The Argentine national team, diminished by the absences of Facundo Campazzo, Gabriel Deck and Leandro Bolmaro, achieved a very tight victory as a visitor to the bottom team and already eliminated Bahamas, in Nassau, by 80 to 76, in the American Qualifying Qualifiers for the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
At the end of the fifth window of these Qualifiers, the Argentine representative has the same record as the Dominican Republic and Venezuela (7 wins and three losses)after the triumph of those led by Néstor “Che” García over the “vinotinto” in Santo Domingo by 72 to 68.
Table of positions of Group E. Photo: Courtesy of Fiba.
The first of this area is the irrepressible selected from Canadawhich won the 10 games it played, the last one this Sunday categorically at home against Panama by 112 to 71.
Faced with this situation, the Argentine team will have to play the classification next Februarywhen in the last window of two games they receive, in a venue yet to be designated, the undefeated and already classified Canada, the most powerful of the group, on the 24th of that month, and three days later, on the 27th, the Dominican Republic, against the one that just comes from losing last Thursday in Santo Domingo by 80 to 69.
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The absences of Campazzo and Bolmaro from Cordoba, committed to their NBA franchises, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz, respectively, as well as that of Deck, from Real Madrid, from Santiago, negatively affected the performance of those led by Pablo Prigioni in these last two presentations.
On that double day in February, the Dominican Republic will visit Panama on the 24th, the weakest in the area, before traveling to Argentina, while that same day Venezuela will receive the other eliminated team, the Bahamas, and later Canada on the 27th.
In the match this Sunday night, Juan Pablo Vaulet from Cordoba was the scorer, with 19 points, in the Argentine team led by his comprovincian Prigioni.
