Italy defeats Greece in Eurobasket Slovenia

Greece and Italy were the only two teams of the group without any loss but after Italy defeated Greece with 81-72 now remains the only team with only victories. Marco Belinelli did it all, scored 23 points and collected 7 rebounds. Nikos Zisis tried with 16 points and 4 assists but Greece didn't score in the last 2 minutes. Italy had an almost flawless game with only 4 turnovers while Greece finished the game with 14 turnovers. Now Greece will play against Finland for the second place in the group. 

Greece in Eurobasket Slovenia: better in 3 points than free throws

After 3 games in Eurobasket Slovenia 2013 the national team of Greece has some very interesting statistics.

Greece leads the total field goal percentage of the tournament with 56,6% accuracy, being second behind France in two points field goal percentage with 60,7% and first in three points field goal percentage with 46,8%. But while Greece is the most accurate team in field goals and three points field goals in free throws is the 22nd country, third from the end, with a bad 60,3% accuracy. In assists Greece is 5th with 16,0 assists per game which is close to the average 15,7 turnovers Greece makes per game.

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.

22/09/2005 Ρωσία-Ελλάδα 61-66 ΕΥΡΩΜΠΑΣΚΕΤ200

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

Greece wins Sweden in Eurobasket Slovenia first day

Greece wins Sweden with 79-51 in Eurobasket Slovenia first day. For Greece all twelve players scored which shows the type of basketball that Greece prefers. Spanoulis scored 12 points and Mavrokefalidis gained 9 rebounds for Greece while for Sweden Taylor scored 16 points and Kjellbom gained 5 rebounds.Sweden finished the game with 36% shot accuracy and Greece with 57.4% shooting accuracy.

Greece roster for FIBA EuroBasket Slovenia 2013

After Andrea Trinchieri decided to cut Ian Vougioukas the roster of the Greek national team for the FIBA EuroBasket Slovenia 2013 is complete.

Kostas Sloukas
Vassilis Spanoulis
Nikos Zisis
Stratos Perperoglou
Michael Bramos
Ioannis Bourousis
Antonis Fotsis
Kostas Papanikolaou
Loukas Mavrokefalidis
Georgios Printezis
Kostas Kaimakoglou
Vasileios Kavvadas