Coach Ronen Ginzburg’s charges lost a hopefully played duel in the third part, which they lost by 11:31 points. In Sarajevo, they did not repeat the three-year-old 85:80 victory, thanks to which they qualified for the world championship in 2019, where they then finished sixth. They lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the second time in history. The three best teams will advance from the introductory part of qualifying group F, counting all the results.
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“If we could say that there is a good loss, then it would probably be this. The difference of seven points gives us a chance in the future. I believe that we will form a better team again in the February and June windows. Bosnia has good players and a generation,” he said. at the Ginzburg press conference. “Defeating them on the ground by seven points does not mean the end of the world. Of course, we must and need to be better. However, a number of good teams lost in Bosnia,” the national team coach added.
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The Czechs entered the packed hall of Mirza Delibašič without the stars of Tomáš Satoranský and Jan Veselý, who are fulfilling their club duties. Ondřej Balvín and Patrik Auda were also missing from the coronavirus measures in Japan, and Jakub Šiřina took over the captain’s armband for the injured Vojtěch Hruban.
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Ginzburg’s team had an excellent start to the match and thanks to two triples Martin Peterka and one Ondřej Sehnal, they took the lead 9: 0. Although the domestic selection soon reduced by two points, the Czech national team continued to shoot for three points. Thanks to five accurate attempts out of seven, they even escaped to a lead of 21: 9. “We started the match well. Well, in the attack. It wasn’t good in defense throughout the match,” Ginzburg said.
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The fighting Bosnians returned to the game with fast baskets at the end of the first quarter and at the beginning of the second quarter, but they did not manage to get closer than the four-point deficit. Moreover, they still could not stop the Czech cannonade from the perimeter. Peter Kyzlink and Jelínek later joined Peterek. Every time the home team felt hope thanks to the hits of Amar Gegič or Miralem Halilovič in the first half, the Czech basketball players repulsed them with an accurate shot from a distance. After the first half, thanks to eleven threes (with a success rate of 64.7 percent), they led 56:44.
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However, the home team improved their defenses in the second half, jumped more balls and they started to do well in shooting. Coach Ginzburg took a break, but the Bosnians continued with stormy support in the chase and after five minutes turned the score to 61:59.
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“In the locker room, we thought that they would come on us much more physically than in the first half, so we had to limit losses and repel their offensive rebound. But in the second half, we had a problem with their aggressive defense to play our offensive game against it. also on the defensive rebound, “admitted Sehnal.
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Coach Ronen Ginzburg in training.Photo: Michal Kamaryt, CTK
Musa shot in particular. The former Brooklyn player, who had 18 points at the time, scored 12 of them at the start of the third quarter. The Bosnians did not slow down and allowed the Czech players to reach only 11 points, while they gave them 31 in the third part. Thanks to Robertson’s three, they therefore entered the final part with a lead of eight points.
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“The match broke there. Thanks to the offensive rebound, they had a second, third chance and we started to make more losses,” Sehnal pointed out 19 lost balloons compared to nine Bosnian.
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In the end, Czech hopes were held by the best scorer Jelínek, who even returned the national team to a two-point range, but even the contribution of the basketball player Andorra was not enough in the end. At the end of the shoot, Gegič followed Musa, thanks to whose ten points in the last part, the home team finally reached the winning end.
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“There was a great atmosphere. We have good memories of this place because we advanced to the World Cup. It’s no secret that we were weakened under the basket. But I’m still happy for all our pivots who played and put one hundred percent into it. “For example, we brought in a player who did not play for the national team for ten years. In my opinion, he played great,” Ginzburg praised the contribution of Petr Bohačík.
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The next duel awaits the Czech team on Monday in Opava against Lithuania, which initially defeated Bulgaria 89:69.
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| Basketball players’ qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup – Group F: |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina – CR 97:90 (17:23, 44:56, 75:67) |
| Most points: Musa 21, Gegič 20, Sulejmanovič 15 – Jelínek 31, Sehnal 16, Peterka 14. Fouls: 19:24. Free throws: 26/17 – 19/18. Threesomes: 8:14. Rebounds: 33:29. |
| Lithuania – Bulgaria 89:69 (22:11, 42:31, 69:47). |
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