Scotland 92 - 106 Turkey. Great game from us, we gave a serious fight to a really strong opponent. After the third quarter, the score was +11, but we didn't have enough for the last quarter, the opponent made an incredible breakthrough, scoring 47 points. The low level of endurance of some players hinders us a lot at the end of matches. Using Princeton, I really like the distribution of shots and the percentage of three-pointers. However, the opponent used the 4+1 internal zone, which in my understanding is a very experimental tactic.
Bulgaria 130 - 96 Scotland. The Bulgarians showed that they are in 4th place in the world ranking for a reason, defeating us in all quarters. At the same time, their community is small, less than 90 users, and their players show very high ratings. It seems that this is a long-term thoughtful project that really works. According to the game, we tried slow tactics to slow down the pace of the game. It didn't work out very well, but I'm happy with the FG percentage and the number of assists. Despite the final result, we don't look hopeless, which is encouraging.
There are matches with Andorra and Greece ahead, we already played with them last season, we need to show a better result than then.