BEIJING (FIBA 3x3 World Tour) - The FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final 2017 will be staged in Beijing, China on October 28-29 and we look at the 12 participating teams. We continue our preview with Riga (LAT).

    BEIJING (FIBA 3x3 World Tour) - The FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final 2017 will be staged in Beijing, China on October 28-29 and we look at the 12 participating teams. We continue our preview with Riga (LAT).

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    RIGA (LAT)
    Seed:
     #6
    Qualified: Finishing 6th in the World Tour Standings
    World Tour 2017 Appearances: 3 (3rd in Lausanne, 4th in Debrecen & 3rd in Chengdu)
    World Tour 2017 Record: 8W-4L
    Previous World Tour Final appearances: 1st time they qualify to the final
    Top Scorer: Karlis Lasmanis: 63 points (17th overall)

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    Roster
    #3 Nauris Miezis (LAT): 26 years old; 1.89m; World Rank: 17
    #4 Karlis Lasmanis (LAT): 23 years old; 2.00m; World Rank: 24
    #5 Janis Antrops (LAT): 26 years old; 1.91m; World Rank: 396
    #6 Agnis Cavars (LAT): 31 years old, 1.96m; World Rank: 22

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    Notes
    - Cavars, Lasmanis and Miezis won the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup for Latvia this year (taking down the 4 players of Novi Sad Al Wahda [representing Serbia] in the semi-finals and the 4 players of Piran [representing Slovenia] in the final.
    - Miezis was named MVP of the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2017.
    - Lasmanis was named Most Spectacular Player of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Chengdu Masters 2017.
    - The team did not win at the World Tour this year but they won a record 3 challengers (international qualifiers to the World Tour) this summer.

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