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Giannis Antetokounmpo nears triple-double as Greece eliminates Spain from EuroBasket
With Giannis Antetokounmpo falling one assist shy of a triple-double, Greece prevailed, 90-86, over Spain, eliminating the previous champions from EuroBasket 2025. In a packed Spyros Kyprianou Arena filled with MVP chants, the Milwaukee Bucks superstar in the NBA dropped 25 points behind 9/15 two-pointers and 7/12 free throws. The Freak grabbed 14 rebounds to shape his first double-double in the tournament, alongside nine assists, lasting nearly 32 minutes. Tyler Dorsey followed with 22 points, including 14 in the first quarter, setting the pace for an early 16-point lead.
Jorge Sierra: Spain finished the Eurobasket in 17th place, the worst ranking ever for the National Team in a major FIBA tournament. (Obviously, it's worse not to qualify.) The talent pipeline dried up over the last decade and it's finally showing on the big stage.
Italy had already secured qualification before the tip-off, but the game was a real battle for survival, decided by the young blood of both teams. When all was said and done, Italy got the 67-63 over Spain, which is in danger of ending the Eurobasket in two days. After this result, Italy is tied with Greece with a 3-1 record, which needs to beat Spain in the last round to secure the top spot in the Group C standings. If Spain loses to Greece and Bosnia beats Georgia, then Spain will finish 5th in the standings.
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He then turned to a different subject, sending a message to FIBA: Sergio Scariolo: “Since it’s my last championship and I’m in a position where, after many years in FIBA national basketball, I can advise FIBA not to put doping controls on a team that is playing back-to-back games and finished playing at midnight. This is extremely disrespectful. With so many days available, the doping control could have been scheduled earlier instead of this crazy late-night timing. Hopefully, they will learn from this, because they are better than this.“
Sandro Mamukelashvili, Georgia notch their first-ever Eurobasket win over Spain
Sandro Mamukelashvili led Georgia to the 83-69 win over Spain in their Eurobasket opener for Group C with 19 points, seven rebounds, and six assists. It was the first-ever Eurobasket win of Georgia over Spain. Mamu was great, Goga Bitadze scored 15 points, sealing the deal in the end, Duda Sanadze added 11 points, while Georgia captain Toko Shengelia (photo) played in the game, despite being doubtful until the 11th hour, finishing with 13 points.
Spain began their EuroBasket 2025 campaign with a defeat against Georgia, and coach Sergio Scariolo spoke in the post-match press conference. Scariolo said: “Georgia is a very experienced team, with several high-level players, including NBA and EuroLeague athletes, and they deserved the win. I believe it was my fault; I couldn’t convince my players that they were a much bigger and more physical team than us. We should have made a huge effort to match their physicality, and we didn’t. In fact, by the end of the game, they grabbed 16 more rebounds than us.”
An injury from recent international action with Croatia forced Real Madrid’s Mario Hezonja to the sidelines. The team based in the capital of Spain updated the status of the 30-year-old combo forward on Monday. Per the press release: “Following tests carried out on Mario Hezonja by Real Madrid‘s medical department, the player has been diagnosed with a muscular injury to the biceps femoris in his right thigh, which occurred during training with the Croatian national team. His progress will be monitored.”
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Former Raptors player Matt Thomas signed with Spanish team Fundacion CB Granada for the 2025-26 season.
Germany finalized the 12-man roster for the 2025 EuroBasket upon completion of training camp games Saturday with a win over Spain. The players that compile the EuroBasket squad are the following: Isaac Bonga, Oscar Da Silva, Tristan Da Silva, Justus Hollatz, Leon Kratzer, Maodo Lo, Andreas Obst, Dennis Schroder, Daniel Theis, Johannes Thiemann, Johannes Voigtmann, Franz Wagner
Franz Wagner scored 29 points and grabbed six rebounds as Germany beat Spain 95 – 78 to conclude its EuroBasket training camp games 5-1. Dennis Schroder provided Germany with 22 points and nine assists, creating a formidable duo together with Wagner.
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