Although she dramatically improved her performance in the second part, h Hellas he paid dearly for the bad first, as a result of which he experienced defeat 69-57 from the France and thus to play in his minor final Eurobasket U20across the Belgium (21/7, 19:00).
Inferior to the circumstances in the first 20 minutes, the National team, as the closed at -30 (47-17)while they also cost her a lot 25 mistakes.
The first scorer of the national team was Samonturov with 16 points. Close to double-double o Hitikoudis with 8 p. and 10 rebounds.
On the other hand, the French, who will play in the final opposite in Slovenia (21/7, 21:30)they had them Diawara, Peren and Amon with 10 points.
The match
Greece started with Zougri, Samonturov, Vassiliou, Plota and Karakosta. Bad start from the National team with many errors and wrong choices in the attack, with France entering the match with 7-0 and going to 21-4, in the first six minutes. In the following minutes, Papadopoulos’ players tightened up defensively and with Paraskevopoulos and Hitikoudis they closed the first period with a 7-0 run (21-11).
Mistakes returned for the National Team at the beginning of the second period, with France going on a 10-0 run, for +20 (31-11), in the first three minutes. From that point on, the “tricolors” did whatever they wanted on the floor, as they took advantage of Greece’s poor returns and constantly running in the open court, they pushed the difference to +30 (47-17), with which they went to locker room.
With more energy on both sides of the floor, the National Team entered the second half and with Samonturov leading the way, they narrowed the gap (49-31) in the first five minutes. Greece continued to be as competitive until the end of the third period, with the score standing at 59-43.
The match continued at the same rate in the fourth period, with the National team reducing the lead even more (63-49), until the 35th minute. However, from that point on, he ran out of strength and thus experienced defeat with the final 69-57.
The quarters: 21-11, 47-17, 59-43, 69-57
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Source: Sport Fm
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