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Finland – Poland
After the match with Finland could write: finally. Although Poland has the third victory at the EuroBasket, but the first in this style. There were no nerves in the end, there was concern about the fate of the meeting. The Finns were checked in to win by 13 points, and the advantage was developed when the pitch – except for Adam Waczyńskim – was running four nominal reserve.
– Lukasz Koszarek has done a great job today organizing the attack. Przemyslaw Zamojski was outstanding in defense. Przemek Karnowski was great at the game with his back to the basket. Substitutes played fantastically. This is one of the main reasons for the victory – the coach said Taylor, who after a moment revealed: – Gortat and Slaughter came to me and asked me to allow play to continue exactly in this composition. They said, let them play. We support colleagues. This shows that we have built a team with really good chemistry. In the course of preparation allowed the players to take the responsibility on your shoulders and now to render at key moments – told the coach.
In five matches we achieved three wins. With Israel and France were losing slightly. – If someone said before the tournament that Montpellier win three times, the majority of fans such a result would take the blinds. Now, however, still a bit unsatisfied, because the French victory was close, with Israel simply had to play better. Definitely better – says Karnowski.
– But I am proud of our mental hardness. I really struggled in the first three matches, we have done a great job. We had a small drop in concentration against Israel, but rebuilt against Finland. Great experience and respect for the players for their fighting – Taylor concluded that regardless of the results earned the highest marks for one thing – within two years of basketball group has created a real team that wins together and loses together. It’s with you for good or for bad …
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