Markkanen lived in Prague, the Finns fell. ekov ustli croatian comeback
Israeli fans in front of Prague’s O2 arena look out for EuroBasket.
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Michal Švek,
MAFRA
Markkanen presented himself in Prague just a few hours after his move from Cleveland to Utah in the NBA and sent new acquaintances a beautiful greeting card, hit a few free throws and showed his talent. Finm helped to a double-digit lead after the first quarter (27:16), but in the further part, the opponents from Israel stuck together and led after the second quarter, both teams were fighting each other.
The Israeli talent from the NBA also gradually became popular – only twenty-one-year-old Deni Avdija scored 23 points and 15 rebounds. It was the first game for Washington, who tied the game with his third three in the last minute of the regular season at 79:79.
Highlights from Israel – Finland:
The Finnish flow of the basic players of the time, however, remained on his predecessor in the best league of the world. Gal Mekel first slid under, but he didn’t drink and was very close to making the decision with the horn. He didn’t have to be sad, he made up for it with two free throws 13 seconds before the end of overtime. His team was leading by three points at that moment, and he took the win.
Tomer Ginat supported the win with 13 points, Tamir Blatt had eight points and 10 assists. In the Finnish jersey, Markkanen was joined by Alex Madsen, the USK Prague pivot who scored 13 points.
Czech Republic won the first rush, the Croatians were defeated thanks to the great performance of Janis Adetokunbo (27 points, 11 rebounds and six assists) and Tyler Dorsey (27 points, five triples). Defeated in the second half, they rallied to score just a few runs, mainly helped by recently imported American point guard Jaleen Smith with 23 points and five three-pointers, and veteran Bojan Bogdanov with 19 points and Krunoslav Simon with 18 points.
The program of Milan Group C was opened by Ukraine’s win over Great Britain 90:61. They gradually controlled the game in all quarters, but they built a strong lead in the second half. Svjatoslav Mychajljuk contributed 17 points, hit five three-pointers, Alex Len added 13 points. British thl Luke Nelson with 16 body.
EuroBasket to himGroup C (Miln) ecko – Croatia 89:85 (24:16, 46:30, 70:62) 21:00 Italy – Estonia Group D (Prague) Czech Republic – Poland 84:99 (18:29, 46:46, 63:69), 21:00 Serbia – Netherlands |