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Last Updated: Thursday, 23 September, 2004, 00:05 GMT 01:05 UK
Titmuss finds Brazilian blend

By Dan Johnson
BBC analyst and ex-GB basketball Paralympian

I have to give full credit to the players for their win over Brazil which gives them a place in the quarter-finals of the Paralympic tournament.

They showed some real character to pull out the victory after what was a miserable first half and their third-quarter display, in particular, was very good.

I think coach Dave Titmuss also needs to take a lot of praise for the success of the team and the changes he made.

He put out a different type of line-up with three big players, Simon Munn, Andy Blake and Sinclair Thomas, coming in.

Although with those players you give up a bit on speed, you gain on height and that was what the coach wanted.

All of a sudden the offensive fluency came back and that was a key moment.

Both Blake and Thomas made a big difference when it came to rebounding and the captain Blake, whose form in this tournament has been mixed, came good when he needed to.

I think this win could be a springboard to more success
It was certainly GB's best display of the tournament so far.

They played well against France but the French let them play well. The Brazilians made them work hard.

When we play with some offensive fluency we are a really good team.

The fact that we came back from a deficit here means that we should be thinking that a poor start doesn't have to mean a poor finish.

I think this win could be a springboard to more success over the remainder of the competition.

We've said all along that to get out of what is a very difficult group was the main thing and hopefully we can go on from here.




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