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GRADES: Drell, Konontšuk and several others looked like pale shadows of their best selves again
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Estonia’s basketball team suffered a collective collapse before a sellout home crowd of 7,000 on Sunday.
- The performance review found only a few players who stood out, as in the team’s previous game in Hungary.
Estonia’s basketball team fell apart in front of 7,000 home supporters on Sunday, but the breakdown began with individual performances.
As in Thursday’s game in Hungary, only a few players managed to produce convincing displays. The review focuses on what Postimees noticed in the players’ performances.
The grades use a 10-point scale, with several players described as pale versions of their better selves.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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