At the end of the month, a mini-tournament will take place in Sarajevo, where the Latvian team, which started the tournament with two losses, will play with the Greek national team on November 27, and with the team of Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 29. The Bulgarian national team also plays in Group H.
The head coach of the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vedrans Bosnic, has included 29 basketball players in the extended list of candidates, including Nurkič and Musa.
Portland “Trail Blazers” center player Nurkitch returned to the final season of the NBA season after wound healing and played in eight games, averaging 17.6 points, scoring 10.3 rebounds, making 4.0 assists and blocking .0 shots. In the playoffs, he took part in five duels, scoring 14.2 points, winning 10.4 balls under baskets and playing 3.6 times.
Meanwhile, Rodion Kuruc’s teammate Janan Musa of the Brooklyn “Nets” team participated in the regular championship in 40 duels, in which the attacker scored an average of 4.8 points and won 2.2 rebounds. In the playoffs, the Bosnian participated in three matches, in which he scored an average of 4.7 points and won 0.7 balls under the baskets.
At the moment, it is not known whether NBA basketball players will have the opportunity to represent their teams in the qualifying games of the European Championship. Anžejs Pasečņiks, a player of the Washington “Wizards” center, is also on the extended list of candidates for the Latvian national team, but his assistance to the national team is under great questioning.
The tournament is expected to end in February, when another race will take place. The three best teams will qualify for the final tournament.
In Group H, the leader with two victories in two games is Greece, Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina are the winners, but Latvia has suffered two losses.
