The Greek team, led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, suffered to prevail over a combative Italia (85-81) in this second day of the Eurobasket in which Ukraine remains the leader thanks to its narrow victory against Estonia (73-74) and in which Croatia added its first points against the weak Britain (65-86).
The star of the Milwaukee Bucks, ring champion NBA and MVP of the 2021 finals, ran into a solid Italy that has the field factor when playing this Group C in Milan.
The Greek forward was once again the best of his team and put together a performance of 25 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in the 30 minutes he was playing. The problem was that in front he met Simon Fontecchio, alero of Utah Jazz, what if at the premiere of Italy before Estonia already shone before Greece he established himself as the leader of the ‘azzurra’ with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in 31 minutes on the floor.
And it is that after three quarters where despite the equality he commanded GreeceItaly was about to turn the score around in the last one with a final run of 24-14.
With this result Italy is placed fourth, in positions of access to eighth, ahead of Estonia and Great Britain, no wins. Greece is placed second, chasing Ukraine.
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A Ukraine who, after running over Great Britain on the first day, had a difficult day against Estonia, which they beat by one point thanks to a last quarter in which they came from behind on the scoreboard.
Again, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk fHe was the best of the Ukrainians signing 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists; while the most prominent of the Estonians was Maik-Kalev Kotsar, with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist that could not prevent the second consecutive defeat in the championship.
Another selection that added its second disappointment was Britain, well below the level of the rest, who once again conceded a heavy defeat after a disastrous third quarter that ended 9-35 in favor of a Croatia which joins the path of victory and is placed third ahead of Italy by points in favor. EFE
