{"id":1262,"date":"2022-09-05T22:49:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/eurobasket-2022-great-britain-suffer-third-defeat-against-greece\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T22:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T22:49:40","slug":"eurobasket-2022-great-britain-suffer-third-defeat-against-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/eurobasket-2022-great-britain-suffer-third-defeat-against-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroBasket 2022: Great Britain suffer third defeat against Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Dan Clark (right) set a new GB caps record in the game against Greece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Great Britain had their best game yet at the EuroBasket finals but still lost 93-77 to group leaders Greece in Milan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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GB stayed close with Greece in the first half but had missed shots and defensive errors in the third quarter that allowed Greece to gain control.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Britain’s captain, Dan Clark, set a caps record with his 117th appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greece gave NBA star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo the day off, despite <\/span>GB having beaten them in a World Cup qualifier less than a year ago.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Milwaukee Bucks player had averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds in his previous two games in Milan.<\/span><\/p>\n

GB responded with a strong first half, with Luke Nelson, hitting four threes in his 15 points before having to be withdrawn from the game as a precaution with three fouls against his name.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greece’s Euroleague veteran guard Kostas Sloukas assumed control of their team in Giannis’ absence and had 21 points and five assists in a little over 21 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trailing 46-43 at half-time, GB reduced arrears to a point as Greece found themselves in the foul penalty in the first four-and-a-half minutes of the third quarter, <\/span><\/p>\n

But they then allowed Greece to feed off their defensive mistakes to hit a 20-8 streak ignited by a pair of Sloukas three-pointers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nelson led GB’s scoring with 17 points -15 of them in the first half – Myles Hesson had 13 and Ovie Soko 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They raised the pressure, we didn’t handle the pressure, it’s fairly simple,” said GB head coach Nate Reinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Greece proved they are more than one player,” said Clark, who has been with the national programme for 14 years and is GB’s record points-scorer. “We showed we can compete with them but then we let ourselves down.”<\/span><\/p>\n

GB’s next game, and perhaps their best chance of a win in the group, is against Estonia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ukraine<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n+41<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n+24<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croatia<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n+20<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n+6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estonia<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n-25<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Britain<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n-66<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

GB’s Group C schedule (times BST):<\/strong> Tue 6 Sep v Estonia 13:15; Thu 8 Sep v Italy (20:00). <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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