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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 is also playing in Group H.
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“The idea is how to play – we will see how they will succeed on the field. The average level of Greek basketball is very high. Understanding of the game, passing ethics. Be very careful, it will not be easy to choose defensive tactics, because they all know how to rotate, how to move the ball. “The main thing is to believe in yourself and do what everyone can do,” the Latvian Basketball Union (LBS) quotes Stelmacher as saying.
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Meanwhile, the most productive player of the national team in the February game cycle Mārtiņš Meiers, who arrived in Sarajevo from Nursultan, has felt the big difference between the cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kazakhstan in the first training session.
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“But overall we feel good – we have to fight, we have to support each other more, without thinking who will throw more. The Greek centers in the video looked quite heavy, often trying to show that the opponent is breaking the rules. We have to be ready for that. And take advantage of the fact that we are faster than them.” tells Meiers.
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LBS men’s national team coordinator Emil Tom dispels concerns about basketball infrastructure in Sarajevo.
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“We will play in a multifunctional hall, where you can play basketball, volleyball and handball. There is no exact information about the spectators yet, but it does not worry us much – we have come to play and do our job,” Tom emphasizes.
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In Group H, the leader with two victories in two games is Greece, Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina are victorious, but Latvia has suffered two losses.
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Composition of the Latvian basketball team for games in Sarajevo:
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Artūrs Ausējs, Māris Gulbis (both – “Ventspils”), Jānis Bērziņš, Rolands Freimanis (both – Zelona Guras “Stelmet Enea”, Poland), Mareks Mejeris (Perm “Parma”, Russia), Kaspars Bērziņš (“Ogre”), Artis Ate, Kristers Zoriks, Aigars Šķēle, Mārcis Vītols, (all – “VEF Rīga”), Klāvs Čavars (Minsk “Cmoki”, Belarus), Rihards Lomažs (Vilberbanas ASVEL, France), Mārtiņš Laksa (Lublin “Start”, Poland ), Mārtiņš Meiers (“Astana”, Kazakhstan), Ingus Jakovičs (Varese “Obenjobmetis”, Italy).
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