By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Even if Poland had beaten France, they also needed a win against Greece in order to qualify and the national team coach Mike Taylor admitted that Slaughter was not used because they are saving him for the next game.
“We are focused for tomorrow for the big game against Greece and we are moving in a good direction”, said Taylor and explained. “A.J.Slaughter took a knee to the thigh late in the Finland game and we had the choice to play him today, or rest him a little bit and make sure he is a little bit more ready for tomorrow. We chose to rest him for the big game against Greece. It’s basically understanding the scenarios of what might happen. We have to beat Greece to get to Istanbul and want to be at our best at that point”.
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