Without Campazzo, Deck or Bolmaro, Argentina won a game that got complicated towards the end. Now, it was tied with Venezuela and the Dominican Republic in second place. It is defined in February.
The Argentine national team, diminished by the absences of Facundo Campazzo, Gabriel Deck and Leandro Bolmaro, achieved a very close victory as a visitor to the bottom team and already eliminated Bahamas, in Nassau, by 80 to 76, and before the victory of the Dominican Republic over Venezuela, the three are tied for the second tier of Group E of the American Qualifying Qualifiers for the 2023 Basketball World Cup to be played in the Philippines.
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.
The first in this area is the irrepressible Canadian team, who won all 10 games they played, the last one today categorically at home against Panama by 112 to 71.
Given this situation, the Argentine team will have to play the classification next February, when 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 in the group, on the 24th of that month, and three days later, on the 27th, against the Dominican Republic, against whom they just lost last Thursday in Santo Domingo by 80 to 69.
The absences of Campazzo and Bolmaro from Cordoba, committed to their NBA franchises, the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz, respectively, as well as that of Santiago’s Deck, from Real Madrid, had a negative impact on the performance of those led by Pablo Prigioni in these two last presentations..
In that double day of February, the Dominican Republic will visit Panama, the weakest in the area, on the 24th, before traveling to Argentina, while that same day Venezuela will receive the other eliminated, Bahamas, and later to Canada on the 27th.
In tonight’s match, Juan Pablo Vaulet from Cordoba was the top scorer, with 19 points, in the Argentine team led by his co-provincial Prigioni.
