{"id":131641,"date":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/131641\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","slug":"antetokounmpo-has-greece-in-eurobasket-semis-to-face-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/131641\/","title":{"rendered":"Antetokounmpo has Greece in EuroBasket semis; to face Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIGA, Latvia — Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> scored 29 points and his younger brother Kostas blocked four shots as Greece beat Lithuania 87-76 to reach the EuroBasket semifinals on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> star’s clutch free throws in the final minute helped Greece seal the victory to set up a last-four matchup with Turkey.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo sank two free throws to give Greece a 10-point lead with 19 seconds left after Lithuania had cut Greece’s 16-point fourth-quarter advantage in half. He had made two other free throws with 47 seconds on the clock.<\/p>\n

Kostas Antetokounmpo’s four blocked shots all came in the first half. The 27-year-old center plays for Olympiakos. Vasileios Toliopoulos scored 17 points for Greece.<\/p>\n

Greece is a two-time EuroBasket champion, having won the tournament in 1987 and 2005.<\/p>\n

Jonas Valanciunas<\/a> led Lithuania with 24 points and 15 rebounds.<\/p>\n

In the earlier game Tuesday, Alperen Sengun<\/a> had a triple-double to help unbeaten Turkey to a 91-77 win over Poland. The Houston Rockets<\/a> forward had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in an entertaining performance.<\/p>\n

With his mother in the crowd, Sengun made a one-handed pass the length of the court to Sehmus Hazer, who dunked and gave Sengun a thumbs-up late in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

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Sengun found Hazer again with a spinning no-look pass in the lane in the third quarter and then treated himself to a one-handed reverse dunk with the game in hand.<\/p>\n

Turkey pulled away to lead 46-32 at halftime after Poland’s physicality on defense and its bench presented early problems.<\/p>\n

Poland moved within eight points with three minutes left, but Hazer sank a 3-pointer to keep Turkey in control.<\/p>\n

Mateusz Ponitka and Jordan Loyd both scored 19 points to lead Poland.<\/p>\n

The quarterfinals continue Wednesday with Finland facing Georgia and World Cup winner Germany playing Slovenia.<\/p>\n

It is a first EuroBasket quarterfinal for Georgia, which knocked out Olympic silver medalist France in the round of 16 and beat defending champion Spain in the group stage.<\/p>\n

Finland knocked out Nikola Jokic<\/a>‘s Serbia and boasts Utah Jazz<\/a> forward Lauri Markkanen<\/a>. The Finns also have highly rated 18-year-old forward Miikka Muurinen.<\/p>\n

Germany and Slovenia have won the title once: Germany as host in 1993 and the Slovenians in 2017.<\/p>\n

Coming off a 42-point game against Italy in the round of 16, Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a> is looking for his fifth game of the tournament with at least 30 points scored.<\/p>\n

Don\u010di\u0107 and Sengun have one triple-double each, and they could yet face off for the gold medal in Sunday’s final.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this story. <\/p>\n