Eurobasket group D gave us very interesting games on Friday. Teams will play for the second straight day and in the first game, there is going to be a battle between Finland and Poland. Teams are starting the second game of the tournament in a different mood. Finland had 3 point lead in the last minute of the 4th quarter but could not protect the lead and lost in overtime to Israel 87:89. Lauri Markkanen was great with 33 points and 12 rebounds but help from others was very needed. Poland played against the home team Czech Republic and was leading almost all 40 minutes. A few points difference was at the start of the 4th quarter but in the end, the team won by 15 points 99:84.

Poland 2 point percentage was almost 70 and it is not possible that something like that could repeat today. Mateusz Ponitka and A. J. Slaughter were great with 26 and 23 points, but overall Czech's defense was very bad, they could not grab many rebounds and allowed many easy points. If we do not count overtime, Finland allowed 79 points which is ok. Finns also won the battle for rebounds versus Israel. Finland has some athletic big guys that are going to compete very well against Polish big men while the Czechs had guys who are massive and were not able to run very fast.

Finland turned the ball over 18 times which was twice as Israel. At the same time, the Finns were very close to victory. Finland cannot afford to lose two games in a row and on paper, I see them as a better team. There is no one who is going to stop Lauri Markkanen and he is going to be eager to give his nation the first victory. Finnish fans were also very loud and I am confident that Finland will secure the victory.

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欧洲篮球赛D组周五的比赛非常有趣。两队将进行连续第二天的比赛，在第一场比赛中，芬兰和波兰将进行对决。各队以不同的心情开始了第二场比赛。芬兰队在第四节最后一分钟一度领先3分，但未能保住领先优势，在加时赛中以87:89输给了以色列队。劳里·马尔卡宁33分12篮板，非常棒，但其他人的帮助是非常需要的。波兰对阵主队捷克，40分钟几乎一直领先。在第四节开始的时候有一些分差，但最终球队以99:84赢了15分。

波兰的2分球命中率几乎是70，这样的事情不可能在今天重演。马特乌斯·波尼特卡和a·j·斯劳特得分分别为26分和23分，但捷克队的整体防守非常糟糕，他们不能抢到很多篮板，让对手轻松得分。如果不算加时赛，芬兰丢了79分，这还可以。芬兰人还赢得了对以色列的篮板之战。芬兰有一些体格健壮的大个子能在与波兰大个子的比赛中表现得很好，而捷克有一些体型庞大但跑不快的家伙。

芬兰的球转了18次，是以色列的两倍。与此同时，芬兰人离胜利近在咫尺。芬兰队不能连输两场比赛，理论上，我认为他们是一支更好的球队。没有人能阻止劳里·马尔卡宁，他渴望为他的国家赢得第一场胜利。芬兰球迷的声音也非常大，我相信芬兰会确保胜利。