{"id":459977,"date":"2025-09-14T18:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=459977"},"modified":"2025-09-14T18:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:42:39","slug":"greece-takes-bronze-finland-defeated-92-89-to-return-to-the-eurobasket-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/greece-takes-bronze-finland-defeated-92-89-to-return-to-the-eurobasket-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece takes bronze! Finland defeated 92\u201389 to return to the EuroBasket podium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"461\"><strong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"264\">It\u2019s Greece who celebrates on the podium at the Riga Arena, returning to the EuroBasket medal ranks for the first time in 16 years, since their bronze in 2009.<\/strong><br data-start=\"264\" data-end=\"267\" \/>The game was largely controlled by Spanoulis\u2019 men, who unlike in their semifinal showing came out strong and quickly built a lead thanks to key plays from Dorsey and the ever-reliable Giannis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"736\"><strong data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"506\">Finland, however, refused to back down.<\/strong> With four players scoring in double digits, they made a stunning late comeback after trailing by as many as 17 points. Jantunen even had a chance to give his team the lead with a put-back at the rim, but the ball wouldn\u2019t drop.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"902\">Unlucky for coach Tuovi\u2019s squad, the rim said no and the Scandinavian underdogs had to settle for a hard-fought fourth-place finish after a remarkable tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"1084\"><strong data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"964\">Giannis sealed Greece\u2019s win with a historic performance:<\/strong> 30 points (9\/11 FG), 17 rebounds, and 6 assists, lifting his country back among the top three national teams in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greece<\/strong>: Dorsey 20, Toliopoulos 15, Sloukas 7, Kalaitzakis 5, Papanikolaou 4 &amp; 6 assists, Katsivelis, Samodurov, G.Antetokounmpo 30+17+6, K.Antetokounmpo 3, T.Antetokounmpo, Mitoglou 8<br \/>\n<strong>Finland<\/strong>: Little 6 &amp; 6 assists, Salin 5, Nkamhoua 15+5, Jantunen 13+6+7, Valtonen 18+5, Maxhuni, Markkanen 19+10, Muurinen 5, Gustavson, Grandison 8<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player over the last 30 years combining for 30+ points, 15+ rebounds and 5+ assists in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EuroBasket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EuroBasket<\/a> game<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7\ud83e\udd49<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Armando Caporaso (@Facu_PCF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Facu_PCF\/status\/1967261413141025202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanoulis men clinch the win in a nail-biting finish and return to the podium after 16 years. 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