Bamberg won Nea Kifisia in friendly game

Brose Baskets Bamberg won Nea Kifisia in friendly game that took place in Kifisia. Coach Andrea Trinchieri returned to Greece with a victory. Patrick Ewing Jr made his best game since he signed with AENK with 22 points and Uros Duvnjak had 17 points. For Brose Bamberg Carlon Brown had 15 points but got injured in the last minutes.
Quarters' scores: 15-19, 35-40, 52-61, 78-80

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Liakopoulos 4, Popovic 2, Pesakovic 9(3), Mavroeidis 4, Kakiouzis 9(1), Tsaldaris 6(2), Duvnjak 17, Davis 5(1), Ewing 22 (2).
Brose Bamberg (Trinchieri): Bagaric 5, Thompson 8(2), Tadda , Theis, Wanamaker 13, Strelnieks 11(3), Harris 16, Mbakwe 7, Katelynas 5(1), Brown 15(2)

Fotis Katsikaris in the new coach of the Greek national basketball team

Hellenic Basketball Federation announced that Fotis Katsikaris in the new coach of the Greek national basketball team. Katsikaris will coach the Greek national team in the forthcoming World Championship in Spain. Katsikaris started his coaching career in AEK as assistant coach of Dusan Ivkovic and Dragan Sakota, then as head coach of AEK before moving to Dinamo St. Petersburg BC, Valencia BC, Aris and Bilbao. Fotis Katsikaris replaced Andrea Trinchieri that failed in leading Greece to a medal.

Greece defeated Turkey in Eurobasket Slovenia

Greece defeated Turkey in Eurobasket Slovenia with a larger score than the statistics were forecasting. Greece won with 61-84 without her leader Vassilis Spanoulis. Turkey improved her bad percentages in free throws and two point shoots but Greece had a great percentage 66,7% in 3 points shooting and reduced the turnovers to just 12 and 21 assists during the game. Türkoglu had an awful nigh with 0% in field shoots, 0/5 2 points shots and 0/4 3 points shots and only scored 2 free throws out of 4. Greece had another wonderful team rotation game with only Kavvadas and Printezis to finish without scoring but Yannis Bourousis finished the game with 21 points and 80% accuracy in field goals. Andrea Trinchieri coached the team smooth without Vassilis Spanoulis and now he has to lead the team against his home country Italy, the other team of the group with only victories.

Eurobasket Slovenia: Greece vs Turkey pre-match stats and analysis

Greece plays against Turkey in a death match where Turkey can be eliminated from Eurobasket Slovenia 2013. In first two games Greece has two victories and Turkey two defeats. Greece scored 79,5 points in average while Turkey only 65,0 points. Greece allows her opponents to score 61,0 points in average, almost the scoring average of Turkey, while Turkey allows opponents to score 75,5,  close to scoring of Greece. By scores only the most possible result seems 77-63 for Greece but the lack of Spanoulis and the rivalry of the two teams may lower the score. A weakness of the Greek team in the first two games is free throws percentage with a low of 62,0% which can be crucial in the forthcoming games. But even 62% free throws percentage seems high for Turkey which has the lowest percentage in the tournament with 55,8%. Greece is also bad in turnovers with average 17,5 turnovers per game while Turkey makes lower turnovers with an average of 12,0 per game. The lack of Spanoulis though won't alter much the style of play for the Greek national team since their opponents make 25,5 fouls per game which is the highest number in the tournament. This high number of won fouls is result of Trinchieri's rotating system which makes full use of the bench depth of Greece. To sum up, Greece has a leading position before the game but we expect Turkey to higher its shooting percentages at this game. Greece will depend on its rotating system to wear Turkey with fouls and in such a crucial game poor free throws percentages won't help the weaker Turkey. If percentages and averages play basketball then Greece will win Turkey with 5-10 points and a score about 77-63.

Greece wins Russia in Eurobasket Slovenia second day

Greece wins Russia with 80-71 in Eurobasket Slovenia second day. Greece was leading the score even with 22 points but 5 minutes before the end Shved started scoring and reduced the difference at 8 points with a 18-4 run. Greece had Spanoulis, Perperoglou, Papanikolaou, Mavrokefalidis and Kaimakoglou with over 10 points. For Russia Shved led the score with 17 points and Karasev the rebounds with 7 collected. Both teams had a bad day at 3 points shooting with about 33% accuracy. Vassilis Spanoulis suffered a light injury and didn't played in the last quarter. Greece finished the game with 27 bench points proving that his biggest advantage is the complete roster. Last time Greece defeated Russia in official game was in 2005 Eurobasket when Greece won Russia with 66-61 and since then Russia won in 2007 Eurobasket with 61-53, in 2009 Eurobasket with 68-65, 2010 Wold Basketball Championship with 73-69 and in 2011 Eurobasket with 83-67.

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22/09/2005 Ρωσία-Ελλάδα 61-66 ΕΥΡΩΜΠΑΣΚΕΤ

Andrea Trinchieri cuts Ian Vougioukas from Eurobasket

Andrea Trinchieri decided to cut Ian Vougioukas from the Greek national basketball team that will participate in forthcoming Eurobasket in Slovenia. Trinchieri preferred the young Vasileios Kavvadas for the center position.

Trinchieri cuts Dimitris Katsivelis and Kostas Vasileiadis from Eurobasket

After Vlantimir Giankovits Andrea Trinchieri cuts Dimitris Katsivelis and Kostas Vasileiadis from the Greek national team that will play in Eurobasket Slovenia.

Vlantimir Giankovits won't play at Eurobasket 2013

Andrea Trinchieri informed Vlantimir Giankovits that he will not continue with the Greek National Basketball Team for Eurobasket 2013. The young guard will join his new team Panathinaikos in the preparation.

Nikos Pappas out of the Greek national team

The head coach of the Greek National Team Andrea Trinchieri announced that Panathinaikos' player Nikos Pappas won't follow the team in Eurobasket finals. Nikos Pappas didn't seem to be happy with his participation in the team and coach Trinchieri decided that what team unity is more important.