Close to a great victory came the National Youth at the premiere Eurobasket U18 which takes place in Tampere, however was defeated in the final 69-66 by mighty France. He stood out Lefteris Liotopoulos with 16 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, while 14 points and 5 rebounds had Neokles Avdalas. For the winners, who are considered favorites for the gold, o Nolan Traore had 9 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists and 5 steals.
It is noted that in the “16”, where the knockouts begin, all the teams in the group continue and the group of Greece (the second) is crossed with the first, where Germany, Croatia, Turkey and Belgium participate. The Greek team plays on Sunday at 16:00 against Sweden and on Monday at 18:00 against Denmark, while after the rest on Tuesday the… cross knockouts begin.
The match
The start was excellent for the Greek team, which, having a plurality in the attack, led 20-16 in the quarter. With a 5-0 in the second period, the difference reached to nine, 25-16, but then… a blackout followed, with the “tricolors” running a separate 3-20 (!) and escaping with eight (28-36 ), before closing the half at +7, 34-41. Taking advantage of the extra possessions from offensive rebounds and the errors of the Greek team, the French even reached +12 (43-55) in the third quarter, but Iosif Nikolaidis’ players did not lay down their weapons. With a basket by Abosi, the difference was reduced to four, 63-67, two minutes before the end, while Rozakeas missed a three-pointer to tie the game 16” before the end with the score at 66-69.
Ten minutes: 20-16, 34-41, 50-58, 66-69
See here the statistics of the match
Source: Sport Fm
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