Giannis powers Greece past Lithuania 87-76 and into EuroBasket semifinal matchup against Turkiye

RIGA, Latvia: Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points and his younger brother Kostas blocked four shots as Greece beat Lithuania 87-76 to reach the EuroBasket semifinals on Tuesday.

The Milwaukee Bucks star’s clutch free throws in the final minute helped Greece seal the victory to set up a last-four matchup with Turkiye.

Antetokounmpo sank two free throws to give Greece a 10-point lead with 19 seconds left after Lithuania had cut Greece’s 16-point fourth-quarter advantage in half. He had made two other free throws with 47 seconds on the clock.

Kostas Antetokounmpo’s four blocked shots all came in the first half. The 27-year-old center plays for Olympiakos. Vasileios Toliopoulos scored 17 points for Greece.

Greece are a two-time EuroBasket champions, having won the tournament in 1987 and 2005.

Jonas Valanciunas led Lithuania with 24 points and 15 rebounds.

Sengun stars as Turkiye beat Poland

Alperen Sengun’s triple-double helped unbeaten Turkiye to a 91-77 win over Poland. The Houston Rockets forward had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in an entertaining performance.

With his mother in the crowd, Sengun made a one-handed pass the length of the court to Sehmus Hazer, who dunked and gave Sengun a thumbs up late in the second quarter.

Sengun found Hazer again with a spinning no-look pass in the lane in the third quarter and then treated himself to a one-handed reverse dunk with the game in hand.

Turkiye pulled away to lead 46-32 at halftime after Poland’s physicality on defense and their bench presented early problems.

Poland moved within eight points with three minutes left, but Hazer sank a 3-pointer to keep Turkiye in control.

Mateusz Ponitka and Jordan Loyd both scored 19 points to lead Poland.

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