Spain has said goodbye to this Eurobasket Boca bad taste. You don't have to hide it: it has been A great disappointment. Basketball is a Detail sportabove all, in very high level matches such as those played in a tournament like the European. The best players on the continent face each other to take their country to glory and the games are decided by small nuances. This is what has happened to Spain and an important part of this is explained through The free throws. The data is devastating: With 60%, Spain has been the worst team in free throws in the group stage.
Es an unacceptable percentage, improper of an absolute Spanish team that should be in much higher parameters. In the five games played, Scariolo's team only exceeded 60% success in one of them: against Bosnia and Herzegovina with 81.3%. On the other hand, the level has been so low that in the debut match against Georgia – which ended with defeat by 83 to 69 – the percentage was below fifty percent: it was 46.2%. Yesterday, in the farewell to Greece, Spain scored 21 of the 37 free he launched (56.8%).
The worst in your group
Obviously, it is also The worst percentage of your group. And that was not the most powerful group. Also, the percentages of their rivals are quite higher compared to yours. Are the following: Cyprus (76.9%), Italy (75.7%), Georgia (70.0%), Greece (68.2%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (62.1).
Bosnian team itself is one of the teams with the worst percentage of the group stage. Specifically, The third. Spain only exceeds him, and Sweden, second, with 60.9%. The Swedes, with the players of the Joventut de Badalona, Ludde Hakanson and Simon Birgander, have stayed close to making a 'favor' the family '. Behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, in fourth position, the surprising one has been Portugal (63.8%)which has been classified for the qualifiers.
The comparison is demential
If you want to continue with this nightmare, you can then see the comparison with the favorites to win the Eurobasket. The selection with a better percentage from the 4'60 line has been the Serbia of Master Svetislav Pesic with 85.6%. For something it is the main favorite to win the tournament. As for the rest of the candidates, the Slovenia de Luka Doncic It has stayed in 79.6%the current world champion Germany A little step has been left (79.2%) and the neighbor France has exceeded 75 percent success with A good 75.2%.
