The last EuroBasket quarter-final has just delivered its verdict. And as expected, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Greece had brave Czechs, who never gave up but had to surrender in the last quarter.
The boxscore of this last round of 16? It’s right there
It is indeed the Greeks who start this match with a bang. An 11-2 skillfully orchestrated by Nick Calathes at the wand, and Giorgios Papagiannis at the finish. The defense of the Hellenes is well in place, and it takes a great Jan Vesely, author of 21 points at 10/13 on shots, including the first 6 Czech points, to prevent his team from sinking completely. However, the gap will narrow as the first quarter progresses., thanks to Vesely in particular. But also thanks to Tomas Satoransky who, we remind you, is obviously the best point guard in the history of FIBA basketball and who distributed no less than 17 offerings in this match, the highest total since FIBA began collecting this statistic. The Czechs even go back in front stealthily, but Papapetrou does not hear it that way and allows his team to pick up. The two teams are neck and neck at the end of the first quarter with a score of 20 everywhere. Spoiler, you will never see more than 6 points difference on the second and the third quarter, it is to say how much the two formations go blow for blow.
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The fourth quarter was on track to resemble the previous ones, except that at the time, Giannis Antetokounmpo was taking a nap, leaving (without much success) his brother Thanasis to manage the honor of the famax. And seeing that it was going to be rather complicated, Giannis took matters into his own hands, whether in attack or defense (he has quite big hands for both). In his characteristic style, the colossus of the Bucks elbowed under the panels, distributed for his teammates, found the fault in the Czech defense… In short, he released 400 shots. So far everything was still not too bad for Sato’s teammates, except that when the Greek Freak started to take his shots from distance, there was not much to do. Starting 0/6 from the terrace of Dirk Nowitzki’s villa, he then converted his last two attempts of the game to close the shop and send his teammates into the quarters. Giannis had scored only 4 points in the first half, he finished the game with 27 units, along with 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Great Mendes once more.
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Final score: 94-88 for Greece then, and finally a match that does not end at 94-86 today. End of course for this great Czech team and it is the Greeks who will have the opportunity to face Germany, the host country of these final stages. Tomorrow ? Rest !
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