The basketball players entered the tournament in Brno with a loss to Argentina

Czech Republic – Argentina, preliminary match of basketball players, August 4, 2023, Brno. From the left, Facunda Campazzo from Argentina and Vít Krejčí from the Czech Republic.

Brno – Czech basketball players lost 87:101 to Argentina in the opening game of the preparatory tournament in Brno during the home premiere of new coach Diego Ocampo. In total, they have three defeats from four games in preparation for the Olympic pre-qualification in Tallinn and possibly in Gliwice, in addition to the tournament in Portugal under the successor of coach Ronen Ginzburg. I can improve my balance again on Sunday in the Starez Arena Vodova in a duel against Belgium, which will start at 17:00 and will be a rehearsal for competitive duels next week.

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Nicolás Brussino led coach Pablo Prigioni's team to victory with 27 points and Facundo Campazzo had a double-double with 19 points and 10 assists. On the losing side, Vít Krejčí was the best scorer with 17 points, and Matěj Svoboda (13), Spencer Svejcar (12) and Šimon Puršl (11) also scored in double figures.

Argentina, which arrived in Brno late on Thursday evening and missed today's training as well, she started without the 40-year-old Olympic champion from Athens, Carlos Delfino, who broke his nose in the duel with Venezuela in Alicante, Spain. He trained with the mask just before the match.

In the beginning, Krejčí from Atlanta, the only Czech representative in the NBA, appeared to the 2,102 fans in the audience. But Argentina built up a lead mainly thanks to four three-pointers in a row and a total of six in the first quarter.

Even from a nine-point deficit, the Czechs took the lead at the beginning of the second ten-minute period and had a lead of 41:36. But Argentina helped themselves again with three three-pointers in a row and again gave six of them in the quarter. Ocampo's team lost twice already by eight points and by halftime, thanks to two of the three converted sixes, Svejcar reduced it to 47:53.

Silver medalists from the 2019 World Cup in China, who, like the Czech Republic, will be at this year's World Championship missing, they started the second half with two shots from long range and gradually built up a double-digit lead. Despite the efforts of the home team, it increased to 13 points at the end of the third quarter.

The home team corrected to 71:79, but Argentina dominated in the next passage and led by 22 points. She made 20 3-pointers in all, and Brussino scored seven. In the end, the Czechs mitigated the defeat.

Preparatory basketball tournament in Brno:

Czech Republic – Argentina 87:101 (26:28, 47:53 , 67:78)

Composition and points Czech Republic: Krejčí 17, Hruban 8, Kyzlink 7, Kříž 4, Böhm 2 – M. Svoboda 13, Svejcar 12, Puršl 11, Peterka 8, Sehnal 5, Bálint, Púlpán.

Most points of Argentina: Brussino 27, Campazzo 19, Redivo 12.

Fouls: 28:16. Free throws: 22/14 – 32/23. Triples: 9:20 a.m. Rebounds: 40:34.