World Basketball News: Slovenian basketball player Mike Tobey has revealed the main reason his team suffered a bitter loss against Canada in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Quarter-Finals on Wednesday (6/9) local time. Tobey felt that Canada played a lot more physically in the second half of the game.
The match that took place in Manila was indeed fierce and interesting in the first half. Until the half-time break, the two teams shared the score equally, 50-50. But when the third quarter started, Canada played a much more aggressive game and put Slovenia in a mess. Canada slowly pulled away until they secured a landslide victory by an 11-point margin.
Reacting to the loss to Canada, Mike Tobey said Luka Doncic’s departure was one of the reasons. Doncic was hit by two technical fouls and had to be sent off by the referee. Apart from that, Tobey also said Canada’s game was much more physical in the second half. Slovenia seemed unprepared for this and had to get overwhelmed.
“The game got very physical in the second half and we couldn’t keep up. Luka’s exit was important, but we were always in the spirit of catching up. We really lost physically to their game,” Tobey said. an interview after the game.
With this loss, Slovenia’s hopes of becoming champions at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 must come to an end. Meanwhile, Canada will face Serbia in the semi-finals.
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