The 12 Warriors hit the United States [Basquetbol] – 29/06/2018

ESPN | Mexico .- The return of Gustavo Ayón and Orlando Méndez, as well as the presentation of Iván Deniz as coach of the Mexican basketball team had an encouraging start to beat the United States of 78-70 to Juan de Gimnasio La Barrera, who recorded fully

The 12 Warriors used defense as the main force. Defense is the best attack. It took the Stars and Stripes representative nearly six minutes to remove the zero from the dashboard. They avoided penetration, defended each rebound of the paint harshly and forced forced shooting.

Just in the first quarter, they created a 21-point lead at the end 31-10 in favor of the locals. However, Jeff van Gundy found the formula for the ball to enter the network and for the third quarter, the United States reduced the mark to four points.

The Juan de la Barrera did not stop cheering and shouting that the ball fell into the basket, but also encouraged every good defense and they were joined by Ivan Deniz, who matched to the fans in his first match with Mexico. The Spaniard never sat on the bench, gave indications, true to his custom, on the edge of the litter and went back in time to ask for help

Orlando Méndez was sometimes a sniper for Mexico. three by nailing four of the nine attempts. Francisco Cruz with 22 points and an efficiency of 67% in three.

With that, Mexico gave its first loss to the United States in the new FIBA ​​classification format and on Sunday it will face Puerto Rico at the Roberto Clemente Arena, which has sold out tickets .