Greece-Latvia 66-77: They didn’t even look like a national team … | Basketball: National teams



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The appearance of Nacional in his first game in his “bubble” Sarajevo troubled, presenting the worst picture since the mid-season “windows” were introduced. A hypotonic National without homogeneity and disposition, with bad decisions and errors in the attack that was based on individual initiatives and unconditionally surrendered to Latvian.. Now the focus is on Sunday’s game (11/29) with Bulgaria.

THE RACE

Both teams maintained the rhythm on the scoreboard in the first minutes of the match in Sports Hall Hills (14-14, 6:57). At that point, Ethniki found a rhythm in the attack through the defense by pressing and took the lead with +7 when Dimitris Agravanis he finished the stage with a layup to 21-14 with 45 seconds left in the first period. However the Latvia made it 6-0 and reduced it to 21-20 to 10 with a triple at his bell Άτε! During this period, our representative team shared 9 assists while the Latvians insisted on the long shot, with 4/7 three points.

So, the Latvia He took advantage of the mistakes, the bad decisions and the failure of the Greek internationals, gradually building the difference in his favor and “hitting” by surprise. THE Megieris made the 30-39 with nailed alley-oop while the former ace of Hephaestus Lemnos, Roland freemanis raised the difference to double digits, 30-41 at 19:10! In the end, the Latvians went to the locker room with their lead 30-42, with 6/12 three points while the Hellas had 1/6 shots behind 6m.75 with the top scorer him Dimitris Agravanis (7 points, 4 rebounds).

Ethniki’s troubled image … continued in the third ten minutes. THE Lountzis scored to three and lowered the difference to a single digit number (38-47, 22:56), however Latvia continued to take advantage of the poor decisions of Greece that failed to find a rhythm in attack.

A National without energy, homogeneity and spirit that aggressively relied on the individual initiatives of its players, mainly Dimitris Agravanis. 38-47 was done with … brief procedures 38-58 with his basket Freimanis at 25:25 for the Latvians who closed the third period at 50-64, dominating the rebounds and continuing to shoot with very good percentages.

His team Thanasis Skourtopoulou tried to react in the fourth quarter, reduced to 63-73 with Aggravate but the Latvians were the ones who achieved their first victory in the “windows”, winning 66-77 and forcing Greece to its first defeat.

The ten minutes: 21-20, 30-42, 50-64, 66-77

Group H

1. Greece 2-1
2. Bulgaria 1-1
3. Bosnia 1-1
4. Latvia 1-2



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