The National Glass Floor gave a show! With Giannis Antetokounbos to wear the blue whites for the first time this year, the Greece scanned with a score of 104-86 Latvia In front of about 10,000 fans at OAKA for the Acropolis And he showed how different he is with “Greek Freak” in the parquet.
The Greek superstar started early appetizing and dragged the rest, with her National to close her awesome first half with 61 points and 8/12 three -pointers. The difference was constantly playing from there on two -digit numbers, with her Greece to beat very easily a remarkable team that goes with aspirations in the Eurobasket.
Top for the ‘blue whites’ was the Giannis Antetokounboswhich, without even hitting the “throttle”, was unstoppable on both sides of the parquet with 25 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 plugs. Very good Giannoulis Larentzakis with 14 points and 4 apt three -pointers, while 11 points with 3/3 three -pointers had excellent Alexander Samondurov and 8 points along with 10 assists the Kostas Sloukaswith everyone, however, putting their stone in victory.
Next and penultimate Greece this against Italy Friday (22/08, 20:00), again at OAKA for the Acropolis.
The match
Latvia put the first basket of the match with Lomaz (0-2), while John went to the line and scored two shots for 2-2. Megeris nailed strikingly, but the Greek Freak responded with a foul for 5-4. Antetokounbos continued the… personal show with a 7-4 transition show before impressively cutting Megerris on the other side. Papanikolaou scored the first three-pointer of the match (10-4), before Mitoglou scored in surprise for 12-4. Panathinaikos’ forwards also scored a long shot (16-4), before Latvia reacted and reduced to 16-9 with Smits and Lomaz. Sloukas responded with a three-pointer (19-9), before giving assist for Lei from Papanikolaou (21-9). Bertans reduced from a nice back-to-Latvians, with Samondurov putting two shots for 23-11. Grajulis got aggressive rebound and scored (23-13), before Dorsey went on the line for 25-13. Samondurov and Smits exchanged three-pointers, while Thanasis Antetokounbos defeated the clock for the first quarter of the first quarter.
At the start of the second quarter, Latvia reduced Kourouks’ three-pointer from the corner to 30-20, with Larentzakis re-raising the difference with his two long shots for 36-22. Grajulis also scored from afar, but the hot “Larry” responded with a third consecutive three-point series for 39-25. John took the “bat”, who put two consecutive fadeaway shots before nailing the opponent for 45-26. The Latvians found a basket from Zaggers and a shot by Steinbergs, but the unstoppable Antetokounbos signed 49-29. From his own mistake, Kurouks was in a position of execution and reduced by a three-pointer to 49-32. After a while, Porzingis scored his first basket in the match (51-34), but John responded with a shot for 53-34. Latvia managed to get a little close to Dairis Bertans’ three-pointer (53-39), but Papanikolaou responded with a terrific buzzer beater and Dorsey put two shots for 58-39. Porzingis entered the spirit of the match and with continuous points brought the visitors a little closer (58-43), with Zugri scoring a foul goal for 61-43. The half ended with two Birts’ shots for 61-45.
OR Latvia He went well in the second half with a three-pointer by Lomaz (61-49), but John responded from average distance and wrote 63-49. Kourouks continued the crescendo of the guests from afar (63-52), before Bertans with a time of 10 (64-54). Kalaitzakis gave a soluble foul goal (67-54), but Zagar He responded with a three-pointer (67-57), before Sloukas aptly executed two shots for 69-57. THE Larentzakis And Bertans exchanged three-pointers (74-62), with Mitoglou and Dorsey re-raising the difference to +15 (80-65). His forward Panathinaic Nailed to the transition (82-65), with the third quarter expiring 82-66.
In the fourth period, the Dorsey He put a difficult shot from the average distance, before Zaggers had a three-pointer for 84-71. Kilps scored a three-pointer and brought the difference again to 10 (84-74), but Samondurov He replied and wrote 87-74. Sloukas again expanded the lead of the National (90-74), before Lomaz also rested from afar for 90-77. Zugris put in a difficult basket (92-77), with Samondurov and Bazina scoring three-pointers for 98-80. The only interest was whether the national team would arrive, something he did with his shots Kalaitzakis For 101-80, with Latvia having no natural hopes of return to the match in the final minutes.
The quarters: 30-17, 61-45, 82-66, 104-86
In detail of the match here.
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