In the best way the National basketball her obligations to Eurobasket U20 started in Heraklion. The players of Kostas Papadopoulos, after a competitive first half against Lithuania, pressed … Gazi in the II and turned 34-34 into a comfortable victory, 84-65, in the closed “Two Aorakia” stadium of the New Bodrum for the 1st Bodrum.
National basketball saw four of its players score a two -digit number! Samondourov was the top scorer with 19 points, from 17, Avdalas and Liotopoulos added, while Kapetakis scored 10 points. Lithuania’s top scorer was Schonks with 13 points. The second opponent of the National Young Men is tomorrow (13/7, 18:00) the Czech Republic.
Samondurov broke the pomegranate for Greece in the line from the line with the first blue-white points and the team reaching +8 (3-11, 6’30 ”) with Rozakis. The then was not commensurate with our representative band easily losing baskets, the nervousness of dominating in many cases and the game looking for rhythm.
Greece measured 5/14 two-pointers, found it losing the rebound battle, with Lithuania counterattack to reach until 19-13 (11’20 ”) and 22’15 (11’45 ”). Liotopoulos and Avdalas provided solutions (22-22, 12’25 ”), Rozakis and Soulis followed (24-26, 15’10 ”) with Kapetakis ‘continued points leading to 27-31 (18’) and halftime to close (34-34).
The 3rd period was a different case. The three-pointers with “Good Morning” by Captain and Liotopoulos (35-40, 22’20 ”) gave the slogan. Kostas Papadopoulos saw his players cooperate better in the attack, becoming more effective in defense and gradually building a difference that reached double-digit (42-53, 26’20 ”) with another three-pointer by Liotopoulos and to +14 (48-62, 29 ‘).
Liotopoulos’s fifth three-pointers wrote 51-67 (31 ′), Avdalas again defeated 53-70 (33’30 “) and Samondourov continued for 55-72 (34 ′). Its desire especially from the far distance (10/21). Greece dominated Lithuania 84-65 and got what it wanted from the premiere of Eurobasket!
The quarters: 9-13, 34-34, 51-62, 65-84
Lithuania (Darius Songila): Youzena 10 (3), Banchevitsi 6, Rudaitis 8 (1), 13 (3), Stuknis 5 (1), Kotsanas, Krizanaouskas, Bieliaouskas 10 (1), Laurencikas 8, Zoukoussas, 5 (1) (1)
GREECE (Kostas Papadopoulos): Kapetakis 10 (2), Touliatos 3, Paraskevopoulos, Rosakeas, Soulis 2, Rozakis 6, Avdalas 17 (3), Spartalis 5, Samodorov 19, Liotopoulos 17 (5), Patrikis 4, Pagonis 1