By Michalis Gioulenoglou/ info@eurohoops.net
Limassol, Cyprus – Spain bounced back after losing to Georgia in their EuroBasket opener, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in Limassol.
After the game, Scariolo shared his remarks on the game.
“Players were focused. We started a little bit nervous, but with energy, concentration, and intensity, we played good basketball for several minutes, with good team contribution — everybody helped,” Scariolo said at the postgame press conference.
He then turned to a different subject, sending a message to FIBA: “Since it’s my last championship and I’m in a position where, after many years in FIBA national basketball, I can advise FIBA not to put doping controls on a team that is playing back-to-back games and finished playing at midnight. This is extremely disrespectful. With so many days available, the doping control could have been scheduled earlier instead of this crazy late-night timing. Hopefully, they will learn from this, because they are better than this.”
Photo credit: FIBA