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FIBA EuroBasket
Italy
(3-2) 		81
1 2 3 4
Italy 22 20 13 26
Croatia 17 17 25 17
76 Croatia
(3-2)

2022-09-06 19:00 / / Spectators: 11745
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Italy Italy
Nicolo Melli
Nicolo Melli 		Points 19
Accuracy 8-17
47  %
Rebounds 5
Assists 3
Steals 0
Efficiency 16
Croatia Croatia
27 Points Bojan Bogdanovic
Bojan Bogdanovic
8-17
47  % 		Accuracy
5 Rebounds
3 Assists
0 Steals
23 Efficiency
Italy
Croatia
43%
31/72
Field goals
43%
26/60
34
Rebounds
44
19
Assists
15
10
Steals
5
64%
7/11
Free throws
89%
16/18
49%
19/39
2-pointers
53%
18/34
News
Simone Fontecchio after the win against Croatia: 'For us everything starts from defense'

2022-09-06

After the defeat against Ukraine, Italy needed to bounce back, not only for saving their chances of qualification to the next round of EuroBasket but also to prove to the Italian fans that this team was still alive after a flat performance. 
Coach Pozzecco admits his mistake: 'I have to apologize to Pajola'

2022-09-06

In a packed Mediolanum Forum, that was completely sold out, Italy secured their second win of EuroBasket and the pass to Berlin for the final phase thanks to the victory against Croatia with the final score of 81-76. 
Simone Fontecchio's clutch three-pointer pushes Italy to the playoffs

2022-09-06

Simone Fontecchio hit a clutch three-pointer to ice the game with 39 seconds to go in the fourth quarter as Italy (2-2) beat Croatia (2-2) 81-76 (22-17, 20-17, 13-25, 26-17) to advance to the playoffs in EuroBasket 2022. With the teams separated by just a single point (72-71) and under four minutes to go, Italy went on a quick 7-0 run. However, things were not over.
Games
Games
Best players
Nicolo Melli
Nicolo Melli
19 PTS
8/17 FG
2/2 FT
Bojan Bogdanovic
Bojan Bogdanovic
27 PTS
8/17 FG
7/7 FT
Italy
Few players
5 REB
Mario Hezonja
Mario Hezonja
10 REB
8 DREB
2 OREB
Marco Spissu
Marco Spissu
6 As
2 TO
20 MIN
Jaleen Smith
Jaleen Smith
4 As
3 TO
24 MIN
Nicolo Melli
Nicolo Melli
16 EFF
50% 2P%
33% 3P%
Bojan Bogdanovic
Bojan Bogdanovic
23 EFF
67% 2P%
36% 3P%
Italy
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
0 Marco Spissu 20:06 1-3
33% 		0-1
0% 		1-2
50% 		0-0
0% 		3-0 3 6 1 2 0 1 3 0 8
7 Stefano Tonut 28:48 4-10
40% 		4-8
50% 		0-2
0% 		0-2
0% 		3-2 5 2 2 1 0 1 8 5 7
9 Nicolo Melli 27:42 8-17
47% 		7-14
50% 		1-3
33% 		2-2
100% 		3-2 5 3 0 1 2 3 19 7 16
13 Simone Fontecchio 32:01 6-17
35% 		2-7
29% 		4-10
40% 		3-3
100% 		2-0 2 0 2 2 0 1 19 13 9
33 Achille Polonara 22:11 2-3
67% 		0-0
-% 		2-3
67% 		0-0
0% 		4-0 4 1 3 0 0 2 6 -5 11
1 Niccolo Mannion 7:35 2-4
50% 		2-2
100% 		0-2
0% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 -4 3
6 Paul Biligha 3:11 0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Giampaolo Ricci 20:06 3-8
38% 		1-3
33% 		2-5
40% 		0-2
0% 		3-2 5 0 0 1 0 2 8 4 3
54 Alessandro Pajola 22:21 2-3
67% 		0-0
-% 		2-3
67% 		2-2
100% 		0-2 2 5 2 2 0 3 8 8 11
70 Luigi Datome 15:59 3-7
43% 		3-4
75% 		0-3
0% 		0-0
0% 		1-2 3 1 0 0 0 2 6 -1 4
200 31-72
43% 		19-39
49% 		12-33
36% 		7-11
64% 		23-11 34 19 10 9 2 17 81 75
Croatia
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
3 Jaleen Smith 23:51 4-10
40% 		4-8
50% 		0-2
0% 		1-1
100% 		5-0 5 4 0 3 0 3 9 -17 6
8 Mario Hezonja 30:52 3-12
25% 		1-6
17% 		2-6
33% 		0-0
0% 		8-2 10 0 2 2 1 1 8 -19 9
9 Dario Saric 28:35 4-8
50% 		2-4
50% 		2-4
50% 		0-0
0% 		6-2 8 3 0 6 0 3 10 3 8
40 Ivica Zubac 21:27 4-6
67% 		4-6
67% 		0-0
-% 		5-7
71% 		5-1 6 0 0 2 1 3 13 -6 11
44 Bojan Bogdanovic 37:26 8-17
47% 		4-6
67% 		4-11
36% 		7-7
100% 		5-0 5 3 0 2 0 1 27 -2 23
7 Krunoslav Simon 24:49 1-3
33% 		1-1
100% 		0-2
0% 		0-0
0% 		2-1 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 4 7
10 Lovro Gnjidic 3:41 0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2
17 Karlo Matkovic 15:59 1-2
50% 		1-2
50% 		0-0
-% 		2-2
100% 		0-3 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 5
27 Ivan Ramljak 2:42 0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -4 -1
30 Dominik Mavra 10:38 1-2
50% 		1-1
100% 		0-1
0% 		1-1
100% 		0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 10 1
200 26-60
43% 		18-34
53% 		8-26
31% 		16-18
89% 		32-12 44 15 5 18 3 19 76 70
Teams
FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
Italy 31-72
43% 		19-39
49% 		12-33
36% 		7-11
64% 		23-11 34 19 10 9 2 17 81 75
Croatia 26-60
43% 		18-34
53% 		8-26
31% 		16-18
89% 		32-12 44 15 5 18 3 19 76 70
Best players
Player of the Game
Nicolo Melli
EFF
16
Nicolo Melli
Points 19
Accuracy 8-17
Rebounds 5
Assists 3