Pablo Prigioni directs his first official tournament as head coach of the Argentine basketball team. Photo: EFE / Fernando Bizerra Jr.
The Argentine basketball team try this Thursday to follow his triumphant passage through the America’s Cup in Recife, Brazil. After advancing with all the group stage wins, they face off Venezuela for the quarter-finals. The match begins at 5:40 pm (Argentine time) and is televised by TyC Sports.
The team now led by Pablo Prigioni of Córdoba finished first in their area after beating Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico Y Dominican Republicwith different shades, to fall within the top eight, given that it is an instance that has reached consecutively since the 1992 edition in Portland, United States.
Argentina had a good attacking average (94.6 points per game), although they will have to adjust their defense because they conceded 75.3 points against and this left them out of the first position in the overall standings, which is been left to Brazil.
In case of advance, Argentina will go to the semifinals against United States of Americawhich passed Puerto Rico earlier, as it did Canada in Mexico. The other duel, at 20:10, will be Brazil-Dominican Republic.
Source: Clarin
