Joke! Poland won the second, very important match at EuroBasket. She rose after the disgrace
half of the fourth quarter and 75:68. Driving seems to be safe, but Israel chased, pressed, tooled. Poles felt pressure, each action was extremely important. And at that time she played to the one who was just seven years ago just to keep the right moments. 35-year-old AJ Slaughter, a naturalized American who played for the 80th squad on Monday, first hit an incredible three of the defenders, then added points with a guarantee. The Poles left at 80:68, Israel did not recover anymore.
Thanks to the win, the belief in the promotion from the group returned. Well, not only faith, but also solid foundations. After three matches, the Polish team has a 2-1 balance, the same as Israel’s. From the six-team group, which also includes Serbia, Finland, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, four teams will advance to the 1/8 finals. Theoretically, these promotions can already give two wins.
After Saturday’s disgrace with Finland in Israel, the Poles came out with a very mobilized match. You see, and the point was to keep the games, all concentration – concentration. Alexander started well, and two three were Michał Sokołowski, even Poles, without losing his head, giving the number 2001 and a watchmaker. In the first quarter they had nine assists and they were leading 23:16.
They were leading, although they were leading for a while, still a lot of space in the defense. Luckily for the lucky reds – the Israelis missed the white workers in three-point shots. Completely invisible information in their team was the leader of Deni Avdi – Currencies Information about Washington wizards for booking did not score a single point.
Poles were leading 39:33. You keep holding the second position, that the rivals in keeping the problem started to hit from a distance. Among the white and reds he had good or good moments Mateusz Ponitka had a slaughter, which scored 10 points in the first person. The gaps in the defense were patched by the experienced Aron Cel, Balcerowski was playing hard under the basket, the substitutes were able to play a good place.
The Poles started the third quarter with two steals, and then the concert was played by the veterans – 35-year-old Cel and Slaughter scored two threes, and they served their friends well and the advantage of the white and reds grew. Also thanks to good defense, in which you want him to pass. The goal that leads alone under the basket interrupted the interception of the counter of three rivals.
In the same part, the Poles were leading by 58:44, but Israel improved the game after the break, starting to play the losses. Igor Milicic’s basketball players, however, kept their level in defense and in attack – game Ponitka was a great conductor, the Polish team was able to patiently and effectively play the action, after 30 minutes they were winning 68:56.
At 32. Your good points in the first persons that is, who first speaks first. Milicic to all access, to have access, so that no accesses get into the rhythm. It did not work, however, after a while Nimrod Levi hit the summit, the advantage of the white and red grades to only five points. However, Balcerowski answered beautifully, who was forced to throw in three under time pressure. And after a while they got in to make money after a nice step Cela.
The match was approaching, it grew steadily, the weight of each action was increasing. Israel was able to take advantage of its results in the victories against Finland and the Netherlands, and every now and then it was making up a few points to the losses of the Poles. But he couldn’t make up for the whole thing. The slaughter said, “Stop!”
The Polish team won 85:76. The slaughter dropped 24 points, had 6/11 for three and five more assists. 17 points were added by Balcerowski, who recovered beautifully after an unsuccessful match with Finland. Cel finished with 13 points, also had four assists and three steals. The class was also shown by Ponitka, who added 11 points supplemented by rich collections and seven assists.
There are two more games ahead of the Poles in group D – on Tuesday, the Polish team will play against the theoretically worst in the group, the Netherlands, and on Thursday they will play against one Serbian favorite. Four out of six teams will advance from the group to the 1/8 finals.