Great Britain will take on Turkey at Newcastle Upon on July 3.
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On Friday, Greece defeated Turkey 72-71 in a game that served as a qualifier for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Turkey had a 20-13 lead after one quarter, but the host team fought back to make the score 40-32 at the half. The Ano Liossia Olympic Sports Hall in Athens, Greece carried a four-point lead into the final frame with a score of 60-56. With three seconds left, Kostas Papanikolaou converted two free throws for Greece, giving the crowd a dramatic conclusion.
Greece lost against Great Britain by nine points to get things off to a poor start (78-69). Since then, Greece has defeated Turkey at home by a razor-thin margin of one point (72–71), followed by a more comfortable nine-point victory in the rematch (67-76). Dimitrios Agravanis has been leading the way for Greece in Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence; the power forward is now averaging 18.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game.
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Great Britain is looking to go back to winning ways after their most recent game ended in a humiliating 84-67 loss to Turkey. Despite having played one fewer game than Greece and Turkey, whom they will face in these remaining two rounds, GB now sits third in Group B following that devastating 17-point loss. Tarik Phillip, a shooting guard for GB, stands out since he presently averages 15 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 5.5 assists each game. The Umana Reyer Venezia player scored 16 points with 100% free throw accuracy in the team’s previous match against Greece (4/4). Together, Greece and Great Britain will score more than 140 points.
The match will be held at Newcastle Upon, Vertu on July 3rd, 16:00 (GMT) and 20:30 (IST). Fans can live stream the match on ESPN and Indian viewers can log in to Fancode.com.
Great Britain: Tarik Phillip, Myles Hesson, Gabriel Olaseni, Luke Nelson, Teddy Okereafor.
Turkey: Shane Larkin, Metecan Birsen, Furkan Haltali, Melih Mahmutoglu, Kenan Sipahi.
