OR Turkey He managed to beat Serbia 95-90 in a real derby from start to finish, with the Turks having a terrible night Alperien Shengun who finished the game with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists. With a 5-0 record, Ergkin Ataman’s team took first place in the first half and will face Sweden in his ’16’ Eurobasket.
With a “storm” of three -pointers (18/31), Turkey threatened the historical record of most apt tricolor in the history of Eurobaskets (19 Germany from 2022), taking a great victory against Serbia, which will face the knockout in Finland.
It was a big derby from the first to the last minute. It is noteworthy that with the exception of the lead of the Turks 19-11 at the start of the match, no team could get a difference of more than 6 points. In the first half, an incredible Alperien Sengun “touched” the triple-double when he had 12p, 8p, 7th. In 18 minutes of participation! But thanks to the pluralism (10 out of 11) the Serbs were closed in 20 minutes (49-46).
Meanwhile, Aleksa Avramovic had left for the locker room with an injury problem, which was a major issue for Serbia, given Bogdanovic’s loss. The Ponto-Ponto derby continued in the third period, with Turkey uninterruptedly out of 6.75, Larkin and Osman remaining “hot”, while the “Plavi” began to feed Jokic more. They also got a lot of help from the unmistakable Guduric, the two Jovic and Petrusv.
The undisputed MVP of the match, Shengun, was the one who starred in the phase that judged the game. They were 21 seconds, the score was 91-90 in favor of the Turks and at that point he stole the ball, winning the valuable last occupation. The Serbs then fouls to Larkin, who wrote 93-90 to follow Jokic’s inappropriate three-pointers and the new free shots for the 95-90 by Sengun who lost the Triple double with 28p, 13p, 8th.
The quarters: 19-18, 46-49, 74-73, 95-90
TURKEY (ATAMAN): Larkin 23 (5), Hazer 3 (1), Osman 16 (4), Corkmaz 8 (2), Senngun 28 (4), Osmani 10 (1), Bona 2, Sipachi 5 (1),
SERBIA (Pesic): Petrusev 13, N. Jovic 10, Marinkovic 7 (1), Vuksevic 5, Dobric 1, Yokic 6, Michic 7 (1), Guduric 3, S. Jovich 4, Avravic 12