Basketball
The women’s national team’s qualification for EuroBasket Women 2023 through the eyes of Sotiriou, Spanos and Stamatis
Katerina Sotiriou, Artemis Spanou and Evina Stamati spoke to the EEC website about qualifying for EuroBasket Women 2023 and the impact it can have.
The women’s national team again secured participation in the final stages of the EuroBasket Women and had the opportunity to compete with the top teams in Europe. A few days after the end of the qualification process, Katerina Sotiriou, Artemis Spanou and Evina Stamati spoke on the EEC website about the success of the “blue and white” and what it can bring as a result.
In detail what they stated on the EEC website:
– What’s the one thing you won’t forget from the overall EuroBasket Women 2023 qualifiers?
Sotiriou: “I certainly remember the first game in Manchester. We had only been together as a team for five days with the new coaching staff and we came on the pitch just before warm up because we were moving. The team was particularly stressed and we got together and said: ‘Guys, we have everything in our heads and this team has to adapt to the existing conditions. There is a strength in the women’s national team and stress must become our energy.” So there was not only action, but also a great team win and an ideal start to qualifying. There was absolute focus and the will to find yourself and present yourself the way we should. We competed as a team, despite fears that no athlete would be performing their routine. It was the first game with the new team and we don’t know each other well, but we showed that we can go one step further. From then on, the national team began to show that with victory and performance, they can reach qualification“.
Spanu: “I vividly remember the moment when we beat Great Britain in Rhodes and now we knew we’d qualified with 80%. In general, the whole course with my fellow athletes will remain unforgettable to me. It was something we wanted and we put a lot of energy, passion and soul into making it happen“.
To stop: “Of course, I won’t forget the match against Great Britain in Rhodes, which qualified us for the final stages of the EuroBasket. It was a crucial game that we managed and won“.
– Beyond the presence of Greece in another EuroBasket Women finals, what can this qualification mean?
Sotiriou: “The fact is that the women’s national team has been present in the Eurobasket for 15 years. Qualification is not a given and I consider it a great achievement for women’s basketball. We have a new generation that is starting to gain experience and be in big teams. However, time must be given to build up much better and with maturity for him to take steps and win in the Eurobasket. It’s very important to me to get more kids interested in basketball. The national team should be a motivation for young children and they should understand what a favorite team means“.
Spanu: “Our presence shows that we are at this level and can keep up with the other European teams. That’s an additional incentive for us to get even better and to show in the summer that this team isn’t just being overtaken, but is capable of something“.
To stop: “Qualifying for women’s basketball in Greece is very important. We’re among the top 16 teams in Europe, which is important both for Greece and for us personally. That was our goal and we achieved it…“.
– What should the women’s national team do better in Eurobasket to have a good run?
Sotiriou: “For example, we never had the luxury of having 100 athletes and making the selections. Every player and every personality is important. First of all I hope that we are healthy, that we have improved and that we have progressed mentally and physically to present better than we are now. We are a country that is not superior in terms of huge bodies, speed and number of female athletes. Nevertheless, we are among the 16 best teams in Europe at the highest level. Exploiting opponents’ weaknesses and turning our disadvantages into advantages. So let’s go one step further“.
Spanu: “We’ll definitely be underdogs again and they won’t expect much from us, so we want to show our best side too. To showcase what we know as a national team, our passion, love for this team and playing hard in every game to show the best face we can. If we do this, the result will come“.
To stop: “The peculiarity of this tournament is that the games are played one after the other. So it’s important to go game by game, isolate everything and look straight to the next. The details make the difference as the teams are very strong with experienced players who have been playing together for years. It is a great motivation for us that we will be part of this event“.
Source: sport 24
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Four games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 30-31.
Utah hosted and lost to Boston.
Jazz started the game well, took the lead from the beginning and increased the difference to 10 points in the middle of the first quarter: 24:14. As a result, Utah won the first quarter with a score of 38:31. The visiting team started the second quarter better and made a move with 18:2 to not only take the lead, but also take the lead by 9 points (49:40). However, at the big break, Utah managed to turn the game around and made a move at 16:3 to take the lead again at 58:55. It was Jazz who entered the big break as the leader with 64:59.
The third quarter was even. Neither team could make serious progress and the lead changed 12 times. The result is 99:96 in favor of Boston. Thus, the fate of the match was decided in the fourth quarter. The guest team gained a 6-point lead at 103:97 in the first quarter, then kept their opponent within two shots for a long time, and towards the end of the match, they increased their advantage to double digits with 129:119.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk In this match, he rested by sitting on the bench for the entire match.
The most productive player of the Celtics was White, who scored 27 points, while Brown also had a double-double with 23 points + 10 assists.
Detroit defeated the Lakers on the road.
The Pistons only allowed the home team to take leads of 6:5 and 9:8 at the beginning of the first quarter, then they were ahead throughout the whole game and gradually increased their advantage, reaching 26 points (122:96) by the middle of the fourth quarter. As a result, Detroit won with a score of 128:106.
Doncic, who made 11 assists in the match, also scored 30 points and scored a double-double, but this did not benefit his team much. The most productive name for Detroit was Cunningham, who had a double-double with 27 points + 11 assists.
NBA. Regular season, December 31
Utah – Boston – 119:129 (38:31, 26:28, 32:40, 23:30)
Utah: George (37 + 7 assists), Nurkic (26 + 8 rebounds + 8 assists), Markkanen (22 + 9 rebounds), Sensabaugh (5), Hendricks (3) – start; Filipovski (10), Collier (7 + 8 assists), Clayton (7), Williams (2).
Boston: White (27 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists + 7 blocks), Brown (23 + 10 assists), Pritchard (18 + 6 assists), Keta (12), Walsh (6) – starts; Simons (20), Garza (15), Houser (5), Gonzalez (3), Scheierman (0).
Lakers-Detroit-106:128 (30:36, 35:34, 23:26, 18:32)
Lakers: Doncic (30 + 11 assists + 8 losses), James (17 + 5 losses), Ayton (10), Larevia (9), Smart (6) – starts; Hayes (13), Knecht (10), Vanderbilt (8 + 8 rebounds), Smith (3), Thiero (0), James Jr. (0), Kleber (0).
of Detroit: Cunningham (27 + 11 assists + 5 losses), Düren (14 + 8 rebounds + 5 steals + 5 losses), Thompson (7), Harris (7), D. Robinson (6) – start; Sasser (19), Stewart (15), Holland (11 + 7 rebounds), Ivey (9), Green (8), Reed (3), Lanier (2), Jenkins (0).
Memphis – Philadelphia – 136:139 Overtime (40:34, 32:38, 28:31, 28:25, 8:11)
Memphis: Morant (40), Coward (28 + 16 rebounds), Jaren Jackson (15 + 12 rebounds), Wells (14), Koloko (0) – start; Aldama (15 + 4 blocked shots), Spencer (7), Jackson (6), Landale (6), Small (5).
Philadelphia: Maxey (34 + 12 assists), Embiid (34 + 10 rebounds + 8 assists), Edgecombe (25), George (17), Barlow (12) – start; Grimes (11), Bona (4), McCain (2), Edwards (0).
Clippers – Sacramento – 131:90 (34:20, 39:20, 27:31, 31:19)
cutting machines: Leonard (33), Harden (21), Collins (16), Dunn (10), B. Lopez (8) – starter; Niederhaeuser (16), D. Jones (8), Senders (7), Miller (6), Brown (3), Batum (3), Christie (0).
sacramento: Westbrook (12), Reynaud (12 + 12 rebounds), Murray (11), DeRozan (8 + 7 rebounds), Achiuwa (0) – start; Clifford (18), Schroeder (11), Eubanks (6), Carter (4), McDermott (3), Monk (3 + 5 turnovers), Ellis (2).
tournament tables
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Eastern Conference
Source: Sport UA
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Luka Doncic and LeBron James / Photo: © Ronald Martinez / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA regular season match.
The meeting took place in Los Angeles and ended with a score of 128:106 (36:30, 34:35, 26:23, 32:18) in favor of the guests.
The most productive player for the Lakers was Luka Doncic, who had a double-double of 30 points and 11 assists. LeBron James has 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. For Detroit, the best performance was shown by Cade Cunningham, who also had a double-double – 27 points and 11 assists.
Detroit is in first place in the Eastern Conference standings with a 25-8 record, while the Lakers (20-11) are fifth in the West.
In other matches, Philadelphia defeated Memphis in overtime (139:136), Boston defeated Utah (129:119), and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated Sacramento (131:90).
Source: Sportbox
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On 30 November, a series of matches of the 12th round of the regular season were played as part of the EuroCup.
“Shlensk” Issouf Sanona It played away against Cluj-Napoca and was defeated in the tie game, where the leader changed 18 times. The decisive factor in the match was Miletic’s two-point shot with 2 seconds left, which gave the home team a 94:92 victory.
Sanon spent 18 minutes on the field and became the team’s most productive player, scoring 17 points (5/6 free throws, 3/6 two-pointers, 2/7 three-pointers) during this time. Issouf also had 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
“Buducnost” Alexandra Kovlyara It played at home against Türk Telekom and lost the first quarter 20:23, but won the next three quarters to achieve an overwhelming victory with a score of 91:81.
While Kovlyar played 9 minutes, he had 1 rebound and 2 assists.
European Cup. Regular season. 12th round, 30 December
Cluj-Napoca – Slensk – 94:92 (22:17, 27:34, 21:23, 24:18)
Cluj-Napoca: Russell (30 points + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), Miletic (19+14+5), Guzman (14+5+1), Molinar (13+1+4), Siser (7+6+1), Kulvetis (5+4+1), Woodbury (3+2+2), Patrick (3+1+1).
Shlensk: Sanon (17+4+4), Kirkwood (16+7+3), Djordjevic (16+9+2), Penawa (13+3+1), Niesel (8+4+3), Kulikowski (6+1+2), Urbaniak (6+7 rebounds), Czerniewicz (5+1 assists), Nunez (3+4+1), Wisniewski (1+2+1).
Budućnost – Türk Telekom – 91:81 (20:23, 24:21, 20:18, 27:19)
Budućnost: Sulaimon (25+1+1), Tanaskovic (17+13+1), Ferrell (16+4+3), Mace (15+2+5), Butey (8+2 rebounds), Mega (5), Jovanovic (2+1 rebounds), Thompson (2+3 rebounds), Butsiel (1+2 rebounds), Kovlyar (1 rebound + 2 assists).
Turk Telekom: Smith (18+1+1), Allman (17+3+4), Özdemiroğlu (12+5 assists), Bankston (9+5+1), Deveaux (7+2 rebounds), Trifunovic (6+1 rebounds), Alexander (4+5 rebounds), Durmaz (4+1 assists), Simonovic (4+4+1), Usher (3 rebounds + 2 assists).
Source: Sport UA
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