Nowitzki enjoyed seeing his native country Germany atop the podium, taking gold in women’s 3x3 basketball.
Dallas Mavericks great Dirk Nowitzki hugs Germany’s Marie Reichert as they celebrate a victory over Spain for the gold medals in women’s 3x3 basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 in Paris.TCU’s Hailey Van Lith wasn’t the only representative from the D-FW area at the women’s 3x3 basketball medal games.
Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki was on hand to see his native country Germany take the gold medal and the United States women take the bronze medal in the tournament.Dallas Mavericks great Dirk Nowitzki cheers a victory by Germany over Spain for the gold medals in women’s 3x3 basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 in Paris.
The U.S. women defeated Canada 16-13 in Monday’s bronze medal match after losing in the semifinals in overtime to Spain“It’s a great feeling,” Van Lith said. “I think I’m most proud of us for this last game because we went from losing in a barn-burner to Spain, getting our gold medal dreams crushed, to having two hours to turn around and play one of the best games of the tournament.”
Van Lith led the U.S. in scoring both in pool play and in the knockout round. It was quite the turnaround to end up on the podium for the U.S. women after dropping the first three games of the tournament.Nowitzki attended the games alongside fellow NBA alumni Carmelo Anthony and Spaniard Pau Gasol.‘Your heart breaks a little,’ but U.S. women’s 3x3 basketball still proud after bronze win
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