Latvian basketball national team head coach Robert Shtelmaher after the success against the Greek national team in a conversation with journalists, expressed joy about the victory, but noted that the second half of the team could have been more successful.
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It has already been reported that the Latvian national team won in Sarajevo on Friday Greek national team with the result 77:66 (20:21, 22: 9, 22:20, 13:16).
Although in the first half the Latvian national team succumbed to several quick attacks, in the second 20 minutes the game went at a slower pace. Stelmacher admitted that the coaching corps did not have such a plan. This has been achieved by opponents.
“They started to ‘squeeze’, we were a little confused, maybe there was a lack of freshness,” said Stelmacher. The Greeks played very aggressively in hand-off situations – on the verge of catching the ball. We tried to simplify the game, but we could also play smarter and win by 20 points. We also saw that the Greeks were provocatively leading and falling, and the referee’s whistle didn’t always sound. “When you’re 20 points ahead, you don’t know where the notes from the attack, the situations and the technical notes come from. The referees like to do that.”
The team went to the top five Kristers Zoriks, for whom this was his debut in the national team. Mārcis Vītols played the role of the leader of the reserve match, leaving Artūrs Ausējs and Ingums Jakovičs aside. Stelmacher stressed that it was difficult to choose which one to leave aside. Everyone was ready to go on the field, and it is possible that the next game with the Bosnians will change.
Only on Thursday from ULEB Euroleague joined the ASVEL team at the club ‘s Walller Rihards Lomažs, who scored two of the ten shots in the match. The coach asked if the guard needed to be slowed down a bit.
“Maybe it should have been, but Lomaža can’t be braked. If only the train,” cleverly about the basketball player coached by Stelmacher “Ventspils“queues, said the specialist.
On Sunday, the team must already meet with the home team – the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which lost one point in its field. In the height of the Bosnian team, the tall players took on a rather aggressive defense in the first cycle, which is different from the Greek national team. It will also encourage the coaching body to give appropriate instructions to the players.
“We understand that they definitely saw today’s game. We will show the players the video material and solutions on the field. I think we have quite strong players, several small ones who can play over the field. Just need to play colder. Today we spent a long time today, transporting the ball across the field, “said the coach.
“The game against Bosnia was followed by traps. In what situations will we” slip “them? [garais spēlētājs aizsega vietā raujas uz groza apakšu – aut.]. Can’t run on top of the opponent, try to get to the free space. Let ‘s keep the ball in the hands of the players who dribble well and see the field, “thought Stelmacher.
After this success, the Latvian national team has won one game in three games, but the Greek national team has two wins and one loss. In the evening’s game, the second victory was also won by the team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which with the result 88:49 destroyed the team of Bulgaria, which now has two losses and one success. Three stronger subgroup teams qualify for the European Championship.
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