OR National basketball of many absences did not even do it against Israel And he suffered a 75-58 defeat in Cyprus, showing several weaknesses and many problems. Yiannis Antetokounbos, Costas Sloukas, Dino Mitoglou and Costas Papanikolaou did not fight for the “blue -white”.
National basketball has suffered many problems both defensively and aggressively, with Vassilis Spanoulis facing several problems during the race as he saw Larentzakis and Bazina leaving injured. At the same time, our federal coach wanted to give many young children in the team, with Hugazz, Katsiveli, Liotopoulos, Bazina, Samondurov, Necipoglou taking several time to play.
The top player at the National team was Tyler Dorsey with 14 points and three assists, while Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (12 points), Nikos Hugaz (11 points) were also double.
Greece started well in the first half and with Dorsey, Thanassis Antetokounbos, Costas Antetokounbos and Kalaitzakis “pillars” of the attack, maintained a half -time lead, without being able to escape.
In the second half the Greek team was very inappropriate, scored just 17 points and was fateful by the Israelis who had more players on a good night. Giannoulis Larentzakis fought just 7:06 because he felt a tightening in the middle and retired in the second half in the locker room.
GREECE (Vassilis Spanoulis): Dorsey 14 (2), Kalaitzakis 12 (2), Katsivelis 1, Samondourov 2, Kostas Antetokounbos 8, Larentzakis, Karagiannidis, Liotopoulos, Hougaz 11 (2), Thanassis Antetokounbos, Nikolaidis, Nikolaidis, Nikolaidis, Nikolaidis, Nikolaidis.
Israel (Ariel Beet Loose): Abdia 16 (1), Sorkin 16, Timor 4, Guinat 12, Zuzman 5 (1), Karrington 7 (1), Segev, Menko 3 (1), Levi 7 (1), Yakov, Berg 2, Palace 3 (1).