Jan Vesely leads Czech Republic to their first win in EuroBasket 2022 / News - Basketnews.com

After two losses, the hosts of Group D, the Czech Republic finally got their first win in the EuroBasket 2022 after defeating the Netherlands.

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The Czech Republic national team (1-2) achieved their first victory in the EuroBasket 2022.

Playing in front of their home crowd in Prague, the Czechs beat the Netherlands (0-3) with a final score of 88-80 (24-14, 26-13, 16-30, 22-23).

The Czechs, who dominated from the first minutes of the game, gained a sizeable lead in the first half already. After two quarters, the score was 50-27 in the Czechs favor.

However, in the third quarter, the Netherlands went on a 17-4 run, and after Worthy de Jong's 3-pointer reduced the deficit to 6 points (61-55).

A minute before the end of the fourth quarter, the Netherlands had a deficit of just 3 points (79-76). The decisive moment of the game was with 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter when Martin Peterka hit a 3-pointer to eliminate the Netherlands' chances to win the game (84-78).

Janas Vesely led the Czech Republic with 24 points (9/10 2PT, 6/6 FT), 7 rebounds, and 31 EFF in 32 minutes.

For the Netherlands, Yannick Franke finished the game with 22 points (2/3 2PTS, 3/10 3PT, 9/12 FT), 4 assists, and collected EFF in 23 minutes.

Czech Republic: Jan Vesely 24, Martin Peterka 20 (5 REB), Tomas Kyzlink 12;

Netherlands: Yannick Franke 22, Worthy de Jong 13, Jesse Edwards 12.

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