Important conclusions have been drawn Dimitris Itoudis after the defeat of the Spanish national basketball team with 87-80.

Without them Papagiannis, Sloukas and Giannis Antetokounmpo who was sidelined with knee problems (of course, he has to attend the Acropolis tournament as usual) and in front of Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer, who was in the stands of the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid, the Greek team presented problems in two parts parquet.

Sergio Scariolo chose 13 players (Brown, Pradia, R. Fernandez, López-Arostegui, J. Fernandez, Brituela, Sait, Hernancomet G., Jule, Nunez, Guerra, Hernancomet H., Parra) and D. Itoudis took first place . Iberian Peninsula, Kalatis, Bohoridis, Luntsis, Dorsi, Larentsakis, P. Kalaitsakis, Papanikolaou, Papapetrou, Kaselakis, Agravani, Kuseloglu, Thanasis and Kostas Antetokoumbo.

The Greek coach started with them Kalati, Dorsey, Agravani, Papanicolaou, Costa Antetokounbo and in the mood for the team to “run” across the floor. From the very beginning the game had a fast pace – the Spaniards love it too – but the Greek team, in addition to the mood, was bad both in attack and in defense.

She lost many battles inside her racket, and in attack she found points almost exclusively under the Spaniards’ basket, finishing the first period with 1/7 three-pointers. On the contrary, the hosts found a goal beyond 6.75, went up to +13, and the team scored the difference to -5 in the first half (45-40) with 13/22 two-pointers, 3/13 three-pointers, 5/8 shots, 16 rebounds ( 10-6), 8 assists, 6 steals, 1 block and 7 assists (Spain has 11/26 two-pointers, 6/7 three-pointers, 5/8 shots), 22 rebounds (15-7), 10 assists, 4 steals , 11 errors in the first half).

In the second half, Itoudis started with Kalatis, Larentsakis, Thanasis, Papanikolaou and Agravanis, with the Olympiacos forward equalizing by 5 points in a row, with Agravanis taking a 45–47 lead.

However, Spain found their footing and widened the gap to 65-53 with three minutes left in the 3rd period, a margin that effectively gave them the win as the Greek team didn’t find a breakthrough that would “put them” back into the match.

In conclusion, the image of the match was captured from the first half, and despite very important omissions, the Greek team showed that they needed work and automation.

Giannis will not be on the floor for 40 minutes, Papayannis doubts that he will perform at the EuroBasket, and they are waiting for decisions from Sloukas, and not a change … of the image alone. The leader yesterday was Dimitris Agravanis with 24 points.

SPAIN (Scariolo): Brown 8 (2 3s, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals), Pradia 12 (5/7 2s, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds), Rudy Fernandez 10 (2), Lopez-Arostegui, Jaime Fernandez 6, Brituela 4, Sait 7 (1), Hernangomet 23 (6/12 two-pointers, 11/6 shots, 10 rebounds), Yule 4, Nunez, Guerra 4, Juancho Hernangomet 10 (2 three-pointers, 10 rebounds), P.

GREECE (Itoudis): Dorsi 9 (3/6 2-pointers, 0/3 3-pointers, 3/6 shots), Luntsis 2, Larentsakis 8 (1 3-pointers, 3 assists), Agravanis 24 (5/5 2-pointers, 2/3 3-pointers, 8/10 shots, 4 rebounds), Kalatis 8 (1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists), Bohorides 5 (1), Papanicolaou 5 (1), Papapetrou 8 (3/7 two-pointers, 2/2 shots), Kuseloglu, Kostas Antetokounmpo 6 (3/4 two-pointers, 4 rebounds), Kaselakis 5 (1/6 three-pointers), Thanasis Antetokounmpo 1 (4 rebounds).

Spain stats: 23/47 two-pointers, 9/19 three-pointers, 14/20 shots, 46 rebounds (31 defense – 15 offense), 21 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 17 assists.

Greece stats: 21/38 two-pointers, 7/24 three-pointers, 17/29 shots, 29 rebounds (19 defense – 10 offense), 16 assists, 8 steals, 3 blocks, 10 assists.