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The opening two matches of the group stage were played.
Scotland 96 - 113 Croatia. The form of our players was not high before the game, there was no point in setting the mood high. Croatia is stronger than us and we naturally lost, although we looked pretty good in some places. Well, the 3-2 zone against a close-range attack hardly brought us an advantage.
Wales 94 - 108 Scotland. I expected a more confident victory, but the opposing players scored three-pointers pretty well and we also lost the rebound a bit.
Then there are difficult games with Turkey and Bulgaria.

Scotland 92 - 106 Turkey. Great game from us, we gave a serious fight to a really strong opponent. After the third quarter, the score was +11, but we didn't have enough for the last quarter, the opponent made an incredible breakthrough, scoring 47 points. The low level of endurance of some players hinders us a lot at the end of matches. Using Princeton, I really like the distribution of shots and the percentage of three-pointers. However, the opponent used the 4+1 internal zone, which in my understanding is a very experimental tactic.
Bulgaria 130 - 96 Scotland. The Bulgarians showed that they are in 4th place in the world ranking for a reason, defeating us in all quarters. At the same time, their community is small, less than 90 users, and their players show very high ratings. It seems that this is a long-term thoughtful project that really works. According to the game, we tried slow tactics to slow down the pace of the game. It didn't work out very well, but I'm happy with the FG percentage and the number of assists. Despite the final result, we don't look hopeless, which is encouraging.
There are matches with Andorra and Greece ahead, we already played with them last season, we need to show a better result than then.

Scotland 105 - 92 Andorra. Just like last season, we were able to win with equal spirit. The game was pretty hard-fought, we won all quarters, but with a slight advantage. We wanted a more confident victory, but we are quite satisfied with this score. After this victory, we even rose to 50th place in the world, but only for one week.
Greece 124-106 Scotland. We played with a higher spirit, otherwise would not have avoided large defeat. We also picked up a good internal attack against the 3-2 Greeks. As a result, we looked very good, almost did not lose in shots and rebounds. But our several losses gave the Greeks extra possessions.
Slovenia 120 - 97 Scotland. Final group match. Both teams played MOTS, and we naturally lost, although there was a good fight in the first half of the match.
I am happy with the results of the season, the team can show excellent stretches even with strong opponents. Next season we will have the strongest team in the history of the national team. But for now we are just preparing for this and playing friendly matches.