Russia won the European Championship bronze medal
Russian team won the bronze medal in basketball European Championship, which takes place in Lithuania.
Our basketball team beat Macedonia in the match for third place – 72:68 (17:13, 19:17, 16:20, 20:18).
As expected, the match was held in a fierce struggle.
The Macedonians were trying to rehabilitate strongly for the defeat of the Russians in the group stage.
Nevertheless, the Russian team started first two quarters a little more confident, it got the advantage of 6 points.
In the second half of the match Macedonians slightly reduced the gap.
This was due to the efforts of defender Beau Makkaleb.
However, our basketball players were able to demonstrate a good defense during the last seconds, kept the winning score and won the “bronze”.
The most productive player in the Russian team was Andrei Kirilenko – 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 handoffs.
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Posted on September 20, 2011
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