With Giannis Antetokounbos giving another great performance with blue whites, National Basketball She dominated Italy with 75-66 at her premiere at Eurobasket 2025 And she made a decisive step in winning the first place in the third group, which makes the path to the medal zone.
National Basketball Greece was superior to Italy throughout the match, never lost the lead in the game, and escaped several times with double -digit difference, reaching without much stress in the final dominance.
The absolute protagonist for the blue -white was Yiannis Antetokounbos, who stopped at 29 points. It is noteworthy that no other player in Vasilis Spanoulis’ team was double -digit, with Sloukas, Toliopoulos and Mitoglou helping the NBA superstar in scoring.
Undoubtedly, what Greece Nationals must keep from the premiere against Italy is the excellent picture of the defense that has captured the Italians below 70 points.
The match
Greece came into the game with Dorsey, Slouka, Papanikolaou, Antetokounbos Mitoglou with Sloukas marking her first basket in the event. The sequel belonged to Giannis Antetokounbos aggressively, helping 10-10 (5’40 ”) to become 22-12 (10 ‘) with three-pointers by Papanikolaou and Toliopoulos.
The second was the one who sent the difference to +12 (24-12, 10’18 ”), Sloukas maintained its double-digit value twice (25-15 at 11’40 ”, 30-20 at 13 ‘) with Spanoulis mixing the deck early with changes.
Italy was aggressively supported by Nikolos honey and three-point shots, and took many of the offensive rebounds (seven in the first twenty minutes), managing to reduce to four points (36-32) shortly before the two opponents took the apostasy. During this time the Greek team had already been in nine mistakes and had 16 rebounds, all defensive.
Sloukas, with a three-point lead and an assist for Yannis Antetokounbos’ spectacular nail, starred in 41-34 (22’30 ”) with Greece reacting to Italy’s good time. In 45-41 (24’40 ”) with 3/3 from the charity line by Danilos Galinari it became 52-41 (27 ‘) with Greece with its first offensive rebound in the game.
Vassilis Spanoulis saw his players keep control and reach +14 (61-47, 32’10 “) with Mitoglou. Nyang made efforts (66-57, 35 ′), Fontekio for the first time in ten inappropriate attempts, and Italy was 36 and 36), Antetokounbos again sent the difference to +10 (71-61, 37 ′).
Spaniolo again reduced (71-66, 39 ′) with Greece reaching the victory with the final 75-66 with a continuous basket of Yannis Antetokounbos at the final.
The ten minutes: 22-12, 36-32, 56-45, 75-66.
GREECE (Spanoulis): Dorsey 6 (1/3 two -pointers, 0/4 three -pointers, 4/5 shots, 5 rebounds), Larentzakis 3 (1), Toliopoulos 8 (2), Sloukas 9 (1/2 two -pointers, 2/2 three -pointers, 4 assists) Antetokounbos 31 (14/20 two -pointers, 3/4 shots, 7 rebounds, 2 assists), Costas Antetokounbos, Thanassis Antetokounbos 6 (1), Mitoglou 9 (2/3 two -pointers, 0/2 three -pointers, 5/6 shots, 4 rebounds)
ITALY (Poseko): Galinari 8 (0/2 two -pointers, 1/4 three -pointers, 5/54 shots, 5 fouls at 15:40), honey 15 (5/8 two -pointers, 1/4 three -pointers, 2/4 shots, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks), Thompson 3, 5 (1) Nyang 11 (4/6 two -pointers, 1/1 three -pointers, 4 rebounds), Spissou, Diouf 4, Payola 6 (2 three -pointers, 4 assists)
Greek group statistics: 20/34 two -pointers, 7/18 three -pointers, 14/19 shots, 31 rebounds (27 defenses – 4 offensive), 13 assists, 8 steals, 4 blocks, 16 errors, 22 fouls.
Italy’s group statistics: 16/38 two -pointers, 7/27 three -pointers, 13/19 shots, 32 rebounds (20 defenses – 12 offensive), 19 assists, 11 steals, 3 blocks, 11 errors, 24 fouls.