For the honor , the privilege and the obligation to play for his home country, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo once again cut short his summer offseason to suit up in the blue and white.

But this time his team, Greece, ran into a red-hot Turkey team in the FIBA EuroBasket semifinals on Sept. 12 in Arena Riga, Latvia.

Turkey prevailed in shocking fashion, 94-68, as Antetokounmpo was held to 12 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and committed four turnovers and an offensive charge.

Ercan Osmani (28 points), Cedi Osman (17) and Alperen Sengun (15) were just a few of the stars for Turkey, which earlier in the week reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 2009. It was Turkey's defense that cut off passing lanes and played Antetokounmpo physical, putting a body – or th

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