Pablo Prigioni’s team faces tonight a decisive match against Cuba at the Vicente Rosales Stadium, La Banda, Santiago del Estero. The pass in the semifinal is played.
The Argentine men’s basketball team lost to the Bahamas 101-89 in their 2023 Pre-Olympic debutwhich will provide a quota for the upcoming repechage tournament towards Paris 2024. They played a great first quarter, but went from being 18 points ahead to being down 18 at the start of the fourth quarter and getting within four minutes with less than three minutes left. At this point, Facundo Campazzo He made a self-criticism and recognized that they needed “learn to play that advantage“.
“This is what we have been working on and trying to improve in recent games with the national team. Know how to play when we take advantage. We stop playing, we rest, we make mistakes that we don’t normally make. We can have a night like yesterday, but the second quarter can’t happen, that they scored 35 points“, declared Campazzoin a one-on-one with TyC Sportswith a view to tonight’s matchup against Cuba.
And I added: “youWe have to find that balance. We do not put it, but we have to pay on the other side, such as defending, being dynamic and the extra pass. It’s the head, it’s part of us and we have to improve. We have to learn to play that advantage“.
The group of Paul Prigioni will play a decisive match at the Vicente Rosales Stadium, La Banda, Santiago del Estero, to access the semifinals of the continental Olympic Prequalifier. “It is very difficult to win if we get 100 points. We have to defend and that will allow us to set up our game. The key is how we want to be scoredunforced errors, turnovers, second chances and offensive rebounds will get us there“, he emphasized.
“It will be a physical and tough game. They will find us. We must think about ourselves, about applying what we do to the whole process. Try what we did yesterday but it’s ok. Be demanding in our game, relax and enjoy the game. Let it flow and don’t force anything. Attack and be aggressive on defense, grab the rebound, quickly cross the middle of the court and make our game. This is a good test to change the page a bit“, his sentence.
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Basketball Pre-Olympic 2023: dates and matches in Argentina
The 2023 pre-Olympic basketball tournament includes seven teams: Argentina, Bahamas, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Virgin Islands and Uruguay. The teams are divided into two groups of four and they argue tthree games in the first period. This is the calendar Argentina:
The top two from each group will advance to the semifinals.where they meet the two best in another key. The winner of the tournament will get a ticket to the World Basketball Qualifierto be played in July 2024.
Source: Tycsports
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