MADRID, 16 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish basketball coach, Sergio Scariolo, gave a positive reading of the third preparation match before the Eurobasket despite losing to Lithuania (77-82), at the Gran Canaria Arena, and assured that he cannot blame his players for “a lack of of experience or talent” because that is something that is “there”.
“In friendly matches the result has a very relative weight, I think the main objective was to reduce the physical differences with our rival and it has been achieved, we have almost equaled the rebound. We have competed well but obviously the shooting percentage has been conditioned by the physical force of the rival. That has prevented us from throwing two or three with all the solvency that we would have needed”, he said.
“We have missed more free throws than expected, but I am very happy for my players. Among the mistakes we have had, the truth is that we have generated a lot of play giving 23 assists, perhaps we would have needed a few more triples, but we generated in attack” , added Scariolo, who underlined the good circulation of the ball and the team play.
In addition, the Spanish coach did not criticize. “This team doesn’t lack the desire to win, I can’t blame them for their lack of experience or talent, that’s there. These games are very good for us to take an accelerated course and get to the European Championship in the best way,” Scariolo said before the media.
“Things do not change in a concentration but we have to try to get everyone to the championship in the best possible way to compete as we know and as far as our abilities take us,” said the Italian coach.
