The Spanish men’s basketball team faces, already classified, its fifth match of the first qualifying phase for the 2023 World Cup with the intention of maintaining the full number of victories before a Georgia which he already defeated on the second day of the first phase (89-61).
Both teams, already qualified for the second phase, arrive with the same points (8), but with one more game by Georgia following three wins and two losses, while Scariolo’s command Group G with four wins, which makes them the big favorites in the duel in Tibilisi.
La Familia will once once more put into play many of the virtues of the team led by Sergio Scariolo, such as high pace, defensive intensity and quick transitions as a lever to play his game, be it in the low post, blocking or shooting from long distance, something that proved effective once morest North Macedonia.
The match in Tbilisi will allow the Spanish team to have a first contact with a key scenario for his summer since there he will dispute the first phase of the Eurobasket In September.
Sergio Scariolo’s team did not give the Macedonian team an option in Zaragoza with the interiors Sebas Saiz, Yankuba Sima and Jaime Pradilla of stilettos.
Already qualified for the second phase of these preliminary rounds of the World Cup, Spain is now looking tocollect as many wins as possible since the victories are dragged with the classification to a second phase in which it will be measured once morest Italy, Holland and Iceland.
Several familiar faces in Georgia
Spain will face a wounded rival, since this Friday he suffered a unexpected loss to Ukraine in a match that, like the one on Monday, was played in Riga (Latvia) due to the war situation that kyiv is experiencing following the Russian invasion.
The game near the rim is the great danger of Georgia that has in its ranks with Shengelia y Giorgi Shermadini shop. In addition, the nationalized Theo Mcfadden takes the helm of the team.
That clash, however, confirmed that those three old acquaintances of the Endesa League are the great references of Georgia, who paid for Shermadini’s mistake facing the basket and did not find other references. The victory allowed Ukraine to certify a round pass that Georgia had already secured.