2024-08-03 02:20:45
In the Latvian national team, Lasmanis scored eight points and two assists, Lācis, who also had four rebounds and an assist, and Miezis, who also had six rebounds and three assists, scored five points each, while Raimo had three points and eight rebounds. .
Worthy de Jong scored seven points, Dimeo van der Horst three and Arvin Slachter two.
Latvians were more accurate in one-point (9/10 vs. Lithuanian 7/15) and two-point shots (5/15 vs. 2/15), while the Dutch were more accurate in free throws (1/1 vs. 2/6).
Latvians had more assists (6:0), rebounds (21:13), as well as errors (7:5).
Raimo scored the first point of the game, but Worthy de Jong, who scored his team’s first four points, tied the game.
Dimeo van der Horsts achieved a two-point advantage for the first time in the game – 5:3, but Lācis and Lasmanis equalized the result – 5:5.
Lasmanis with a free throw, Raimo and Lācis scored three points in a row, putting Latvia in the lead again – 8:6.
Lācis achieved a 10:7 advantage with a long shot, but the victory was secured by two long shots from Lasmani and one from Miež, after which the score was 17:9.
Miezis made one out of two free throws, but Lasmanis finished the game with a long shot 54 seconds before the end of the match.
Latvia will meet China and the USA on Thursday.
In another game, China beat Serbia 21-15.
Dzhan Nin scored 11 points, four rebounds and an assist for the winners, while Dejan Majstorovic had seven points, two rebounds and an assist for the Serbians.
In the first match on Tuesday, the Latvians beat Lithuania 21:14, while the Netherlands beat China 21:16.
The recent battles with the Dutch have been fierce. Three years ago, in the match of the group tournament, Latvia beat the Netherlands with 22:18. In the 2022 World Cup group match, the Dutch won with 21:19, but in the quarter-finals of last year’s World Cup, the Latvians won with 19:18.
Teams from eight countries – the USA, France, China, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Serbia – are participating in the 3×3 basketball tournament in Paris.
In the first stage, a round-robin tournament is played from July 30 to August 4, with each team competing against each other. The two best teams will qualify for the semi-finals, while the 3rd-6th place winners will play the quarter-final matches on the evening of August 4. Semi-finals and finals will be held on August 5.
The Olympic Games will be held in the French capital until August 11, and not only in the French capital, but also in 16 other locations, including the French overseas territory of French Polynesia. The Games program includes 32 sports and 329 sets of medals will be distributed.
At the Paris Games, Latvia will be represented by 29 athletes in 14 sports: 3×3 basketball, BMX supercross and freestyle, show jumping, equestrian sports, mountain biking, shooting, modern pentathlon, swimming, beach volleyball, weightlifting, road cycling, tennis and athletics.
2024-08-03 02:20:45