Basketball
Slaughter set the stage for Poland to qualify and executed Israel 85-76
Poland doubled their victories in Group D of EuroBasket 2022 and firmly entered the fight for a ticket to the Round of 16 in Berlin with a 2-1 win over Israel. The 85-76 keys bore the signature of AJ Slaughter (24 points, 6/11 threes, 5 assists).
The Sunday break favored them unimaginably Poland. Igor Milicic’s team overcame a shocking -30 loss to Finland and bounced back thanks to an 85-76 win Israel set the conditions for qualifying for the EuroBasket 2022 knockout games, as there is also the theoretically easy game against the Netherlands.
The Eagles did a very good job early in the game (21-12) which helped them stay in control from start to finish. Whenever they had to find the solution, the big one AJ Slaughter he had the powerful antidote.
Even when he didn’t score, the American guard (24 points on 6/11 3-points) made sure to take care of his teammates (5 assists) and make his team efficient. How or did he take care of it Mateus Ponitka (7a) despite its failure.
Israel only had spurts in the competition. Especially in the “Five-Five” he seemed trapped and didn’t display the competitive image that would have allowed him to claim the win and keep the series undefeated. Denny Abdiya stayed too low, getting few tries (1/6 shots) for his dice and only Zusman (18p) – Madar (17p) didn’t reach for anything better than the passing -5 (70-65) it didn’t have Continuity.
THE DECADES: 23-16, 39-33, 68-56, 85-76
Poland: Ziskowski, Balcerowski 17 (7/9 2-pointers, 1 3-pointers, 5 turnovers), Sokolowski 8 (2/6 3-pointers), Schell 13 (2/3 3-pointers, 4 assists), Slaughter 24 ( 3/6 2-pointers, 6/11 3-pointers, 5 assists), Ponitka 11 (1/5 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 7 assists), Kolenda, Dzieva 2, Michalak 6 (1/3 3-pointers) , Garbats 2, Schenk
ISRAEL: Sorkin 6, Meckel 3 (1/4 3-pointers), Avdiya 3 (0/2 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 3 assists), Cohen 3 (1 3-pointers), Pnini, Madar 17 (3/5 2-pointers, 2/3 3-pointers), Menko, Hand 10 (3/5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Levi 8 (2/7 3-pointers), Ginat 8 (4/7 twos, 6 assists), Zusman 18 (2/3 threes, 4/5 threes)
Team Statistics – Poland: 19/34 2-pointers, 13/30 3-pointers, 8/13 shots 35 rebounds (27 defensive, 8 offensive), 26 assists, 7 steals, 2 blocks, 12 turnovers
Team Statistics – Israel: 13/29 2-pointers, 14/33 3-pointers, 8/11 shots 34 rebounds (27 defensive, 7 offensive), 24 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 13 turnovers
Group D table
Source: sport 24
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