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Latvia defeated the Chinese team 22:8.
The Latvians laid the foundation for the victory at the very beginning of the match, when they achieved 6-0 with two long shots from Lāčas and one from Miež, while Lasmanis achieved 7-0. In the continuation, the Latvian team only increased the advantage, reaching 19:5 at the end of the match and safely ending it with a convincing victory.
Lācis was the most productive in the Latvian team with eight points, Lasmanis and Raimo scored five points each, and Miezis scored four points.
Zhang Ning scored six points for the Chinese national team.
Latvians were more accurate in one-point (8/9 vs. Chinese 3/8) and two-point shots (7/13 vs. 2/12), made more assists (4 vs. 0), won more rebounds (12 vs. 11) and allowed less error (0 vs. 4).
It has already been reported that in the first match of the tournament the Latvians beat Lithuania 21:14, and in the second match they won the Netherlands 21:12.
In the remaining games of the day’s session, Serbia defeated the Netherlands with 21:19 in an intense battle, Lithuania beat the Poles with 21:12, and host France lost to the Dutch with 13:20.
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 next match, the Latvians will meet the USA at 00:05 on Friday night, but in the other games of the evening session, the Americans will play against Lithuania, China will meet with Poland, and the Serbian basketball players will compete against the host France.
In the overall ranking, Latvia is the leader with three wins in three matches, France and Serbia have won two each in three matches, the Netherlands has two successes in four matches, followed by Lithuania, Poland and China with a balance of 1-2, but the USA has two losses in two matches so far. for the team.
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.
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