The Turkish National Basketball Team advanced to the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 final after defeating Greece 94-68 in the semi-final clash.
After their 94-68 victory over Greece in the semi-final, the Turkish National Basketball Team will face Germany in the final match.
The Turkish men's national basketball team controlled the game from the outset, heading into halftime with a 49-31 lead at Latvia's Arena Riga.
Ercan Osmani was the highest scorer of the game with 28 points and six rebounds. Alperen Şengün made a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Ercan Osmani shot the lights out for Türkiye as they hammered Greece 94-68 on Friday to set up a Eurobasket final showdown with Germany.
Osmani got Türkiye off to an electrifying start, hitting all four of his three-point attempts and registering 14 points in the first quarter, with the Turks hitting the first shot of the game and never relinquishing the lead.
The 27-year-old power forward made 11 of his 15 shots to finish the game with 28 points and six rebounds, and he did plenty of work on the defensive end too, contributing to a team effort that stifled the usually dominant Giannis Antetokounmpo, limiting him to 12 points.
Cedi Osman scored 17 points while Shane Larkin finished with 14 points.
For the losing side, Kostas Sloukas scored 15 while Giannis Antetokounmpo posted double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds but their efforts were not able to win the game.
Türkiye, whose best Eurobasket result came with a silver-medal performance when they hosted the tournament in 2001, will face the Germans, who beat Finland earlier on Friday, in Sunday's decider, with the Finns and Greece colliding in the bronze-medal game.
