{"id":457859,"date":"2025-09-01T19:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=457859"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:21:09","slug":"latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-68b350f0-5288-8332-b29d-339898268dab-1\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-20\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"f0eb5bc6-1935-443a-b3e5-5689dc621d59\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1624\" data-end=\"1934\">Latvia got back on track at EuroBasket 2025 with a much-needed 78-62 win over Portugal, improving to 2-2 in Group B. Kristaps Porzingis was the story of the night: after a frustrating shooting drought, he hit his first three-pointer and never looked back, leading a 27-7 second quarter that decided the game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"2246\">The Latvian star finished with 21 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and a block in 26 minutes, while Latvia\u2019s ball movement was superb, with 14 assists on their first 17 field goals and 11-of-21 from deep in the first half. Portugal struggled to keep up, relying mostly on Neemias Queta\u2019s 16 points and 7 boards.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2248\" data-end=\"2543\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With this win, Latvia moved closer to the Round of 16, but qualification depends on Serbia beating Czechia later in the day. Concerns remain over Andrejs Grazulis, sidelined with an ankle injury, and Arturs Zagars, who exited early. Portugal now face Estonia in a do-or-die clash on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porzingis finally finds his range, scoring 21 points with 9 rebounds. Latvia climb to 2-2 in front of 11,000 fans in Riga<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":457858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[377,269,287],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-457859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurobasket","category-latvia","category-portugal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes - Sportando<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes - Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Porzingis finally finds his range, scoring 21 points with 9 rebounds. Latvia climb to 2-2 in front of 11,000 fans in Riga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-01T17:21:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Porzingis.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alessandro Maggi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alessandro Maggi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alessandro Maggi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56\"},\"headline\":\"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-01T17:21:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":155,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Porzingis.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"EuroBasket\",\"Latvia\",\"Portugal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes - Sportando\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Porzingis.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-01T17:21:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Porzingis.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Porzingis.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"description\":\"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56\",\"name\":\"Alessandro Maggi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alessandro Maggi\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/author\\\/alessandromaggi\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes - Sportando","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes - Sportando","og_description":"Porzingis finally finds his range, scoring 21 points with 9 rebounds. Latvia climb to 2-2 in front of 11,000 fans in Riga","og_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/","og_site_name":"Sportando","article_published_time":"2025-09-01T17:21:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Porzingis.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Alessandro Maggi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alessandro Maggi","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/"},"author":{"name":"Alessandro Maggi","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56"},"headline":"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes","datePublished":"2025-09-01T17:21:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/"},"wordCount":155,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Porzingis.webp","articleSection":["EuroBasket","Latvia","Portugal"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/","name":"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes - Sportando","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Porzingis.webp","datePublished":"2025-09-01T17:21:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Porzingis.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Porzingis.webp","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/latvia-shoot-past-portugal-78-62-as-porzingis-explodes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latvia shoot past Portugal 78-62 as Porzingis explodes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","name":"Sportando","description":"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56","name":"Alessandro Maggi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alessandro Maggi"},"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/author\/alessandromaggi\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Porzingis.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457859"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=457859"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=457859"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=457859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}