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A men’s national basketball team lost to Croatia 79-62 in the match of the third week of Qualifying Group D of the 2022 FIBA European Championship.
While the crescent team lost their third game in the group with this result, Croatia continued their lead by making 3 of 3.
Croatia, who started the game well, went ahead 18-5 in the 8th minute with the points they scored with Sakic, Rogic and Bilan against the team that was fighting on offense. Continuing to score from behind the three-point line with Kruslin and Rogic, Croatia finished the first period up 24-7.
Starting the second period with a 5-0 series, Croatia increased the difference from 22 minutes to 22 points (29-7). While trying to melt the gap with the baskets he found with the National Team, Berkan Durmaz, Melih Mahmutoğlu and Buğrahan Tuncer, Croatia, who continued their effective fight, took a 45-24 lead in the locker room.
Starting the second part of the match with a 9-0 series, Selection A reduced the difference to 12 points (45-33) in the 23rd minute. While the star team from the moon continued to score with Metecan Birsen, Croatia, who responded with Bilan and Prkacin, he led 57-43 in the fourth quarter.
The team, who scored with Alperen Şengün and Melih Mahmutoğlu in the first half of the last period, reduced the difference to 10 points (59-49) in the 33rd minute. Continuing to score with the effective performance of Bilan and Sakic, Croatia maintained their advantage 70-59 in the 39th minute. Croatia, who reopened the gap in the remaining period, won the game 79-62.
The National Team A will play the fourth game of the group against the Netherlands on Sunday, November 29 at 5:00 p.m. On the same day, at 8:00 p.m., Croatia and Sweden will meet.
Orhun Ene, the head coach of the A men’s national team, had this to say in the post-match announcement:
“We did not run in the first quarter, we gave easy points without meaning and we tried to close it for 3 periods. Then the pressure we did worked, we became partners in the game, but it is not easy for the players to adapt. It is normal to lose rhythm in the game. attack, but there is no such defense.
Croatia is a good team. We got 30 points from Miro Bilan. This is unacceptable. We stopped the shorts well. They had good shorts, but we were able to defend them much better and their counterattack.
We made such a start. Our next games are more important to us now. We will be a little more with the players, we will work a little more. If match traffic allows, we’ll do better if we spend a little more time with the players. After this game, we will see our mistakes and prepare for the Netherlands game without thinking too much. “
