The National Children’s Basketball comfortably defeated Finland 81-7 in the last minutes for the “16” of the European Championship held in Turkey and advanced to the quarterfinals, where on Friday against the powerful France they will claim entry to the semifinals.
The Greek team entered the game strongly from the start, with Papastavrou-Serbezis leading aggressively. Alexakis took action aggressively and brought +16. The Finns reduced to -7, but Alexakis made it +15, to end the first half at 44-33.
Finland played well on the Greek racket and reduced to -7 at 23′. Makaratzis’ three-pointer brought +9, but France dropped to -5. Serbezis and Lefas helped bring +9 and +10, to finish the quarter at 63-52.
Papastavrou brought +12 at the beginning of the fourth period, but the shots of the Scandinavians reduced it to -8. The two consecutive three-pointers of Serbezis brought +15 and Stevovic +16 for the final +11.
Ten minutes: 27-16, 44-33, 63-52, 81-70
Greece (Kalampokis): Alexakis 17 (4), Karathanasis 1, Kazamias, Makaratzis 7 (1tr., 7 a., 4kl.), Stevovits 4, Lefas 7 (1), Mutafis 2, Dapsis 3 (8r), Papastavrou 11 (1), Pourlidas , Serbezis 9 (5/11 tr), Skliros
Source: Sport Fm
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