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Estonia have shown very little in the first two rounds of qualifications. The only team weaker than them are Luxembourg. They scored 58 points in the first round against Italy and 56 in the second against Latvia. Their score is 0-2 and the game against Portugal is their last chance to stay in the competition for Eurobasket. Considering their attacking problems, one can expect them to rely on defense. The Portuguese are not on a very high attacking level but 54 points in the last round was enough to beat the Italians. Portugal are not renowned for their physical power but they play a very aggressive game and they use the zone defense a lot. They lost in the preparation games agaisnt Slovenia by 49-56 and 53-64. They beat Macedonia by 52-47 and they played two games against Luxembourg in their typical style (46-70, 65-51). In terms of style, Portugal are similar to Germany and Estonia lost against them by 50-57 earlier this month.