Turkey vs Greece Basketball: Germany Finals Matchup

(supplemented by Turkey’s national team victory over Greece)
The German national team has previously played for the last time in the European Championship final in 2005, but has not won gold since 1993. The Turks have never been European champions, only in 2001.

The finals of the medals will take place on Sunday, September 14, when the semi -finals will be in the game for 3rd place.

Turkish

In the bright start of the game, the Turkish team quickly strengthened in the lead and, as the end of the first half approached, the leaders had already over 20 points. In the third quarter, the outcome of the fight was practically settled, providing 26 points to Turkey.

Erchan Osmani, with 28 points, was the highest scorer in Turkey, making a huge contribution to the team at the start of the game. Chedi Osman added 17 points to the winners, while Greece scored 15 points by Costa Sluk.

Episodes of Greece and Turkey

With an impressive breakthrough, the Turks took a 12: 3 lead at the vigorous start, while the Greek team did not hit the shots, or the attacks even stimulated without a threat to the basket. Osmani, who scored 11 points in five minutes, finished the first quarter with 14 points. During the break, Turkish basketball players went with a 10 -point lead (26:16).

At the high pace game, the Greeks were more successful in the second quarter than previously found solutions in the attack, but there was a lot of mistakes. The Turkish team did not hesitate to use, and the tumor’s lead, which, two and a half minutes before the end of the half, reached +21 (45:24) with Furkan Cork Maza. Greek team leader Janni Adetokunbo Turks limited to four points in the first half.

The Turks, after a break, the tumor lead and strengthened in a convincing lead, reaching 26 points in the middle of the third quarter (64:38). Turkish basketball players have already lost concentration in some episodes, but it did not significantly affect the balance of power. In addition, the Greeks made several technical notes, practically recognizing the disappointment of the fight. The Greek team did not lower their hands in the last quarter, but the difference was too big to hope for escape.

Conversation with Alperen Schengin (English)

Alperen Schengin fueled Turkish victory with 15 points and 12 rebounds, but in a conversation with journalists, he stressed that everyone was able to score points and is a fighter.

Germany brakes the Finnish pace

The Finns were outscored in the game, but the German team quickly recovered and in successful basketball in the first half secured a secure lead in the first half. In the third quarter, the Finnish national team was able to exacerbate the fighting, which was not enough to get a fracture.

Germany’s victory, Denis Schröder, was throwing 26 points and 12 assists, while Francis Wagner added 22 points. Hope for the bronze -retained Finns with 21 points was Oliver Nkamua.

Episodes of the German and Finnish game

Defense and skill to find good shots allowed the Finnish team to reach a 14: 6 lead, but in quick basketball in the middle of the first quarter, the Germans confirmed better. Immediately use the opponents’ mistakes, German basketball players ran into the attack and safely took the lead, providing +8 in the first quarter (29:21).

The Finns started the second quarter with a four -point shortage (26:30), but the attacks were no longer on comfortable shots, and Germany strengthened in a safer lead. With Wagner playing successfully in the attack, the German lead after his three -pointer reached +18 (46:28). The German team played less diligent in defense at the end of the first half, but in the offensive, he confirmed the impressive performance, with 14 points in a long break (61:47).

With three -point shots, the Finnish team prevented their opponents from gaining an even more impressive lead in the third quarter, and in the last minutes before the break, the northerners break up to six points (71:77). As the last quarter resumed, the Germans restored a two -digit lead, but the Finnish team remained empty for almost three minutes. Both teams fell the accuracy of the shots, which did not prevent Germany from staying in a very comfortable lead.

Conversation with German basketball player Francis Wagner (English)

Wagner told Latvian Television after a victory in the interview that the German team’s team was to play physically and neutralize the speed of the Finns. Wagner hopes the Germans will hold on to the wave in the finals on Sunday.

Conversation with Sheen Larkin (English)

Meanwhile, Turkish basketball player Shin Larkin, who scored 14 points over the Greek, admitted that a serious test against such an experienced opponent as Germany would be waiting in the finals. But the Turkish team has something to prove and the team has confirmed that he is able to play at a high level, Larkin emphasized.

The German team also played in the semi -finals in the previous European Championship in 2022, conceding to the Spaniards at home, but at the end of the tournament becoming bronze medalists. The Finnish national team, on the other hand, entered the four European teams for the first time, beating Serbia and Georgia in the first two rounds.