{"id":485873,"date":"2026-02-27T23:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=485873"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:16:43","slug":"nkamhoua-powers-finlands-late-heist-in-charleroi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nkamhoua-powers-finlands-late-heist-in-charleroi\/","title":{"rendered":"Nkamhoua powers Finland\u2019s late heist in Charleroi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1847\" data-end=\"2234\">Finland beat Belgium 71-66 in Charleroi in Group G of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers, led by <strong data-start=\"2011\" data-end=\"2033\">Olivier Nkamhoua\u2019s<\/strong> huge double-double: <strong data-start=\"2054\" data-end=\"2083\">23 points and 12 rebounds<\/strong> in just over 25 minutes (10-of-17), with a team-best +8. Belgium were paced by <strong data-start=\"2163\" data-end=\"2183\">Emmanuel Lecomte<\/strong> with 20 points and 6 assists without a turnover.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2236\" data-end=\"2550\">Belgium controlled the game for 33:28, built a 13-point lead early in the second (28-15) and still led 61-51 late in the fourth. Then Finland flipped it with a <strong data-start=\"2396\" data-end=\"2408\">13-0 run<\/strong>, shooting 6-of-7 from the field and forcing two turnovers, taking their first lead on <strong data-start=\"2495\" data-end=\"2516\">Mikael Jantunen\u2019s<\/strong> layup for 62-61 with 3:35 left.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2908\">Edon Maxhuni hit a clutch three, Jantunen and Nkamhoua delivered key baskets, and Nkamhoua added a crucial dunk plus 3 crunch-time points to keep the momentum rolling. Jantunen finished with 15 points and 7 rebounds, went 8-for-8 at the line and contributed 6 points and a block in crunch time, while Belgium managed just one field goal down the stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varese forward Olivier Nkamhoua posts a commanding double-double to spark the comeback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":485872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[215,233,383],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-485873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","category-finland","category-world-cup"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/Olivier-Nkamhoua.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485873"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=485873"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=485873"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=485873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}