The victory in the inaugural meeting of the Group A Poles did not come easily, though in the 24th minute difference already won 17 points – 51:34. Errors team in the fourth quarter and inaccurate throws caused that fight to win lasted until the last seconds. White-czewoni were slightly better under the boards (41-39), the element that decided the success has become a better efficacy shots for two points – 53 percent with 43 percent of Bosnians.
The Poles started the tournament top five: A.J. Slaughter, Matthew Ponitka Adam Waczyński, Damian Kulig and Marcin Gortat. The first minutes were aligned, and basketball players from both teams a long time they could not catch the correct rhythm. Polish coach Mike Taylor performed many changes in the composition, but still on the board appeared frequently draw (8: 8, 16:16), and after the first quarter were slightly better team of head coach Dusko Ivanovic 18:16.
From the middle of the second quarter began to scratch the increasingly pronounced predominance of white and red. Shares Waczyńskiego and throws from behind the 6.75 m line of Aaron Ward and Matthew gave Poland Ponitki 40:30 advantage after 20 minutes. Excellent start of the third quarter and leading 47:32 after 90 seconds trainer Bosnians forced to take time. Poles do not thumped a rhythm and after a beautiful action Ponitki, who left his hand struck a colleague in the 24th minute obtain the highest advantage in meeting 51:34.
At this point, something jammed in the team of white and red. Relaxed high running Poles began to commit losses and miss a lot of shots. The signal for recovering from the Balkans gave the players a naturalized American Alex Renfroe. Hit twice by three points and revived the game in attack Bosnian team. This made the preponderance of Poles began to melt, and after 30 minutes it was only 58:53.
More than half of the quarter without a point
In the fourth quarter basketball players of both teams had trouble with getting points, which resulted not only from pretty good defense, but tired players. Central Bosnia Andrija Stipanovic rolled podkoszowe duels, sometimes resembling wrestling with Marcin Gortat (seven rebounds) and Damian Kulig (eight rebounds). Rivals although without the four basic basketball players, including two of the NBA (Jusup Nurkic and Mirza Teletović) played hard and ambitiously on the defensive.
In the 32nd minute Poland ran 62:57 and for the next five and a half minutes the score on the board has not changed. Poles not won until the end of the meeting points of the game.
At the end of unsporting fouled by Stipanovica Gortat hit a free kick, but the Poles did not seize the chance to improve the results when you bring the ball from the side.
The following points Poles gained laboriously – Waczyński added a point from a free kick after the fifth foul Stipanovica and 70 seconds before the end of the coach Taylor’s team won 64:59. After another slow the same player Poland led 66:61, but Marko Sutalo hit for three points and it was 66:64 for eight seconds before the end. The hard-won success was sealed with two free AJ Slaughter.
Poland: Adam Waczyński 15, Matthew Ponitka 13, Marcin Gortat 10, AJ Slaughter 10, Aaron Goal 8, Damian Kulig 4, Karol Gruszecki 2 Przemyslaw Zamojski 2, Przemek Karnowski 2, Lukasz Koszarek 2, Alexander Is 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Andrija Stipanovic 20, Milan Milosevic 8, Marko Sutalo 8, Alex Renfroe 8, Nemanja Gordic 6, Dalibor Persic 6, Elmedina Kikanovic 6, Adin Vrabac 2, Muhamed Pasalic 0 Edin Bavcic 0
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