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Luxembourg has won their second game within 3 days in Bratislava in the pre-qualification tournament for the World Championship 2023. Against the home-team Slovakia, Luxembourg played a sensational game, hit important shots in key moments and came up with a 77:73-win.
First quarter
– Luxembourg took a quick 6:0 lead behind a strong Grün who was in attack mode. After this lead, Slovakia went on a 9:0 run and was in control of the tempo of the game. With a nice buzzer beating layup, Alex Laurent kept Luxembourg in the game to end the first quarter (15:16).
Second quarter
Luxembourg played excellent defense limiting Slovakia to 6 points in 5 minutes to start the quarter. However, the FLBB-squad also struggled to make shots so that neither team was able to create a lead in this second quarter. Luxembourg went into the break with a 1-point-lead, which is a very strong result. Thomas Grün (9) and Clancy Rugg (8) were our main scorers after 20 minutes.
Third quarter
After not taking some (open) shots in the first half, Luxembourg came out of the locker rooms with a different self-confidence and took open shots without hesitation. They hit 4 straight 3-point-shots including a big shot from Gutenkauf in a fast-break situation and Luxembourg had a 7-point-lead! Slovakia answered Luxembourg’s run and had a 1-point-lead after the tird quarter after Rugg hit a buzzer beater to end the quarter (video).
Fourth quarter
Luxembourg continued to play on a high level, always had an answer for the runs by the opponent and made key big shots from the 3-point-line in the end to secure this sensational victory!
Notes around the game:
– game stats –> game_stats_Luxembourg_Slovakia
– It was the second game in the « bubble » in Bratislava, the team will travel home on Sunday.
– Luxembourg lost against Iceland on Thursday: 76:90.
– Starting 5: Gutenkauf, Grün, Laurent, Vujakovic, Rugg
– Rugg (23), Grün (17) and Laurent (13) scored in double digits.
Pree reports:
rtl.lu –>Victoire fir Letzebuerg géint d’Slowakei
wort.lu –> Luxemburg feiert Achtungserfolg
lequotidien.lu –> ils l’ont fait
tageblatt.lu –> Luxemburg schlägt die Slowakei
mental.lu –> Le Luxembourg, première!
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