{"id":405429,"date":"2022-09-06T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=405429"},"modified":"2022-09-06T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T17:00:14","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-dominates-the-eurobasket-as-he-looks-to-end-greeces-16-year-medal-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/giannis-antetokounmpo-dominates-the-eurobasket-as-he-looks-to-end-greeces-16-year-medal-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo Dominates the EuroBasket As He Looks to End Greece&#8217;s 16-Year Medal Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With his go-go gadget blocks, two-dribble court coverage, and bulldozing drives that destroy anybody in his way, Giannis Antetokounmpo is an unstoppable force who hopes to carry an entire nation at EuroBasket 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Greece began its Eurobasket campaign with a spirited 89\u201385 victory over Croatia on Friday in Milan. Greece has won their first 10 EuroBasket games in a row. With two blocks, a dunk, and a goal foul in the waning seconds, Giannis Antetokounmpo saved Greece from tenacious Croatia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405432\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-405432\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Giannis Antetokounmpo\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credits: Olympics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo made clutch plays, Tyler Dorsey set a new scoring record for the Greek National Team, and Greece defeated star-studded Croatia 89-85 in the tournament&#8217;s opening game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Eurobasket 2022: Teams And NBA Players Participating : Giannis ,Luka Doncic ,Nikola Jokic\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/eurobasket-2022-teams-and-nba-players-participating-giannis-luka-doncic-nikola-jokic\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">EuroBasket 2022: Teams And NBA Players Participating: Giannis, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Giannis Antetokounmpo in top form during EuroBasket 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Would Giannis be able to get over that performance and start to resemble the talent we see on an NBA court has always been a doubt? That query was quickly answered as Antetokounmpo exploded for 40 points against Serbia in a FIBA World Cup Qualifier for EuroBasket 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FIBA Giannis is now unstoppable? \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>The Greek Freak dropped 40 points in front of a fully-packed Serbian crowd! \ud83e\udd76<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIBAWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIBAWC<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WinForHellas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WinForHellas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udda5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/53iCmzq10t\">https:\/\/t.co\/53iCmzq10t<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VNzE5vbQ98\">pic.twitter.com\/VNzE5vbQ98<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIBA (@FIBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIBA\/status\/1563071856168558592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first player in World Cup Qualifier history to achieve the 40-point mark, despite the fact that it resulted in a defeat, providing spectators a glimpse of the vigor he would bring to the European competition.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPsODgF94nA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Greece favorites to win gold and end 16-year medal drought<\/h2>\n<p>At EuroBasket, Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to make Greece famous and put his nation on the podium for the first time in more than 15 years. Greece earned Gold at EuroBasket in 2005 and Silver in the FIBA World Cup in 2006, but after those victories, the nation has struggled. Italy will now play Greece on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Giannis Antetokounmpo was close to the 4th triple-double in EuroBasket history on his first game \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>2\ufe0f\u20e37\ufe0f\u20e3 PTS<br \/>1\ufe0f\u20e31\ufe0f\u20e3 REB <br \/>6\ufe0f\u20e3 AST<\/p>\n<p>The only players who have recorded a triple double in EuroBasket are:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 Toni Kukoc<br \/>\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 Stojko Vrankovic<br \/>\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Andrei Mandache <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CMPkcVdJgP\">pic.twitter.com\/CMPkcVdJgP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BasketNews (@BasketNews_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasketNews_com\/status\/1565746330269630470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/eurobasket\/2022\"> Group C<\/a> consists of Estonia, Great Britain, and Ukraine in addition to Italy, Croatia, and Greece. Every time The Greek Freak hits the stage, he is a must-see on television because he competes with an intense passion every single night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AU5K7dFTBco\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>More NBA news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"\u201cKids Trying to Dunk Like Him\u201d: Andrew Wiggins Believes Kawhi Leonard, Who Won Canada its First Championship, Didn\u2019t Had as Much Impact as This NBA Legend\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kids-trying-to-dunk-like-him-andrew-wiggins-believes-kawhi-leonard-who-won-canada-its-first-championship-didnt-had-as-much-impact-as-this-nba-legend\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cKids Trying to Dunk Like Him\u201d: Andrew Wiggins Believes Kawhi Leonard, Who Won Canada its First Championship, Didn\u2019t Had as Much Impact as This NBA Legend<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Serge Ibaka Song \u201cChampion\u201d Makes 35 Million Plays on Spotify\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/serge-ibaka-song-champion-makes-35-million-plays-on-spotify\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Serge Ibaka Song \u201cChampion\u201d Makes 35 Million Plays on Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Where does  Victor Wembanyama Sweepstakes Power Rankings stand now after  NBA Donovan Mitchell Trade\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/where-does-victor-wembanyama-sweepstakes-power-rankings-stand-now-after-nba-donovan-mitchell-trade\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Where does Victor Wembanyama Sweepstakes Power Rankings stand now after NBA Donovan Mitchell Trade<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Follow our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0page for more key NBA updates and news<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his go-go gadget blocks, two-dribble court coverage, and bulldozing drives that destroy anybody in his way, Giannis Antetokounmpo is an unstoppable force who hopes to carry an entire nation at EuroBasket 2022. Greece began its Eurobasket campaign with a spirited 89\u201385 victory over Croatia on Friday in Milan. Greece has won their first 10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":405431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}