Panama City, Aug. 29 (EFE).- The Panamanian basketball team was beaten this Monday by Canada by 100 points to 56 at the end of the fourth window of the qualifying round for the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup 2023.

Canada early in the first period chained 16 unanswered points from the Panamanians, led by NBA basketball Detroit Pistons forward Kelly Olynyk, who from the three-point line was nearly perfect.

The Panamanians scored their first three points five minutes from the end of the first quarter, thanks to Jhivvan Jackson, who was the most insistent of the Panamanians in the first part of the game.

The end of the first half came with a score of 33-7 in favor of the visitors.

Nick Nurse, coach of the Canadian team, refreshed his team in the second half, but there was no noticeable change in his style of play, although the leader of the Canadian offense fell to this opportunity to Spain’s Unicaja basketball player, Melvin Ejim. , which added 11 units during this period.

The first half ended with a 31-15 advantage in favor of the Canadians, who obtained a maximum advantage of 42 points during this period.

Canada, with a 55% shooting percentage from three points (11 of 20), entered the break winning 64-25.

The third period meant no change from what was seen in the first part. Canada continued to spin the ball and score three points, while the Panamanian team continued to be erratic and discouraged due to the disadvantage they had managed up to that point.

The third game ended with a score of 36-92, a 56-point advantage for the Canadians before the end of the duel which until then looked like a mere formality.

The Canadian team for the fourth period slowed the pace of the game, Nurse entered all the substitutes, to end a game dominated from the initial whistle and seal a 100 by 56 victory over his fellow Panama.

With the victory, Canada has 8 undefeated wins, while the Panamanians have six losses and two wins.

The best for the visitors were: Kelly Olynyk with 18 points, Kevin Pangos, who had 17 points and 5 of 7 from behind the three-point line, and Zach Edey with 15 points and seven rebounds.

For Panama, Jhivvan Jackson shone in attack with 16 units and Erick Romero with 10 points.

-Technical sheet:

50. Panama (7+15+11+14): Trevor Gaskins (7), Aaron Gedeon (1), Jhivvan Jackson (16), Jose Montenegro (-), Erick Romero (10), Gil Atencio (4), Josimar Ayarza (5), Alejandro Grant (2), Isaac Machore (2), Jesús Lombardo (-), Edward López (3) and Jonathan Salazar (-).

106. Canada (33+31+28+14): Bring Bell-Haynes (7), Zack Edey (15), Jean Mukama (5), Thomas Scrubb (3), Kalif Young (5), Melvin Ejim (15) , Abud Kigab (3), Kelly Olynyk (18), Kevin Pangos (17), Dwight Powell (8), Kassius Robertson (11) and Phil Scrubb (6).

Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MËX), Andrés Bartel (URU) and Jhonny Batista (PR).

Incidents: The second match of the fourth window of the FIBA ​​World Cup Philippines, Japan and Indonesia 2023 Qualifiers, held at the Roberto Durán Arena, east of the Panamanian capital.