With a simple victory over Egypt, 93-71, the Nationwide Basketball workforce accomplished its obligations within the first part of the Pre-Olympic match. SEF was additionally full tonight, regardless of the dangerous climate of the day, for the reason that final tickets had been offered a number of hours earlier than the jambol.
The Greek workforce performed severely from the beginning, they took an 18-4 lead with Nick Calathes because the orchestrator, however then gave rights to the Egyptians, who diminished the distinction and received inside taking pictures distance simply earlier than the break: 40-38. A burst early within the second half introduced the rating to 53-41 and simplified the state of affairs. The distinction exceeded 20 factors with 3-pointers by Larentzakis and Charalambopoulos Mitoglou (80-56).
Giannis Antetokounmpo stayed out of the sport, in an effort to defend himself for the decisive video games of the approaching weekend. Within the second interval, his brother, Kostas, injured his knee and didn’t return to the sport.
Giorgos Papagiannis and Dinos Mitoglou had been the main scorers for the Nationwide workforce, with 16 factors, whereas Kostas Papanikolaou added 15. Giannoulis Larentzakis scored 12 with 4/8 three-pointers, whereas Nick Kalathis completed the sport with 5 factors, 9 assists and 5 rebound.
Vassilis Spanoulis additionally used Walkap 4, Toliopoulos 3, Moraitis 2, Kalaitzakis 5, Charalambopoulos 13, Ok. Antetokounmpo 2. Within the premiere, our nationwide workforce defeated the Dominicans 109-82.
Metwali scored 20 factors for a weak Egypt workforce that was eradicated with two losses in as many video games.
Within the first semi-final, our Nationwide workforce will face the Slovenia of the superb Luka Doncic, who scored 36 factors within the 104-78 victory over the New Zealanders and saved his workforce from early elimination.
Croatia and the Dominican Republic will likely be vying for the second ticket to Sunday’s last. The 2 semi-finals will likely be held on Saturday at SEF. The match of our nationwide workforce will begin at 5.30 pm. and the opposite at 9 p.m.
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