Marquinhos is Brazil's second-highest scorer in defeat to Croatia

Despite the reaction in the last quarter of the match, Brazil stopped in the face of an impeccable offensive performance by the Croatian team.

By - in 11/08/2016 às 17:58

The Brazilian basketball team was defeated on Thursday afternoon (11) by Croatia by 80 to 76. The red-black basketball team's wing, Marquinhos, had a good participation in the match, playing for 22 minutes and scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. The MVP of the last season of the NBB was behind only the former athlete of Mais Querido and current player of the Golden State Warriors in scoring, Leandrinho, who scored 16 in the match.

FlaBasquete coach José Neto, Rúben Magnano's assistant, and physical trainer Diego Falcão watched the game on the Brazilian bench.

The Brazilian basketball team's next match will be this Saturday (13), against Argentina, at Arena Carioca 1. The ball goes up at 14:15 pm.

The Clube de Regatas do Flamengo adult basketball team relies on direct funding from its sponsor Estácio, in addition to investments from Tim via the State Sports Incentive Law/State Secretariat for Sports, Leisure and Youth (ICMS).