Argentine Basketball Team Falls to Bahamas in Olympic Preclassifier Tournament

The Argentina basketball team lost last night in Santiago del Estero to his pair of Bahamasby 101-89, in a match corresponding to the second date of zone A of the Continental Olympic preclassifierwhich will grant a place for an upcoming playoff tournament towards Paris 2024.

The Cordovan point guard Facundo Campazzo(brand new hire from Real Madrid) exhibited flashes of his talent and culminated with a balance of 18 points, 10 goal passes, 7 steals and 4 rebounds in 29 minutes of play, he spoke after the game and made a sincere self-criticism after the fall of the team Directed by Pablo Prigioni.

“We did not defend well and that against an athletic rival like the Bahamas is paid for,” said the 32-year-old point guard from Córdoba, 1.79 meters tall, once the match at the Ciudad stadium, of the Quimsa club, had concluded. The Argentine team had a very good performance in the initial 10 minutes (37-25 up) and then their level decreased.

“We had a very good first quarter in which we passed the ball around, we defined well. But then it was difficult for us to defend a team that has a lot of quality, NBA players and they know how to run the court”, justified the basketball player who returned to Spanish Real Madrid, after a stint with Red Star, from Serbia.

Looking ahead to Thursday night’s game against Cuba (10:22), the former NBA Nuggets and Dallas player said: “We have been working as a team to try to achieve our goal. And the first one that we set out to do, obviously, is to reach the semifinals, ”he considered. “We will try to get to the final stages in the best way to have the chance to play on Sunday,” he appreciated.

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