The renewed Spanish basketball team suffered a major defeat in the first friendly match for the Eurobasket. Greece (86-70) NBA star in a duel Gianis Antetokoumpo (31 points and 10 rebounds), pulled himself up, took the midfield and managed to defuse the threat of backlash from Sergio Scariolo’s men in the second half.

The match started with the player milwaukee dollars and Willy Hernángómez backing their teams offensively in the first scores. There have been a few moments when Spain resisted, since the 5-7, when the current world champions could not take the lead again.

an 8-0 run, Dorsey Y pap smear Adding to Antetokounmpo’s goal-scoring inspiration, he gave wings to a local team that from that moment began to look superior to an opponent who had suffered tremendously on defense.

The Spaniards, who could not find a solution in both baskets, marked the beginning of the match in which Greece doubled the score. Thus, the gap was closed with seven minutes played in the second quarter. twenty one points (46-25), despite five unanswered points from debutant Lorenzo Brown giving the visitors some air and trailing them by fifteen points.

Spain suffered and was overwhelmed. But that’s where it hit rock bottom. 10-2 with baskets by Hernangómez brothers, Rudy Fernández and three Jaime Fernandez He was allowed to put 48-35 on the edge of the timeout and showed that beyond the adjustments that needed to be made in the game, the claw was not lost in this new phase.

But that dynamic wasn’t enough to stop the power of Giannis Antetokoumpo, who came back from the locker room and took seven of the team’s first nine points. homeowner in the third quarter. This success brought income back to nineteen (59-40) and Spain once again emerged from the cliff.

Step by step Sebas Saiz’s four points, Brizuela’s trio and Sima’s achievements and Lopez-Arostegui, Panorama changed radically and an 11-1 was made which caused Spain to meet the decisive quarter just six behind (63-57, 30 minutes).

That’s when Antekoumpo showed up once again and put everything in its place. The Bucks player has filed charges against his team again. broad shoulders and this time he did it for sure, scoring multiple times and activating his teammates and the pavilion enjoying the display of his star.

In just over five minutes, the Spaniard turned nine points from all colors that put out the fire and put the lead again over fifteen points. It was the last stone on which victory was built. Two days of reflection and analysis now await Spain. revenge In Madrid, where they will meet again on Thursday.

Data sheet:

86 – Greece (31+19+13+24): Calathes (7), Dorsey (11), Papanikolau (5), Giannis Antetokounmpo (31), Kostas Antetokounmpo (7) -five starts-, Agrabanis (9), Kalaitzakis (4), Papapetrou (2), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (3 ), Larentzakis (3), Bochoridis (2), Kaselakis (2).

70 – Spain (13+22+22+13): Brown (7), Pradilla (10), López-Arostegui (4), Willy Hernangómez (15), Juancho Hernangómez (4) -starting from five-, Rudy Fernández (3), Colom (3), Saiz (8), Parra (-), Sima (3), Brizuela (8), Yusta (2), Jaime Fernández (3).

referees: Elias Koromilas (GRE), Petros Papapetrou (GRE), and George Poursanidis (GRE). Without being destroyed.

Events: Eurobasket friendly match played at the OAKA pavilion in Athens in front of more than 11,000 spectators.