RIGA, Latvia: Turkiye are headed to the EuroBasket final for the first time in 24 years, set to face World Cup champion Germany for the gold medal.
The title game is Sunday in Riga. Turkiye beat Greece 94-68 on Friday in the second semifinal, preceded by Germany’s 98-86 win over Finland.
Greece and Finland play Sunday for bronze.
Regardless of outcome, it’ll be just the second EuroBasket medal for Turkiye; they won silver when the country played host to the tournament in 2001. Germany will medal for the fourth time after winning gold in 1993, silver in 2005 and bronze in the most recent EuroBasket before now in 2022.
Germany and Turkiye played a friendly before this EuroBasket started at the DBB Supercup. Germany won that game 73-71 on Aug. 15.
And at EuroBasket, neither team has lost. Both will bring 8-0 records into Sunday’s matchup. The winner will be just the second undefeated EuroBasket champion in the last nine stagings of the tournament, joining Slovenia in 2017.
Turkiye 94 Greece 68
Ercan Osmani scored 28 points, Cedi Osman added 17 and Turkiye rolled into the title game.
Alperen Sengun finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, while Shane Larkin finished with 14 points and five assists for Turkiye.
Turkiye blew the game open with a 12-0 run that took only 2:19 of the second quarter, going up 45-24 when that spurt ended. It was 49-31 at the half, with the primary difference being turnovers. Greece had 12 in the first 20 minutes that turned into 17 Turkiye points; Turkiye had only two giveaways in the first half, which became two Greece points.
Kostas Sloukas led Greece with 15 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo was held to 12 points in 30 minutes; he also grabbed 12 rebounds for Greece.
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