Argentina closed the regular phase of the Basketball World Cup undefeated

The Argentine basketball team won today with authority over Poland by 91-65 in a match of the last date of Group I, closed unbeaten the regular phase of the 2019 Chinese World Cup and will play the quarterfinals against Serbia, second of Group J, next Tuesday at 8.

Sergio's team from Bahia Sheep Hernandez repeated the convincing performance he showed since the debut in the competition and materialized his fifth consecutive victory with partial 20-14; 42-27; 70-41 and 91-65 at the Foshan International Sports Arena.

Captain Luis Scola, with 21 points and six rebounds, was the figure of an Argentine team that also had great values ​​in Marcos Delía (12), Nicolás Brussino (10), Patricio Garino (9) and Facundo Campazzo (five assists).

Argentina advanced to the World Cup qualifying round without defeats, after winning Group B in the first round and I in the second, as a result of its clear victories against South Korea (95-69), Nigeria (94-81), Russia (69-61), Venezuela (87-67) and Poland, until today undefeated.

So the selected Albiceleste will play quarterfinals with the second of Group J, which turned out to be Serbia after falling to Spain today by 81-69 on the last date. That meeting will be Tuesday at 8 in the city of Dongguan, located about 100 kilometers east of Foshan, with live broadcast of TyC Sports and Public Television.

Argentina, the first organizer and champion of the 1950 World Cup, is excited to return to a podium after second place in Indianapolis 2002, which meant the emergence of the remembered Golden Generation.

In parallel, tomorrow you can ensure your qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games if the United States beats Brazil at the close of Group K, which would leave Argentina as one of the two best American teams ranked in China 2019.

Hernández's team ratified its good performance in this World Cup with a first round time against Poland. With an effective defense, he reduced the offensive possibilities of his rival, who was only able to score 27 points in the first half, and then marked differences in the scorekeeper with a predominance in the painted area.

The pivot Marcos Delía was a leader in the internal game with ten points in the initial quarter, half of those achieved by the team in that segment, which outlined a comfortable progression of the result.

But strictly speaking, that advantage was built from the good containment that Argentina made of the Polish attack, which had very low percentages in the pitches during the first two quarters (3/16 in triples and 6/13 in doubles).

The players of Poland could not manage the ball comfortably and the thirteen losses recorded by the team were a sample of this. Argentina also took twelve defensive rebounds, in another sample of the accurate custody of the basket itself.

Two minutes from the first half, the selected Albiceleste reflected a distance of 17 points (37-20) and by then the guard Nicolás Brussino and forward Gabriel Deck, who contributed seven goals from the bank in the second segment.

Poland rehearsed a timid reaction after the break and came to cut the disadvantage to nine points when he returned to his initial quintet, but Facundo Campazzo and Patricio Garino quickly appeared to neutralize any serious attempt at rebellion.

Argentina's bluntness demoralized Europeans and the third quarter was widely consumed in the result (70-39, the partial maximum), which gave space to a final quarter with less pace in both teams to reserve energy for the round end of the tournament