In the final of the European Championship held in Antwerp, the Latvians confidently defeated the Netherlands team 19:10 and reclaimed the title they last won in 2017.
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One of the standout Latvian players in the final was Rihards Kuksiks, who played in Lithuania for several years. The 38-year-old forward scored 7 points and grabbed 2 rebounds.
Nauris Miezis added 5 points to the victory, Kristaps Gluditis – 4, and Zigmars Raimo scored 3 points and collected 7 rebounds.
Kristaps Gluditis was recognized as the most valuable player of the entire European Championship, averaging 6.4 points in the tournament.
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He is familiar to Lithuanian basketball fans from the 2021–2022 season, when he represented Pasvalys “Pieno žvaigždės”.
For the Latvians, this triumph was also a kind of revenge for last year’s final. At that time, they lost 17:21 to the Lithuanian national team in the fight for gold.
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