Coach Nestor García of the Dominican national basketball team says the Dominican Republic achieved the expectations for its participation in the FIBA World Cup that is taking place in China. Having reached the Second Round of 16 teams, the DR won a slot in next summer’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament from 23 to 28 June 2020.
During the FIBA World Cup, the DR won two games (Jordan and Germany) and lost three (France, Australia and Lithuania).
In the game on Sunday against Lithuania, the DR lost 74-55 in Nanjing, China. On the game, Coach García said: “We played very bad offense. First of all, it is because Lithuania played very good defense. They are very strong aggressively and I saw that my team today was very tired because we played against very big teams with big size and when you are tired, on offense you run out of ideas.”
Moreso, FIBA explained that the DR only managed to convert 21 of 62 throws, for 33.9% accuracy. Lithuania’s efficiency was at 92 while Dominican Republic’s 52 gives a full picture of their mediocrity on the day, says FIBA.
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10 September 2019