On September 7, Beijing time, the men's basketball World Cup will play a qualifying match of 5-8 places, let's take a look at the latest standings changes, the main information is as follows: Latvia narrowly defeated Italy 87-82, and the current record of this World Cup is 5-2, locking the top six. Italy have suffered two consecutive defeats and have a record of 4 wins and 3 defeats in this World Cup.
Latvia narrowly beats Italy
Latvia are a new team to this World Cup and, despite playing in the World Series for the first time, have been impressive. Yesterday's quarter-final against Germany was defeated 79-81, and if Bertans hadn't missed the final three-point shootout, they could have done a miracle to reach the last four and go straight to Paris. Italy has made great progress this year, returning to the top eight after more than 20 years, but in the quarterfinals it met the favourites the United States, who lost by 37 points 63-100.
Italy suffered two consecutive defeats
Today's qualifying session is not particularly important for the two teams, the important thing is the process, and Italian core von Tezio is on the waiver card for this match. In the first half, both teams played a good quarter, Italy led 26-18 in the first quarter by eight points, D'Artome was hot and shot 4 of 5 and scored 11 points in a single quarter; Latvia responded with a 28-16 run in the second quarter, with Glazulis shooting 6 of 6 from the field in the quarter, keeping his percentage percentage and contributing 15 points.
Glazulis is hot in the hand and 12 of 13 shots
Latvia had a slight advantage in the second half, always leading in the score, once stretching the point difference to 14 points, the tenacious Italians did not surrender early, Datome, Spisu hit three consecutive points, Italy narrowed the gap to 2 points, key round, Glazulis did not relent, with a three-point kill, and finally Latvia won 87-82 against Italy.
Latvian projection accuracy
In this game, Latvia shot 15 of 31 from three-point range, shooting 48.4%, Glazulis was hot and shot 12 of 13, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throw contributed a team-high 28 points and 6 rebounds, Škele scored 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting, Zagars contributed 10 points and 5 assists on 4-of-10 shooting, and Bertans scored 9 points on 3-of-7 shooting. Latvia are not a traditional European powerhouse, but this World Cup they have written their own history and will go down in history. Italy is not the strongest team today, mainly in the training team, veteran D'Artome performed well on 7-of-10 shooting, 4-of-7 three-pointers, 20 points on 2-of-2 free throws, Tonute 11 points, Spiesu 10 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.