Turkey forced Greece superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo to a personal tournament-low 12 points (on 6-13 shots) en route to a dominant performance and a 98 – 64 win in the EuroBasket semifinals.

It was the most effective strategy by any EuroBasket team against Antetokounmpo and Turkey coach Ergin Ataman analyzed how his players stopped the Greek Freak from becoming a factor in the game.

“We played aggressive defense,” Ataman said. “Everybody was taking one step back for Giannis. We denied him. We always forced him to take one strong dribble inside and then always trapped him with Alperen Sengun. Ercan Osmani aggressively denied him and every time he tried to beat Osmani we came to help inside with Sengun. He never found his space. As I said in a press conference, this isn’t the NBA. In the E

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