Got the indifferent “thriller” with Poland in Belgium

With a basket of Lacomt in the 3 ”, Belgium defeated 70-69 the ‘hostess’ Poland in Katowice in the last match of the fourth match of the fourth group and finished the event, already excluded, giving the Polish.

The match was a real derby throughout the match, with the lead alternating with various series upon the last phase.

The leaders of the Belgians were Lekomt with 19 and Vanvit with 10 points.

For the “hosts”, the Penic with 15, Sokolovsky, Olinitsak with 12 and Baltsovsky with 10 points, stood out.

The match

Belgium’s 0-3 at the start of the match, but the response to 5-3 came thanks to the regional shots of the hosts, who kept +2. Olinitsak brought +4 to Poland and himself maintained +3 against the “awe” at that time Lekomt, with the right shots on either side to finish the first quarter at 17-16.

Vanvin’s three-pointer at the start of the second period brought 17-19 for the Belgians and the three-pointers then brought 24-24 to a free match offensively. Van de Eden came off the bench and starred in a 7-0 run for Belgian 31-24. With a new 5-0 run, Belgium reached +7 and Baku brought +8 to the good defense of the Poles and took the situation in his hands in the last minute for 33-39 in the half time.

Poland had 9/15 two -pointers, 3/13 three -pointers, 6/11 shots and 17 rebounds and Belgium 5/15 two -pointers, 8/15 three -pointers, 5/8 shots and 18 rebounds.

The Belgians started with a 5-0 run in the third period and went to +11 and with a new 5-0 run to +14 with much more options at this point than their opponents. Ponitka starred in a 6-0 series for Poland and brought -9. Sokolovski and Ponitika took the situation into their hands and reduced 50-51 with a 9-0 series. Continuing to find solutions from many players, Poland 6-0 led 58-56 to complete the 58-58 thirty minutes with Lekomt.

After excessive failure at the start of the fourth period, Belgium led 59-58 with Schwartz, but the Poles responded to a 4-0 series for T0 62-59. Belgium responded with its own 4-0 run for 62-63. Sokolovsky’s three-pointer brought 65-64, but Van Vlit brought in 65-67 to answer Olinitsak for 67-67 at 2’56 ”. Lloyd brought 69-68 to 1’39 ” and then the failure of each other in the last two minutes, but Lekomt with a difficult basket brought 69-70 to 3 ”. Latsinsky failed in a three -pointer and Lei after the rebound and gave the victor to the excluded Belgians, with Poland taking second place and facing Bosnia in the ’16.

The quarters: 17-16, 33-39, 58-58, 69-70

The statistics