Eurobasket continues on Monday night with a very important game between Poland and Israel. After two games in group A, Poland is in fourth place with a win and loss while Israel has won two straight games that give the second position. It's no secret that in group A three positions for the playoffs are open, meaning that every win and loss is very important.

Poland started the Eurobasket very strong and beat the Czech Republic 99:84. The next day team had a game against Finland but there they couldn't hit a thing, losing in the end by 30 points. AJ Slaughter had only 4 points and Mateusz Ponitka helped with only 8. Israel started the Eurobasket with a very hard win in overtime against Finland, but the second game was against the Netherlands. Four minutes before the end of the game, Israel was behind but they closed the game with a 13:4 run that gave 74:67 victory.

Teams already met in June. In the overtime, Poland won the game but it is important to notice that Israel was playing without their main player Deni Avdija. These are almost even teams but I want to give the edge to the Israelians. Avdija is the best player in this matchup and star players can one-handedly carry the team to victory as that was versus Finland. Avdija could even guard Ponitka without who Poland can't win games. I expect a close game but Israel should cover the handicap in the end.

The host Italy is going to play against Ukraine. Italy has one win and loss while Ukraine started the tournament with a great win against Great Britain but against Estonia, they were behind almost all the time but in the last minute, they managed to get a 74:73 victory. Italians can't afford to lose as they are battling for second place in Group C. With those two wins Ukraine has already guaranteed a place in the playoffs but there's no doubt that Ukrainians will continue to fight.

Two weeks ago teams met in Latvia where the Italians won 97:89. I expect the same outcome today as the hosts are clearly better. The difference on the scoreboard should be higher as the home fans will push the team. Italy lost the last game to Greece and they will be very eager to get the victory and continue the battle for at least second place.

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

欧洲篮球赛将在周一晚上继续进行，波兰和以色列之间的一场非常重要的比赛。在A组两场比赛后，波兰队一胜一负排名第四，而以色列队则连续两场比赛获胜，排名第二。众所周知，A组的三个季后赛席位是公开的，这意味着每一场输赢都是非常重要的。

波兰在欧洲篮球赛中开局强劲，以99:84击败捷克。第二天，这支球队与芬兰队进行了一场比赛，但他们什么也打不进，最终以30分的差距输掉了比赛。AJ Slaughter只有4分，Mateusz Ponitka只有8分。在欧洲篮球赛中，以色列在加时赛中艰难战胜芬兰，但第二场比赛是对阵荷兰。比赛结束前4分钟，以色列落后，但他们以13:4的攻势结束比赛，最终以74:67获胜。

各队已经在6月份会面。在加时赛中，波兰赢得了比赛，但值得注意的是，以色列没有主力球员阿夫迪贾。这两队几乎是平起平坐的但我想让以色列人占据优势。阿夫迪贾是这场比赛中最好的球员，明星球员可以凭借一己之力带领球队取得胜利，就像对阵芬兰那样。阿夫迪贾甚至可以防守波兰队没有波兰队就无法赢得比赛的波尼特卡。我认为这将是一场势均力敌的比赛，但以色列最终会弥补劣势。

东道主意大利将对阵乌克兰。意大利取得一胜一负，而乌克兰在对阵英国的比赛中取得了一场伟大的胜利，但在对阵爱沙尼亚的比赛中，他们几乎一直落后，但在最后一分钟，他们以74:73获胜。意大利人输不起，因为他们正在争夺c组第二的位置。这两场胜利已经确保了乌克兰在季后赛的席位，但毫无疑问，乌克兰人将继续战斗。

两周前两队在拉脱维亚相遇，意大利以97:89获胜。我期待今天同样的结果，因为东道主明显更好。记分牌上的差距应该会更大，因为主场球迷会推动球队前进。意大利在上一场比赛中输给了希腊，他们将非常渴望获得胜利，并继续为至少第二名而战。