Basketball
EuroBasket 2022, Finland – Czech Republic 98-88: Markkanen “caught fire” and went 2-2
With Markkanen in the lead, Finland had no trouble overcoming the Czech Republic’s obstacle, which they won 98-88, 2-2 in Group D of the EuroBasket.
The 2-2 in the 4th group of the EuroBasket was achieved by the Finnish national team led by Lauri Markkanen, who overcame the obstacle of the Czech Republic with 98-88. The Czechs threatened early in the fourth period and tried to come back, but the quality of Markkanen and the other Finns was enough to give them the win and give them hope for the future.
Markkanen burned for his team with 34 points and 10 rebounds while being assisted by Salin with 23 points and 6 assists. Valtonen put in a solid performance for Finland with 11 points. For the Czech team, Jan Vesely had 15 points with 6 rebounds, while the top scorer was Hruban with 22 points. Auda and Bohacik each had 13 points.
THE DECADES: 29-18, 51-45, 72-59, 98-88
FINLAND (Tuovi): Haf 4, Jantunen 2, Kantonen 3, Koponen 14 (3), Little, Madsen 1, Markkanen 34 (6/11 2-pointers, 3/9 3-pointers, 13/14 shots, 10 rebounds), Maxhuni 6 (2), Salin 23 (2/3 2-pointer, 5.8 3-pointer), Sepala, Valtonen 11 (3/9 2-pointer)
Czech Republic (Ginzburg): Auda 13 (5/6 doubles), Balvin 7 (1), Bohaczyk 13 (3), Hruban 22 (6/9 doubles, 4 assists), Jelinek 3 (1), Krejci 2, Kriez, Kieslink 8 (1), Peterka 3 (1), Satoranski 2 (10 assists), Sehnal, Veseli 15 (5/7 twos)
Team Stats – Finland: 14/29 2-pointers, 15/32 3-pointers, 25/29 shots, 33 rebounds (24+9), 21 assists, 17 turnovers, 9 steals, 7 blocks
Team Stats – Czech Republic: 22/43 2-pointers, 8/19 3-pointers, 20/24 shots, 34 rebounds (25+9), 24 assists, 17 turnovers, 4 steals, 1 block.
Source: sport 24
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