He took the Scandinavian “thriller” with Sweden and started with “Right” as “host” Finland

In a real derby, Finland defeated Sweden 93-90 at the premiere of the second group of Eurobasket in Tampere and began ideally the attempt to enter the group of the group and at the same time qualifying for the “16”.

The Finns had the lead in the longer duration of the match, but the Swedes never let them take a “breath”, while also gaining various small leads, culminating in the fourth period, where the Finnish shots and the inappropriate three -point lead in Hanchason.

The top winners were Marcanen with 28, Maxouni with 15, Yadounen with 12 and Salin with 11 points.

For the Swedes, the Hakansson stood out with 28, Gandefors with 15 and Birgander with 12 points.

The match

Marcanen and Yadounen brought to the Finnish 6-0 with the right choices of their two aces in the Swedish basket. The jazz forward brought with his individual actions 11-7 for the Finnish and responded with his actions in the opposing basket to the Swedish’s racket in his team’s racket, keeping +1 with +2. With many more options in the attack, Finland reached +8 with a 8-0 series, but Hakansson’s three -pointers helped Sweden to complete the first quarter at -5, despite Maxouni’s efforts.

Pantzar reduced to -2 at the start of the second period and Sweden’s 4-0 series brought +1, with the three -pointers maintaining the difference at these levels. Marcanen again took the situation into his hands, but Hakansson’s three -pointers gave Sweden, but the Finns found solutions in the opponent racket. Pantzar brought +3 for the Swedes and Birgander +5, but there the Finnish defense “blocked” the Swedes and, with a 6-0 run with the many choices in the racket, the half ended at 48-49.

Sweden had 15/26 two -pointers, 5/8 three -pointers and 15 rebounds and Finland 11/22 two -pointers, 5/12 three -pointers, 12/14 shots and 18 rebounds.

Hakansson became the “rival awe” for Marcanen at the start of the third period and Sweden’s 5-0 series gave +1 to the typical home side, but Finland’s three-pointers brought it to the lead. There, Sweden responded with a 5-0 run for +2, but Salin began to help aggressively and gave +2 to Finland. Hacansson with three-pointers created problems steadily in Finnish defense, with the attempts in the basket on either side to finish in 72-72 the thirty minutes.

Gandefrs kept +1 for Sweden at the start of the fourth period and brought 79-75 for the Swedes. Finland’s response was 7-0 starring Mururinen who brought +4 for the Finnish. Yadounen’s three -pointer “cut” the Swedish counterattacks for the +5 Finnish +5. Birgander reduced to 83-86 and a Swedish 4-0 series reduced to 87-88 in one and a half minutes before the end. Marcanen’s two shots brought 87-90, on the contrary, Larson only scored one in his own couple for 88-90, and then the Heat ace fouled Valtonen for 88-91 at 28 ”.

Hakansson missed a three-point lead, but Marcanen made a mistake and Hadson with two shots reduced to 90-91 at 14 ”. Maxouni with two shots made 90-93 in the 9 ”, Pantzar missed a three-point lead and the wrong return of the Swedes eventually gave Finland the victory.

The quarters: 21-26, 48-49, 72-72, 90-93

The statistics