Giannis Antetokounbos did not fight in Greece’s friendly with Serbia And Nikola Yokitt had a “party”. NBA’s “Star” achieved a comfortable double-double and-along with Bogdanovic-led Pesic’s team to win over his national basketball (66-76), in a friendly in Cyprus. Mitoglou’s top blue -white. Spanoulis’ team touched the big overturn in the last minutes, but could not complete it.
The game …
The two teams had a very good start in the match, going together, with national basketball taking points from the region (4/7 three -pointers) and Mitoglou and Dorsey standing out. Serbia saw Jovic and Jokic pull her out in the scoring, with the blue -white – but – being well read in defense.
Tristan Vuksevic’s entrance made Serbia more dangerous into the “painter”, with Pesic’s team taking the lead. Larentzakis’ three-pointer, however, made it 26-26 of the first period.
Greece and Serbia were inappropriate in the second period. The presence of Thanassis and Kostas Antetokounbos in her five, gave the blue -white energy, but Spanoulis’ players made hasty decisions in the attack (they stayed for about 6 minutes, having only one nail) while continuing to show a problem in the rebound.
Sluka’s three shots, after a foul by Jokic, threw the difference at three points (31-34). From that point on, however, Serbia became more “tough” in defense, saw Jokic take up. Forums in the attack (at halftime he reached 10 points and 9 assists) and went to the locker room with a +9 (34-43).
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At the beginning of the third period Jokic reached a double-double, but national basketball made a 4-0 run and reduced to score (38-45). Serbia had found a rhythm and easily kept the difference to double-digit boundaries, raising it up to +11 (44-55). Mitoglou’s three-pointer “wrote” 47-55 of the third quarter, with the Greek international reaching 15 points at that point.
Serbia continued to have the… upper hand and in the last quarter, with Bogdanovic scoring 5 consecutive points and raising the difference again to +11 (49-60). The Clippers guard was led the team for the rest of the match, despite national basketball flashes, until Nikola Yokitt returns to the match.
The Nuggets’ Star did not stop scoring, but saw Greece put a three-point three-point series (2nd Papanikolaou, one Sloukas and one Mitoglou) and the difference falling to 3 points (66-69). In time … DT, however, Serbia found 5 points from Avramovic and again made a security difference (66-74), with Greece making mistakes again and “solving”, despite the over-effort in the finale of the match.