/16/afrobasket-2017-dtigers-qualify-final/

I hope D’Tigers can do just what the females did to complete nigerias total dominace of basketball


lets go there

the boys

Good stuff

Ok

Good going guys, we are cheering for you

All the best guys!

Congratulations to them......

I don't do basketball

The boys gave me reason to be happy being a Nigerian.

#GoDa'Tigers...



#GoNigeria...


#ProudlyNigerian...

robosky02:
the boys

The pic you posted was for the 2015 team

Waiting for u guys....

robosky02:
the boys

These are players and coaching crew of the 2015 squad.

Go boys, bring the cup home. The Tunis will want to use home advantage, but I trust d tigres to overcome them

Can Nigeria upset FIBA AfroBasket 2017 hosts Tunisia in the Final?


TUNIS (FIBA AfroBasket 2017) - A win over FIBA AfroBasket 2017 hosts Tunisia on Saturday at Salle Omnisports de Rades, and Nigeria would win their second straight continental championship.


Nevertheless, Nigeria's title aspirations will require a lot more than being the tournament highest scorer team. Alex Nwora's team face a number of adversities, including a partisan crowd that is expected to sellout the 12,000 capacity Gymnasium, but more importantly, they will try to stop head coach Mario Palma from winning his fifth straight African title.

Two years ago - at the same venue - Nigeria lost to Tunisia in the Group Phase, but they responded with four straight victories to win the trophy for the first time-ever while Tunisia finished in Third-Place.

Meanwhile, if Ike Diogu, Ikechukwu Nwamu and Bryant Mbamalu continue to make three-pointers the way they have done until the Semi-Final, Tunisia will need to use a tenacious defensive plan to avoid being beaten at home.

The 34-year-old power forward Diogu - a three-time FIBA AfroBasket participant - has become an all-round for Nigeria averaging team-highs 22 points and eight rebounds per game.

"Tunisia are a tough team, they are undefeated. We are going to be ready to play them," he said.

TALENTS TO WATCH: Diogu has been heart and soul of this Nigerian team, after all, he is the only 'survivor' from the 2015 Nigeria winning team.

In the absence of Salah Mejri and Michael Roll, Makram Ben Romdhane and Omar Abada have taken the leadership role for the Tunisians.

HISTORY: Nigeria hold a 2-1 head-to-head edge over Tunisia dating back to 2005.

CHALLENGE: Tunisia are organizing the tournament for the third time - after 1987 and 2015 - but they have never reached the Final before.

IMPLICATIONS: As the two highest ranked teams on the continent, the winner of this game could cement their continental heavyweights status.

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lets go there


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Congrat to them in advance.

sukkot:
cant take these boys serious after USA destroyed them in the olympics. after getting raped they still went to ask for autographs from the rapists. yeye pipo

i pray sense fall on u

sukkot:
cant take these boys serious after USA destroyed them in the olympics. after getting raped they still went to ask for autographs from the rapists. yeye pipo

Ahn ahn na.

Easy!

How do you expect them to win the USA? It's like expecting our air force to defeat the USA in an air dog fight.

Keep your expectations way too low and no one would shatter it.

-Lord

What time are they playing

what time is the match

Naijiria go on Sohun joo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sukkot:
cant take these boys serious after USA destroyed them in the olympics. after getting raped they still went to ask for autographs from the rapists. yeye pipo

Firstly it's sport. That's the spirit of sportsmanship. You expect them to start throwing jabs because they lost to their superiors?

Secondly, you can't compare 9ja to USA when it comes to Basketball, I think the only sport we might be better than them is Soccer. so cut them some slack.

17:15 is when the match gonna come up.Tune in to RTS for live coverage

ephy6774:
what time is the match

5:15pm on RTS TV

sukkot:
cant take these boys serious after USA destroyed them in the olympics. after getting raped they still went to ask for autographs from the rapists. yeye pipo

you simply sound rather stoopid

The game starts by 6pm Nigerian time while the third place match between Senegal and Morocco starts by 3:30pm.

go tigers

sukkot:
cant take these boys serious after USA destroyed them in the olympics. after getting raped they still went to ask for autographs from the rapists. yeye pipo

What is this one saying..
"Basketball is made in USA" .. better teams like spain and italy neva beat USA na Nigeria wan come beat them..
E belike say u no no any thing for basket ball..
USA team that dunks 3 3 point from distance na im u wan beat... lol.

HottestFire:




Is this the picture of the current team and coaching crew?

here is the current picture


http://www.afrobasket.com/Nigeria/basketball-National-Team.asp