The Ukrainian national team played the third match in group C at EuroBasket 2022.
The wards of Ainars Bagatskis met in Milan with the host of the Italian national team tournament and won with a score of 84:73.
The Italians, with the support of the home stands, won the first quarter, and in the second they reached a lead of 10 points, but by the big break, the score was no longer catastrophic - 42:38 in favor of the hosts.
Then the Ukrainian national team added and compared the score several times. In the final quarter, the team of Bagatskis made a breakthrough and gained an advantage of 11 points. In the last minutes, Ukrainian basketball players acted confidently and brought the matter to victory.
In the third fight in a row, Svyatoslav Mykhailyuk became the most productive player of the Ukrainian national team - the basketball player from the NBA scored 25 points.
Ukraine - Italy - 84:73 (16:21, 22:21, 19:15, 27:16).
Ukraine: Mikhailyuk (23), Sanon (17), Tkachenko (17), Pustovoy (8), Gerun (5), Bliznyuk (4), Sloth (3), Sidorov (3), Bobrov (2), Lukashov (0).
Video review of the match.
The Ukrainian national team beat Great Britain in the first round (90:61), and won Estonia in the second round (74:73). Three victories ahead of schedule guaranteed the Ukrainian team a ticket to the playoffs of the European Championship.
Ukrainians will play the next match in the group against Greece on September 6. Start - at 18:00.
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