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petak, 24.08.2007.

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CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM
Croatia Beats Turkey in Izmir

In its first game in the Efes World Cup Croatia defeated hosts 72-60.

Turkey had lead only on two occasions (5-4, 25-24) while our team dominated especially in the second half when Turkish deficit only once got under ten points despite the fact that Jasmin Repesa rotated all 12 players (Rozic, Andric and Lalic weren’t in the roster).

Our players had great shooting from 3-point line (5/11 in each half) while on the other side Turkish players had 3/12 3FG in the first half. Bogdan Tanjevic’s players had number of open shots but failed to convert them.

But after 12-13 minutes that segment of Croatian defense began to function better just as our opponents struggled to get in an opportunity for offensive rebounds. After seven of those in the first half, they only achieved four in the second.




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Croatia finished the first half with 10-0 run and continued in the same vein in the third quarter when our lead was extended to 18 points.

Zoran Planinic organized the game well, Davor Kus, Roko Ukic and Marino Bazdaric converted the shots they had to while defense provided us with transitional game and easy points.

Despite making some tough shots in final seconds the fact is that our team was patient enough to wait for the right shot opportunity in the offense.

When Turkey approached to -9, Marko Popovic responded with his third 3-pointer to get the game back on the right track.

Repesa’s players dominated in rebounds as well (34-25). Kasun had eight rebounds while Banic added six. Planinic had six assists while 10 of our players scored in the match.



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