Canada mounts 4th-quarter comeback to win DBB SuperCup Final in OT over Germany
RJ Barrett piles up 31 points in men's FIBA World Cup tune-up
RJ Barrett scored 31 points and Canada came back to beat Germany 113-112 in overtime in the final of the DBB SuperCup in Hamburg, a warm-up basketball tournament for the upcoming FIBA World Cup.
The New York Knicks guard put in a near-perfect offensive performance, hitting 13 of the 14 shots he took including all four from three-point range.
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—@CanBballGermany led by 12 points later in the third quarter, but Trae Bell-Hynes hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to cut the lead to nine starting the fourth.
Canada continued to chip away at the lead, and Barrett tied the game on a layup with 10 seconds remaining in regulation.
Another Barrett layup gave Canada a 113-110 lead with 90 seconds to go in overtime.
Franz Wagner cut the lead to one with just over a minute left, but Canada sealed the win when Moritz Wagner's layup with four seconds was blocked by Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk and the rebound was corralled by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
what a finish, what a game<br><br>Kelly Olynyk with the DBB Super Cup-winning block for 🇨🇦 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIBAWC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FIBAWC</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneTeam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OneTeam</a><a href="https://t.co/PuxPxrupu7">pic.twitter.com/PuxPxrupu7</a>
—@CanBballGuard Dennis Schroder, who recently signed with the NBA's Toronto Raptors, led Germany with 26 points.
The FIBA World Cup starts Aug. 25 in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines. Canada plays France on opening day in Jakarta, Indonesia.
