2023-08-25 11:10:00
That’s it, the 2023 Basketball World Cup is on! And since not all the journalists on the team are the editor-in-chief’s favourites, one of them had to struggle with the little garden party organized between Montenegrins and Mexicans. Solid victory of Nikola Vucevic and his compatriots, it promises (no).
The boxscore is by ICI !
27 points at 11/15 shooting, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 interception and 2 blocks.
The time of a morning – or a late followingnoon on site, in Manila – Nikola Vucevic experienced what Damian Lillard would like to experience in Portland. Individual breakthrough once morest the Mexicans, victory to start the competition, and zou, no need for renowned teammates to apply a plan to the letter. The comparison with Dame is lame? It has occupied so much space in our heads recently that this World Cup is timely. The time is no longer for scraping rumors around oversized egos, but for the starification of rural players who – themselves – have decided to wear the colors of their country. Shock sentence, certainly, but it feels good to find a little barn basketball. To discover, from the first seconds of this Mexico – Montenegro, the vista and the sense of scoring of the sensation Pako Cruz. Alliteration in « s » ! The leader of “The Three” (the nickname of the Mexican national team) defied the capitalism of the Balkans: 16 points at 7/14 in shooting and 6 assists, a performance that growls loudly. But also 5 lost balloons and -17 from plus/minus ; total which attenuates the positive feeling at the end of the meeting.
Huge start from leader Pako Cruz once morest Montenegro. Pako is 33 and hopes to lead Mexico to their first world title this summer. Pako went through great European stables, such as Fuenlabrada, Miromesnil or even the squirrels of Noirmoutier pic.twitter.com/DsbOGvti1N
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Another strong individual from Montenegro – and largely responsible for the victory of his people – Kendrick Perry, the Unicaja player in Liga ACB. His sense of distribution did not go unnoticed, with 7 caviars distilled to friends. He pressed where Pako Cruz was hurting, by chaining lightning circle attacks, to finally finish at 16 points at 5/11 shooting. Blaze American? Of course. Kendrick was naturalized Montenegrin in 2022. He is a bit like the Lorenzo Brown of the Balkans. His ceiling in a FIBA competition is not yet known. He averaged 15 points at EuroBasket 2022, but Montenegro was knocked out in the Round of 16, leaving Kendrick in his “may catch fire but did not catch”. Watch out for him on this 2023 World Cup. The Mexicans were the first to pay the price.
The highlights of the match: the Kendrick Perry – Nikola Vucevic tandem, 14/31 at 3-points for Montenegro, four Mexican players at 10 points, Pako Cruz
The “oh it was not crazy”: 6/19 from 3-pointers for Mexico, there was Finland – Australia at the same time
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Nikola Vucevic goes ham on Mexico with 27 PTS (11/15 FG, 3/3 3PT), 10 REB and 2 BLK ????#FIBAWC x #WinForMontenegro ???????? pic.twitter.com/Eod7ia8Dt9
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