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Latvia's men's basketball team, which left the fourth quarter, was beaten Thursday by Montenegro for the European Division of the second round of the World Cup qualifying phase 1, subgroup 75:84 . Thus, Group I stepped up the fight for the last, third, road letter to the World Cup, while three teams now have five wins – Montenegro, Latvia and Ukraine.
Mustin Meier scored 27 points in the Latvian team, while Kaspars Berzins, an experienced player, scored 13 points, all in the first period. Richard Lomažs also scored with ten points and seven performance stalls.
In turn, the team leader, Bojan Dubiewicz, won 22 points in the ranks of Montenegro.
The Latvian national team did not quite succeed in this match, with the Montenegrins first scoring points, who quickly gained strong leadership and climbed to the top at 4:11. Such a turn in the first minute forced Arnim Vecvagar to take a break. As a result, Latvia's field of action has been successful, precisely because the attacks that were carried out after Berzina and Arta Ates managed to get close to 1:15 pm.
Basketball was spectacular and productive, but Montenegro was poorly led. The Latvian national team failed to reach their rivals, but it arrived early in the second quarter when the score was 25:24, bringing Mārtiņš Meiera four points in a row. After that, the game remained unchanged for a few minutes and the opponents received a technical score that allowed Rihards Lomažs to "hit" Latvia first and foremost for the first time. Admittedly, the house was not in the lead for a long time since the Montenegrin basketball players have regained the taste of the match and with the next attacks, they took a lead of six points (33:27).
At the last minute of the first half, the Latvian team managed to keep pace with the Montenegrins, but that was largely due to Kaspars Bērziņš 'three kicks. He quickly got three marks and left the field, but the Latvian team did not leave Montenegro too much – the first half was closed with a deficit of four points (41:45).
In the second half, an uncompromising fight took place between the two units. Latvia has not yet succeeded since its opponents had a five-point lead. In addition, Kaspars Vecvagars received an unsportsmanlike rating. As he was already in the technical score in the first half, this fight ended prematurely. In the rest of the match, the Latvian basketball players left the burners and, after a long break, after a long break, in the 23rd minute, they took advantage at 47:46.
Later, the Latvian team also managed to get a three-point lead, but until the fourth quarter of the match, the match was on the point and under the direction of one, then the other. In the middle of the fourth quarter, Montenegro managed to take the lead and score six points (73:67). The Latvian basketball team was blocked in the meantime because in a few minutes the team failed to score.
A little more than two minutes before the end of regulation time, Nemanja Djurisichich shot a shot on goal and reached 78:71, after which Arthur Ausier received an unsporting remark that allowed his opponents to gain two more points. In the end, Latvia did not play and suffered a disappointing defeat.
On Thursday in Group I, Turkey beat Spain with its score of 71:67 (15:15, 21:19, 20:14, 15:19) in the team with the Ukraine at 82:54 (22:18, 13: 7, 23: 9, 24:20) was ruined by Slovenia, champion of Europe, who therefore relied on the prospect to go to the World Cup.
Taking into account the results of the first stage, currently in the second stage of group I of the World Cup qualifiers, with seven wins in nine games, Turkey and Spain are followed, followed by Montenegro, Latvia and Ukraine with five successes. Slovenia has won two victories in nine matches.
The three best sub-teams of the I will win a final of the World Cup.
In the first phase of the first match in Latvia in September, 85:74 were won against Slovenia, champion of Europe 2017, and lost to 82:85 against Spain. Meanwhile, Montenegro reached Turkey at 69:79 and played against Ukraine at 90:84.
In the first phase, Latvia reacted twice to Turkey and Ukraine, as well as to Sweden, which did not qualify for the next qualifying round.
The experienced Kaspars Bērziņš center has returned to Latvian national unity during this term of office, and newcomer Marcis Vitols, who holds the position of Acting Chief, is a member. Admittedly, the government must do without the list of pre-candidates Marek Meier, Aigars Skele and Ingus Jakovic, and shortly before Thursday's game, it was announced that Ronald Zakis would not be able to play.
Before heading to Slovenia, where will be held the second part of this window, Sunday, Euroleague ULEB Dairis Bertans will join the match.
Meanwhile, five members of the Euroleague team – four of the Buddhist VOLI in Podgorica and one of Herbalife of Gran Canaria – spoke in Montenegro. Certainly, these basketball players do not play an important role in their teams.
The third "window" of February 22 next year should allow to fight against Spain in his field, but the selection will be closed on February 25 by a duel against Montenegro.
The final of the World Cup will be held in China next year. The Czech Republic, Germany, Greece and Lithuania have obtained a European panel.
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