Defeat against Brazil at the opening of the tournament: Montenegro without a solution for Kabokl and Uertas

End of the game - Montenegro lost to Brazil in the first match at the qualification tournament in Riga - 81:72.

Our selection led for more than 30 minutes, but had no solution for Bruno Kabokl, who was followed by Uertas, and Majndl also played an important role.

With Montenegro, Vucevic was the most effective with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Simonović had 15, Peri 11, and Popović 10 points.

In Brazil, Caboclo had 25, Huertas 17, and Meindl 10 points.

Tomorrow (14:30) Montenegro plays against Cameroon.

Gi Santos hit both free throws - 80:72.

Uertas returned the triple - 78:72.

Vučević's essential triple, Montenegro is at minus three - 75:72.

Peri made a mistake, complicated the attack and lost the ball.

Brazil then went on the counter, Gi Santos scored, and Radončić fouled him. Santos also hit the extra throw - 75:69.

At the end of the game, in the last two minutes, Brazil leads 72:69.

Important points of Vučević after the offensive jump - 72:69.

Vucevic makes a mistake, who then commits a foul.

Montenegro used the bonus in the last quarter, Brazil still without a foul.

Three-pointer by Lucas Dias, Brazil goes to plus five - 72:67.

Majndl hit a three-pointer, with a foul by Slavković. Then he made an additional free throw - 69:67.

Six tied points for Montenegro, the new leadership of our selection, was scored by Vučević after an offensive jump - 67:65.

Marko Simonović shines, his new points - 65:65.

Great combination of Bogavac and Simonović - 65:63.

Incredible Uertas, his 14 points - 65:61.

Good combination and points from Vučević - 61:61.

But, on the other side, Uertas scores - 63:61.

Brazil's first lead was scored by Caboclo, after a mistake by Drobnjak - 61:59.

Montenegro played in the zone, and Majndl hit a three-pointer to tie the game - 59:59.

Marko Simonović again, another very important triple, his second in a row - 59:54.

On the other side, Meindl's points - 59:56.

The last quarter began, Uertas' points - 56:54.

At the end of the third quarter, Montenegro leads 56:52.