A day after a loss in the qualifying tournament almost sent them home, the national team seemed destined to drift off into the sunset as Korea (seriously?!…also, which Korea? Is it North? Is it South? I may be living in Ottawa, but last I heard the crazy guy was still running the North while everyone in the South was protesting about US beef. Meaning there’s still 2 Korea’s) was up on them 18 in the 2nd half and Canada looked more listless than I did. That’s impressive since it was the morning after my birthday. Anyhow, I digress. Canada made an amazing run with less than five left in the game to win. Sending “Korea” back home and moving on to play Croatia.
Canada’s stunning comeback means they only need to win two more games to reach their third olympics in 20 years. While the road will get tougher in the quaters and beyond, the basketball team can already take comfort with the fact that two olympics is still better than the men’s soccer team who have only qualified for 1 World Cup ever.
That nugget aside, the team isn’t going forward without contraversy. Sam Dalembert one of the few NBA regulars on the team has left. Since I’m currently in Ottawa and haven’t been following the team around you’ll have to look elsewhere for some takes on it.
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