The qualification for the final rankings for 5-8 was celebrated on Saturday afternoon (19/07). National Young Men!
Two 24 hours after the Block by the quarter -finals and claiming a medal in Eurobasket U20, Our representative band managed to put aside the frustration and present his well -known face to play with Sloveniaprevailing me The comfortable 82-60 in the closed Bodrum.
So Greece will compete tomorrow, Sunday (20/07), at 13:00, against Israelwhich earlier defeated Spain, with the aim of winning the 5th place of this year’s event.
Top Tonight for ‘Blue White’ was Alexander Samondurov with 23 points and 5 rebounds, with Neocles Add 15 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. A key, especially in the second quarter, where the individual score was 21-5 in favor of our country, was the Ryan Soulis, which completed the match with 12 points and 7 rebounds.
The match:
The start of the match was quite balanced, with the two teams keeping up in scoring, as neither of them could build a major difference. With pluralism in attack and baskets near the “painter”, our national team found solutions to the Slovenian’s score outside 6.75m, with the first quarter ending 18-18.
The second period was to be his most crucial race. Thanks to its stunning defense, its offensive rebounds, as well as the points in the fast transition, Kostas Papadopoulos’ team dominated the parquet. With Rain Soul To score eight points and evolve into the X-Factor of the match in defense and attack, our national team held its opponent in just two apt shots in 18 attempts (!) And with a 21-5 score, she went In the locker rooms previous with 39-23!
In the third quarter, the first reason was the attacks, with the two countries unfolding their executive talent in the parquet. With the trio of Souli, Samondurov and Abdala To score 19 points, Greece reached +23 (35-58), closing the Period with a score of 63-49.
Despite the changes for tactics and rest, the “blue-white” not only did not turn turns, on the contrary, continued to play at the same high pace, which resulted in the win and the pink card with the final 82-60.
The quarters: 18-18, 23-39, 49-63, 60-82.
See the statistics of the race here.
Source: Sport Fm
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