D’Tigers’ Olympics  hopes on a cliff hanger

Nigeria’s hopes of making it to the basketball event of London 2012 Olympics has suffered a setback as the male dunkers, D’Tigers narrowly lost 69-71 to hosts, Venezuela.

Greivis Vasquez' 24 points in front of their home crowd ensure they got the vital win over Nigeria.

Action will continue on Tuesday as the third teams in Groups A through D all play their first games. Nigeria faces a stern test as they face one of the power houses in world basketball, Lithuania.