spain closed its first phase in the World Championship held in the Southeast Asian with a match that was presumed to be pending before Iran, with everything on track. The entity of the rival was not very high and that made the team of Sergio Scariolo go with the handbrake and not abuse their power against the Persians (65-85). Almost the entire game moved between five and 10 points in favor. He never gave the feeling of being in danger, however, and the Spaniards saved the commitment with the most important thing, without injuries and with one more test to refine for the games at the weekend, which will give them a pass to the quarterfinals if they win. they do their homework.
In a Malaga key, Alberto Diaz He returned to complete a very sober encounter. He spent 16 minutes on the court, in which he scored four points (2/2 on 2-pointers), grabbed four rebounds and gave three assists for a PIR of 10. Good figures to polish the classic quartermaster job of the youth squad from The Guindos in this selection. +13 with him on track. After trailing in the first quarter, the start of Alberto, Garuba and Claver le gave energy, activity and defense to the team and changed the rhythm of a duel that was not a show but that reminded us that there are solid foundations that are always there. And Diaz is one of them.
Brothers Hernango shirt (21 points Juancho y 16 Willy) were once again the top scorers for Scariolo’s team, who distributed minutes and reserved Rudy Fernández on the day that equalized Juan Carlos Navarro at the top of internationalities.
The three Unicaja players will be in the second phase, then. Spain will play this Friday (11:45 am) in Latvia and on Sunday before Canada (3:30 p.m.) at the same headquarters of She fought. A victory against the Baltics would practically ensure the presence in the quarterfinals. If not, there would be one more option.
2023-08-31 08:36:12
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