"Blowed" by the hostess of Latvia National – Basketball – Greece

The failure, as well as the defensive rebounds in the last minutes, led the national team to the 80-74 defeat by Latvia hostess for the second day of the Eurobasket Teen.

Sandramanis scored 20 points with Arsenopoulos having 18 and Roghavopoulos 15. The leading scorer was Zagars with 25 points, while Kourouks with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

The next match for Ethniki, who will be the last for the group stage, is with Croatia on Tuesday (31/7).

The game was a derby in its infancy, with the advantage of constantly changing hands and Latvia to push the throttle towards the end and close the first quarter to +5 (23-18). Almost the same was the picture of the match and in the second period, with the national team chasing hosts and going to the locker room, with the same difference (44-39).

In the third quarter, the hosts had their stakes at all three points, leading even to +9 (50-41). However, from then on Greece began to oppose it, knocking the difference to its minimum price at the end of the period (61-60). With a score of 6-0, our national team came in the fourth quarter, taking the lead (61-66) after a long time, but continuity was not proportional, Latvians responding and overtaking (69-66 ). The Vlbadopoulos players made a big effort to come back (76-74), but the lost defensive rebounds cost them in the end and they were therefore defeated with the last 80-74.

Decimals: 23-18, 44-39, 61-60, 80-74