At the end of a week that included a roller coaster and no small dramas, with the contagion and release of Idan Zemlenson just before takeoff, the contagion of two players and the repeated tests negative – the Israeli team will try to open tonight (Friday, 18:30, live on5SPORTThe bubble in Poland with a victory over Romania, which will miss the citizen Jordan Watson who was released from the bubble due to injury. Those who are expected to make their debut in the national uniform are Noam Dovrat and Spencer Weiss. Roman Sorkin is expected to get many minutes in the chin position, given Zalmanson’s absence.
The team comes to the bubble with a perfect balance of 0: 4 and after having already secured the qualification for EuroBasket 2022. The Romanians lost their four games and lost a chance to advance to the championship. If they started the campaign with reasonable losses by 13 points to Spain and 16 to Israel, last February, then in a bubble in Valencia, where they were most of the time in strict isolation, they suffered defeats by 30 points to Poland and 53 to Spain.
Guy Pnini, The captain of the team in the absence of Gal Makal, said ahead of the game: “The guys behave and behave exemplary, at the highest level there is. It is fun to see players who come to the team with a smile and no matter if this window is not the most important we had, “Both on a daily basis and in training and preparation for the games. Because it is an Israeli team, so every game is binding and every game must come up and represent the country in the best way it can today, it does not matter if it is an official game or a training game.
Jake Cohen He added: “We already have and we can use these games to get better and of course want to win. Our secret is always team basketball and my favorite part of the team is that everyone is close to each other. Without Zalmanson it will be different but for that we have a good and wide staff. “As veterans we have more responsibility, trying to show how things are done and throwing in important comments. Romanians have talent, we saw their video today, we have to be focused and do our job.”