{"id":459747,"date":"2025-09-13T09:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=459747"},"modified":"2025-09-13T09:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:45:13","slug":"sengun-giannis-amazing-player-but-not-a-great-passer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/sengun-giannis-amazing-player-but-not-a-great-passer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sengun: &#8220;Giannis? Amazing player, but not a great passer&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"195\">Alperen Sengun\u2019s words after <a href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/turkiye-on-a-mission-greece-swept-aside-94-68-to-reach-the-final\/\">Turkey\u2019s historic win<\/a> over Greece in the EuroBasket 2025 semifinal, the eighth straight victory for Ataman\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"349\">\u201cThe coach told us: \u2018I know we are a better team than them\u2026 I\u2019ve been coaching for 30 years. If I say something, it\u2019s true.\u2019 That gave us confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"499\">The Houston Rockets star, after a shaky shooting start, still delivered a strong performance with 15 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"710\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t always have to be my night. This time it was my teammates\u2019 turn to lead us offensively\u2026 I just kept playing aggressively, trying to do my best on defense and finishing the easy shots on offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"883\">Ataman praised his team\u2019s defensive effort, as Greece was forced into 22 turnovers and Giannis Antetokounmpo was limited to \u201cjust\u201d 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1064\">\u201cWe put our heart on the court tonight. We fight, it was a war for us. Ercan played really well, offensively, defensively, he was amazing. We just watched him today&#8230;..It wasn\u2019t a bad performance from them. It was us\u2026 They started well, but we played more aggressively, with more energy than them\u2026 And we made our shots. We were simply better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1329\">\u201cGiannis? We just put a lot of pressure on him. He\u2019s one of the best players in the world, and we tried to help Ercan Osmani contain him. I think we did a good job\u2026 Giannis is an amazing player, but he\u2019s not a great passer. 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