Tiktekno, summary of today's events in sports, 22.2/Sport1
The EuroBasket 2025 qualifying campaign has kicked off at this time, with the Israel national team hosting at the Pavilio Multisos de Audibles on the outskirts of Lisbon against the Portuguese national team, three days before hosting Slovenia.
This is the sixth match between the teams of Israel and Portugal and although Portugal is considered a favorable opponent, Israel has beaten it only once in five meetings that were all held between 2005 and 2007.
Portugal's last EuroBasket appearance was in 2011, since then it has gone up and down from the pre-qualifiers to the qualifiers.
Coach Ariel Beit HaLachemi left Nathaniel Artzi out of the squad, while Raz Adam was included for the first time and made his debut.
Roman Sorkin, Rafi Manko, Bar Timor, Tomer Ginat, Nimrod Levi, Itai Segev and the legionnaires Yam Medar, Noam Yaakov and Petah Ziv are supposed to set the tone.
* In the earlier game in Group A, Slovenia jumped over Ukraine with 73:87 thanks to a great performance by Kalman Perplich (30 points, 14 of 15 free throws, 9 assists).
Jaka Blajic added 18. Oleksandr Kovilar scored 23 for the loser.
Will the national team start on the right foot?/Official website, the basketball association
The Israeli coaching staff with the kidnapped pins/official website, the basketball association
the progress of the game
Quarter 1
Ariel Beit HaLachemi went up in five with Yam Medar, Oz Blazer, Yuval Zussman, Tomer Ginat and Roman Sorkin.
The forward of Jerusalem and the center of Maccabi Tel Aviv established a quick 4:5 for Israel, but turnovers by the team in white gave away the advantage in a confused start.
Diogo Brito added a layup for the host that went up to 10:12 and Beit HaLachemi called a first timeout.
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