Third Game

Today we headed off to Zadar, Croatia for our third game. We arrived a few hours before hours before our game. With the extra time we went to the Centre of Zadar. There were some awesome looking buildings and ruins from old buildings and statues. The best part about the Centre was these steps by the sea. The steps had different holes in them so that when waves hit them it made a beautiful sound. After that we went to get some food and rest our legs for our game.  I got some gelato with my food and WOW it was so tasty!! I might just have to get it a few more times before I leave.

This team we are playing today is the best team we will play all trip. They are one of the top three teams in Croatia and play in the euro league. Their arena was huge! It held 20,000 people. Even though we all thought it was great we talked to the players after the game and they said they didn't like it so much because it's too new. I guess in Croatia people like the older things! At the start of the game we didn't realize just how much better this team was than the last one we played. It was obvious that they were an elite basketball club. The first half was rough for us as a team. Zadar was making a lot shots like a good team does and we couldn't get things flowing on offense. The second half was better and we kept fighting to keep the game close. Before the fourth quarter out coach gave us the challenge to win the quarter and we did just that! We actually won the quarter by 8 points. The final score was 114-89. Even though we did lose it was good to see that our team kept playing hard and didn't give up. Our coach even said after the game he was happy that we didn't throw in the towel because we easily could've at multiple times throughout the game. After the game we went to a restaurant in Zadar where we had some amazing food! It was by far the best meal I have had here! During dinner we were able to watch part of the USA gold medal game which was cool. Now we have one game left before we make our way back to the states! It's crazy how fast this trip has gone by. 

These are some pictures from Zadar and the gym we played in today!

This is our tour guide named Marco and he said that this rock was made for him!