Men s Basketball European Championship: Antetokounmpo is brave, Greece beats Italy, Slovenia loses to Poland

The schedule for the second day of the Men's Basketball European Championship today continues, and many strong teams are all on the court. Among them, the games that received a lot of attention were Slovenia in the Polish division faced the host Poland team, the Greek team led by Alphabet in the Cyprus division faced Italy, and the French team who won the championship in the Polish division faced the Belgian team. Let’s take a look at today’s game.

Greece 75-66 Italy

The two sides entered a tug-of-war at the beginning of the game. Antetokounmpo kept hitting the basket and points for the Greek team. The Italian team had a better outside shooting feel. In the later period, the Greek team scored two consecutive three-pointers, and at the end of the first quarter, the Greek team led Italy by 10 points 22-12. As soon as the second quarter, both sides had offensive and defense, and both made three-pointers, and the score difference hovered around 10 points. The offensive efficiency of both sides in the middle and late periods decreased, and the Italian team used the counterattack to get the score closer. At the end of the half, Greece led Italy 36-32 by 4 points.

As soon as the third quarter came, Antetokounmpo made consecutive dunks at the basket, and the Greek team slightly widened the score. Gallinari made a three-pointer and made three free throws in the middle, and the Italian team once approached the score. But then the Italian team entered the scoring drought, and the Greek team widened the score difference to more than 10 points in a 7-0 wave. At the end of the third quarter, Greece led Italy 11 points 56-45. In the last quarter, both sides had offensive and defense, and both scored three points. Fontegio made a three-pointer in the middle and back, and the Italian team narrowed the gap to single digits with a 7-0 wave. But the Antetokounmpo brothers scored consecutively to help the Greek team stabilize the situation. In the end, the Greek team defeated Italy and achieved a good start to the event.

Polish team 105-95 Slovenia team

As soon as the first quarter was in progress, the Polish team made three-pointers in a row, and Doncic scored consecutively to score points for the team. Lakasky made a buzzer-beating mid-range shot, and Poland led Slovenia 29-25 by 4 points in the first quarter. As soon as Omic made a three-pointer in the second quarter, Slovenia narrowed the gap to only 1 point. But then both sides entered the scoring drought. As the middle approached, the offensive efficiency of both sides increased. Loyd made consecutive three-pointers. Poland once established a score advantage of 7 points, but Slovenia responded with three-pointers. In the final stage, Doncic made a three-pointer, and Slovenia once overtook the score, but Rahinsky still hit the buzzer. Poland led Slovenia by 1 point 47-46 in the first half.

The Polish team made a wave of offensive attacks in the third quarter, and the 12-2 wave at the beginning instantly widened the score difference to more than 10 points. Then the two sides had offensive and defense, and the score difference was hovering above 10. After three quarters, Poland led Slovenia 11 points 80-69. In the last quarter, Slovenia started 4-0, and the score difference once reached only 7 points. But Bonetka made a three-pointer, helping Poland keep the gap at around 10 points. In the end, although Doncic scored 30+ points, Slovenia lost to Poland and missed the first victory in the game.

France 92-64 Belgium

In this game, France still demonstrated strong competitiveness. After establishing a certain score advantage in the middle and late sections of the first quarter, it has been overwhelming the Belgian team on the scene, and the scores in each quarter of the four quarters exceeded the Belgian team. After a 7-0 wave in the middle of the third quarter, the French team established a 20-point advantage. Although the Belgian team once closed the gap to within 20 points later, France scored three-pointers in the end of the third quarter, and the gap remained above 20 points. In the middle of the last quarter, Belgium once closed the gap to within 20 points, but in the last moment, France scored 11-0 and defeated Belgium with a big score to achieve a good start to the game.

There is also one game, and Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated Cyprus 91-64. A total of 4 players on the Bosnia and Herzegovina scored in double digits, and Nurkic scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

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