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The Latvian team (1/4), which competed in Riga in Group H of the European Championship team, suffered a dramatic failure. 65:66 (17:15, 23:21, 19:15, 6:15) landed on the Bulgarian basketball players (2/3) who won both duels.
This failure of our neighbors means that they are left without the priorities of the Old Continent, where Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and the Bulgarians have won entries from this group. Latvia did not play in 2019. In the World Cup, they will not be in this year’s Olympics or next year’s European Championships.
With 2 minutes remaining, the Latvians led 65:63, but were then completely caught up in the attack. It is true that the opponents did not shine either, but Dee Bostas hit a triple: 66:65. Not only that, the Bulgarians had 11 minutes left to break even further, but Alexander Yanev missed both penalties and left the opponents a chance to snatch the victory.
During Latvia’s decisive attack, Aigaras Škelė lost a colon and recovered the ball in attack, but failed to deliver a shot.
Incredible scenes as Bulgaria 🇧🇬 heads to #EuroBasket 2022 for the first time in a decade 👏 pic.twitter.com/BwYoojSywJ
– FIBA EuroBasket (@EuroBasket) February 20, 2021
Janis Timma scored 14 points (2/6 triples) for Latvia, Marek Mejer (8 rebounds. With only 4 points.
Former Žalgiris Dee Bostas scored 18 points (4/9 triples), Pavlin Ivanov – 15 (5/7 triples), Dimitaras Dimitrovas – 12 (5 rebounds), Chavdar Kostov – 11 (5 rebounds).
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