Latvia lost to the OKR team with 15:19.
The first Latvian attack ended without a throw, but after half a minute played Lasmanis scored the first basket after the pass – 1: 0. Stanislav Sharov scored 2: 1 with a two-point throw.
Continuing the fight of equal opponents, the Latvians scored with one-point shots, while the OKR unit scored a two-point shot with Kirils Pisklovs – 4: 4.
In the physical game, four minutes and 40 seconds before the end of the match, Chavars hit the ball in the basket from above after the pass – 7: 7.
Pisklov immediately regained control of the OKR unit with a two-point throw – 9: 7. After the accurate throw of Aleksandrs Zujevs, the Latvians reached the drivers with 9:12, to which Kārlis Pauls Lasmanis responded with a two-point throw – 11:12.
As the basketball players of the OKR team continued to throw long shots, they reached 17:14.
The Latvians, trying too hard to play combinations on long shots, did not succeed in gaining points and had to suffer a loss with 15:19.
Latvia made ten of the 18 single-point shots, while the opponents had exactly five of the 13 attempts. In contrast, in two-point shots, Latvia alone had two hits in 13 attempts, while the opponents scored six of the 16 shots. Both teams 100% scored free throws – Latvia – one, OKR team – two.
Latvia had more assists (4: 2), as well as a rebound (23:13) and a mistake (6: 3).
The most productive for Latvia with six points was Lasmanis, Miezis scored four points, Čavars three, who also had 12 rebounds, and Krūmiņš, who won three rebounds, scored two points.
The day before the last match of the Netherlands – Poland, the Latvian national team with three victories in six games in the group takes the fifth place. Serbia have won all six games. There are also three victories for the Netherlands (in five games), Belgium and the OKR team (all in six games), two for Poland in five matches and China for six, but one victory for Japan.
The OKR team previously beat China with 21:13 in Tokyo, 15:18 for the Netherlands, 16:21 for Belgium and Poland, and 19:16 for Japan on Monday.
In the world ranking, the best of OKR teams is in 18th place.
It has already been reported that in the first fight of the day, in a duel between two world leading teams, Latvia lost to Serbia with a result of 16:22, suffering a second loss in the tournament.
On Saturday, Latvians defeated Poland with 21:14, but with 20:21 acknowledged the superiority of Belgium, but on Sunday, Latvian basketball players defeated China with 18:17 and defeated Japan with 21:18.
Latvian basketball players participated in two tournaments on the World Tour this season. In Doha, “Riga” stopped in the semifinals, then competed in several United European League tournaments in Russia, but in the “Challenger” tournament in the French city of Poitiers, “Riga” lost in the quarterfinals.
In recent years, Latvians have stood out with their ability to prepare well for the decisive tournaments. In the World Cup final in both 2018 and 2019, the second place was won, in the World Tour final, the second place was reached in 2018, the third – in 2019 and the first – last year.
In 2017, he won the European Cup final, winning second place a year later.
At the end of May, the Olympic city was awarded the Olympic road sign in Graz, Austria.
The rules of the tournament stipulate that all eight teams start the round tournament at the beginning. The top two enter the semi-finals immediately, while the third to sixth place owners start the elimination tournament from the quarter-finals.
The tournament will take place from July 24 to 28.
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