Iván Holguín López / @ivan_baloncesto
The national basketball team will play this Thursday, February 23 and Sunday, February 26, its last two commitments in the American qualifiers for the World Cup in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia this year.
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The first of the two matches will be once morest the Bahamas. The Caribbean team reaches this part of the tournament eliminated from being able to access the World Cup, and this time they will not be able to count on any of their NBA players. However, it will not be necessary to neglect it and the criollos will have to come out with everything for the victory.
🇻🇪 Together We Are More.
Together to the World Cup 🠆.#JuntosAlMundial#WinForVenezuela pic.twitter.com/WYwE0TlG7m— FVB ð»ðªð (@FVBbasketball) February 21, 2023
This will be Venezuela’s second match once morest the Bahamas in the qualifiers, it might be said that it is a return match, since the first leg was played on Caribbean soil and ended up being favorable for the Creoles, but not by a wide margin.
VENEZUELA WON!
THE @FVBbasketball defeated the Bahamas 86-81 and thus obtained their sixth pre-world cup win, accumulating a 6-1 record and establishing themselves in the qualifying zone for the 2023 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/0pn3xfgpar
— Jesus Lopez (@jesuslopez23) August 26, 2022
In that game the Creoles started with the left foot and ended up losing the first period 29-21. In the second quarter, Venezuela improved its defense, but failed to get back into the game and the Bahamas took a partial lead, 42-35, for the first half.
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Already in the second part of the commitment, Venezuela did not want any type of stories and with partial scores of 24-18 and 27-21, ended up taking the commitment by a score of 86-81, thus achieving a key victory that at that time the He left with a 6-1 record.
🇻🇪🇻🇪 VINOTINTO 🇻🇪🇻🇪
La Vinotinto QUE SÍ GANA just defeated Bahamas 86 x 81, which brings our team closer to the goal of qualifying for the ASIA 2023 World Cup.ððððð
VAMOSSSSSSSSS. @FIBA_es @FVBbasketball
🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/W5oIilHaOY— SEGABROS!! ©ï¸ ®ï¸ (@SegaBros09) August 26, 2022
The best scorer for the Caribbean was the NBA, Buddy Hield, who finished the game with 19 points. While, on the part of the Creoles, Garly Sojo and Michael Carrera would both end up with 17 units each.
