DR Naional BB team loses 2

[Sidney]

DR loses to Puerto Rico and Argentina
The Dominican Republic national basketball team lost to Puerto Rico (79-62) and to Argentina (84-58), its two strongest rivals in Group A, and thus will not grab one of the two Olympic Games qualifier posts in the FIBA tournament. The DR still has a chance to make it to the final Olympics qualifier in July 2012.

[hugrad95a]

—Brazil beat the Dominican Republic 83-76 on Saturday to claim a berth in next year's London Olympics. Marcelo Machado led Brazil with 20 points in the semifinal victory, which puts the South Americans into the final of the Olympic basketball qualifying tournament for the Americas on Sunday.
Argentina and Puerto Rico meet in the second semifinal later Saturday.
The two finalists qualify automatically for London. The third through fifth-place teams earn spots in a qualifying tournament just before the games, which will award several more berths for London. Venezuela claimed the fifth-place spot.