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Heartbreaking for much of the match, for the second night in three days, Greece needed a big surprise in the final first to send the match into extra time and then beat Bulgaria (84-78) in the fourth match of the qualifying round of the Eurobasket. 2022.
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Great is Giannis Athinaiou who scored two triples at the end of regulation time and another two in the extra five minutes, in addition to what was the final score, the help of potential Vassilis Kavvadas is important, but beyond that Ethniki does not have much to do hide. this game. He showed a bad face, he won and now he has to look for ways to improve in the future, to convince himself that he is on the right track and inspire.
Bulgaria fell 1-3, making a tremendous effort without their only great player, Sasha Vezenkov, who had the advantage for much of the match, but in the end, Greece’s experience and the incredible Athenian’s shooting threw her to the canvas. .
See here the group rating
The MVP
Giannis Athinaiou, the man with great shots and great games. He has done it again with the national team jersey, he has done it tonight. In 24 minutes he scored 21 points from 1/4 of two points, 6/9 of three points and 1/1 shot, collected five rebounds, gave two assists, spoke when he had to and had an outstanding presence. Great, fate really owed him that match.
THE WEAK LINK
Chadar Kostov started impressively, he was unstoppable in the first ten minutes, but from then on he was silent. Kimi’s former player scored a quick 10 points and ultimately stayed at 15, missing critical shots and making big mistakes. Just as bad was Di Bost who was 12 points from 1/5 of two points, 3/12 of three points and 1/4 of shots, he had a good period that kept Bulgaria on their feet in the third ten minutes and nothing more.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Greece closed the game with 60 rebounds (!), With 22 more than Bulgaria, who stayed at 38. The double 18/47 of the National is a performance that explains why it was so difficult to win this game, since at least ten They got lost. twelve, maybe more baskets than should have been hit. The Bulgarians closed the match with 4/14 shots, they will long remember this performance (28.6%) that deprived them of the opportunity for a great victory. Vassilis Kavvadas had six blocks, with 4/17 shots Di Bost came off the floor and was in a good space in the third ten minutes.
THE RACE
Mantzaris, Katsivelis, Giannis and Dimitris Agravanis, Kavvadas were back in the top five for Greece, who entered the game very badly, received 10 points from Kostov and came back with six (13-7) in the fifth minute. The bad image continued, with 19-10 at 8 ‘and 25-17 of the first period irritating players and coaches, while the Bulgarians counted 4/8 two points, 5/7 three points, 2/4 shots and seven assists for an error. What did Ethniki have to deal with? 4/12 two points, 2/4 three points, three final passes and four errors.
At the beginning of the second period, Kaklamanakis fought many battles and won them to close the gap to six (29-23 in 13 ‘), but from there, Bulgaria returned to play their own game, going to +16 (41- 25) And if there weren’t a personal outburst from Loundzis, the -10 of the half (41-31) would be much higher. With 35.7% to two points (10/28) and with only four executed three points, Greece was lucky to be at this distance.
It took three minutes to see the first basket of both teams in the third quarter, Kavvadas put it for 41-33 after several opportunities wasted by Nacional. Kavvadas also scored a goal foul 41-36, the series reached 0-11, nailed 41-38 in 25 ‘, the Bulgarians could no longer find a score and the match had essentially started from scratch. The National Team kept their opponents without a point for ten minutes, from 17 ‘to 27’ when Bost scored a triple to 44-42, with the American only running 6-0 to 48-42 in 28 ‘and his team to return to build a ten point lead (52-42) in the blink of an eye.
With increasing stress, Greece was trying to rely on its defense. She did, but she kept wasting her opportunities and receiving three points, with 68-60 in 36 ‘putting her back to the wall. With the score at 68-63 and with Kavvadas playing alone against everyone, the ball was left in the hands of Flionis who missed a solo triple, to follow a crazy period, two triples by Athenian for 70-69 and a thriller in the final . . Katsivelis nailed it 71-71 after Kostov’s shot, who missed the victory shot to take the game into extra time.
Athinaiou (71-74) and Mantzaris (73-77) made great triples in the extra five minutes, Dimitris Agravanis had 2/2 shots for 78-81 and Giannis won a jambol for possession at 27.3 “, an attack from which The new big shot of the Athenian emerged that registered the final score and led our representative team to victory.
THE REFEREES: Chulin, Mategek, Jurcevic
THE TEN MINUTES: 25-17, 41-31, 52-46, 71-71 (etc.), 78-84
BULGARIA (.Bartsovsky): Bost 12 (1/5 two points, 3/12 three points, 1/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals), Kostov 15 (2), Georgiev 9 (4/10 shots, 8 rebounds), Ivanov 5 (1 three points, 9 rebounds), Petkov 11 (3), Batchev 7 (1), Marinov 5, Chernokozhev 8 (2), Vaklinov, Hadjirushev 6 (2)
HELLAS (Skourtopoulos): Katsivelis 8 (4/7 two points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists), D. Agravanis 10 (1/6 two points, 2/4 three points), Margaritis 7 (1 three points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals , 2 blocks), Mantzaris 3 (1 three points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 4 errors), Athinaiou 21 (6/9 three points, 5 rebounds), Skordilis, Kavvadas 14 (4/8 two points, 6 / 10 shots, 4 rebounds, 6 blocks), Flionis, Kaklamanakis 9 (8 rebounds), G. Agravanis 4 (1/6 shots, 6 rebounds), Gikas, Lountzis 8 (4/6 two points)
Bulgaria group statistics: 16/36 two points, 14/40 three points, 4/14 shots, 38 rebounds (27 defensive – 11 offensive), 16 assists, 8 steals, 2 blocks, 13 errors)
Greece Group Stats: 18/47 two points, 10/25 three points, 18/25 shots, 60 rebounds (40 defensive – 20 offensive), 17 assists, 7 steals, 9 blocks, 19 errors
The next matches of the two teams: In the third “window” Bulgaria will face Latvia (2/20) and Bulgaria (2/22), while Greece will face Bosnia (2/20) and Latvia (2/22).
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