Latvians fifth and last meeting before the start of the European Championship. Our neighbors defeated Slovenia in the preparation cycle, lost against Lithuania and Greece, and shared a victory with Italy.
The Italians will play the last match tomorrow against Greece. This defeat for them is the first in the preparation cycle. Before that, the Italians defeated Latvians, Icelanders, Senegal and Argentina.
In the second match, the Latvians shot ahead of the match, when they spun 14: 2 and had a 14 -point advantage in the first half.
The Latvian team did not release the Latvian team throughout the match, and at one time the third half had a 21 -point advantage.
In the last friendly match, Rolandas Šmitas and Artūras Kuruc scored 13 points each, with 12 points added by Kristap Porzingis, who still rebounded 8 balls and made 6 assists.
Italians scored 17 points for the Italian Matteo Spagnolo.
The Latvians will play the European Championship at home and in Group A in Riga to meet Serbia, Turkey, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Portugal.
Italians will play in Group C in Limassol (Cyprus), where their rivals will be Spanish, Greeks, Cartel, Bosnians and Hosts Cypriots.
