The quarterback Tomáš Satoranský was shooting in the first match of the basketball players at the Olympics. During the victory over Iran at the Games in Tokyo, the Czech captain scored only six points, the more he tried to help the team.
In the NBA, the Chicago Bulls won the game in the Super Arena in Saitama only twice out of fourteen attempts and turned both sixes. “Bad what I’m going to tell you. A terrible match on my part. Probably the worst during this summer,” Satoransky was not at all satisfied. “I focused on helping the team other than shooting, because I didn’t give light shots.”
He supported the team with an overview and maybe eight rebounds. “I’m not happy at all, but I have to throw it behind my head. It would be useless to carry it to the next matches,” he said towards Wednesday’s duel with France. At the end of the fighting in the group, the Czechs will face the Americans in a week.
The coach of the Czech team Ronen Ginzburg had an understanding for the star of the national team. “I’m not worried about Saty, he’s a good player. Michael Jordan had bad days too,” Ginzburg smiled.
The Czechs started the match at ten o’clock in the morning, so they got up at half past six. “And yet we are still getting used to the time in Tokyo. We have only been here for five days, it is still a bit more hectic than in normal matches such as the European or World Championships,” said Satoransky.
“I am quite happy that we have this match behind us and they managed it victoriously, unfortunately we did not maintain the high lead,” he mentioned the fact that the team led over Iran by up to 22 points, but won only six (84:78). He believes that the Czechs will perform better in the next matches. “That it will fall from us and in the role of a weaker opponent we will have more shots, because we have nothing to lose,” said Satoransky.
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