69-74: Latvia leaves Spain on cliff edge

of Spanish selection This matter made his future very complicated. World Cup when I lost to Latvia 69-74 in the worst match ever in the championship.team of Sergio Scariolo In the third quarter, they seemed to have fixed their first-half slump, but scored just 11 points in the final period, ruining their chances against another generous opponent.The Latvian surprises the tournament with a defeat and elimination in the first phase FranceThey repeated the feat they had done against the Gauls. He then pulled back 12 points in the final quarter (74-62) and did so again today against Spain, who were 56-44 with 11 minutes left.

The only positive point is Spain She continues to rely on herself and believes that a win this Sunday (3:30pm Spanish time) will put her in the quarter-finals. Canada.

But to achieve this, we need to play much better than we did this Friday. Spain He knows how to win games, and it all happened to use his apparent internal superiority to limit the usual chain of triples from the Latvian. The recruiting has adapted to the game plan, but has not been able to capitalize on it as it has not been accompanied by any success. Midway through the second quarter, Spain made just 4 of 17 field goals (0/5 3-point goals) and free kicks didn’t come on target (10/16).The Spaniard’s lack of marksmanship helped Latvialed by ez azulgrana Roland Smith Get a significant first advantage up front (18-25 in 16 minutes) lull Leading the Spanish reaction at halftime (32-29).

However, time in the locker room once again bogged down Spain, who started the second half on an 0-8 run and gave back the initiative to their rivals (32-37).before the brothers’ modest party hernangomez, Open and Aldama, Scariolo I chose a purely defensive quintet (Diaz, Brizuela, Rudy, claver and Galba) and the party changed completely.Spain closes the hoop, dives into attack and scores the breakthrough Brizuela, Rudy and Galbatook the score from 40-42 to 54-42 in a staggering 14-0 part.

apparently Spain He had already won on track and I’m sure he was thinking the same thing France in the first stage.To Latvia A break between the quarter-finals (58 to 47) helped and he started with five points in the final game. Glazulis It gave him hope. But it was the alternate point guard, chrystal zorykwho turned the game around with two consecutive triples and two baskets. Latvia Before the surprise of the Spanish team (63-65).

I had about three and a half minutes left. Spainout of ideas and limped with fear, in the final straight he showed far less determination than his rivals. Brizuela With 26 seconds remaining (69-71), he made a 3-point shot to give him the last hope, but made a mistake when he entered the area on the last attack. Spain Three points were needed to tie the score (69-72).

It didn’t matter because the new Barça guard lost the ball, but Rodion Curci He declared another free-kick.

The team missed out on a golden opportunity to reach the quarterfinals, but they are due to reach the next final on Sunday. Canada. Rivals are terrifying, but Spain have already overcome big challenges. By defeating the American Scariolo They will be quartered.

data sheet

Spain v Latvia, 69-74

69. Spain (16+16+26+11): Willy Hernangomez (14), Victor Claver (4), Sergio Llull (5), Juancho Hernangomez (9), Alberto Diaz (3) – Early squad – Rudy Fernández (5), Alex Abrynes (5), Santi Aldama (2), Dario Brizuela (11), Alberto Diaz (3), Ousmane Galba (11), Juan Nunez ( 0).

74. Latvia (17+12+18+27): Arthur Zagals (7), Davis Bertans (16), Rodionz Crux (13), Roland Smits (11), Arthur Crux (1) ) -Early team- Krafs Cavars (0) ), Eigers Skele (2), Andreis Grazulis (11), Angjeis Pasekniks (-), Christels Zoryk (11), Arthur Strouti (2), Dailis Bertans (-).

Referees: Aleksandar Gricic (Serbia), Juan Fernandez (Argentina), Roberto Vazquez (Puerto Rico).

Incident: Day 3 equivalent of Group G of the 2023 Basketball World Cup at Indonesia Arena, Jakarta, Indonesia.