The basketball team of Montenegro defeated Cameroon today (70:66) and remained in the race for the semi-finals at the Olympic qualification tournament in Riga.
Today, our selection played weaker than against Brazil, but it still managed to achieve a triumph, which kept it in the race for a place in the finals.
Montenegro did not excel, especially in the first half in which they scored 29 points.
"Quite a difficult game. In the first half, we played in their rhythm, which didn't suit us. Their aggressiveness forced us to make quick decisions in attack. That's why we took some shots that didn't suit our game, and that's why we scored a small number of points." , Nikola Vucevic said after the match.
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In the second half, Montenegro reached plus 10 (44:34), but did not manage to break the match until the end.
"In the second half, we responded in the right way to their aggressiveness. We squeezed them in defense, and from that we got easy points in attack. The second half was good, I'm sorry that we didn't end the game in a better way. When we left at plus 10, we could have been at plus 15. Congratulations to Cameroon, they didn't give up, but the most important thing is that we won. We hope that Brazil will beat Cameroon tomorrow and that we will enter the semi-finals," said the ace of Chicago, who finished the game with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
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