The Panathinaikos big man missed only 1 shot while fueling his country past Georgia
Konstantinos Mitoglou’s hot shooting helps keep Greece atop EuroBasket group
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens big man Konstantinos Mitoglou scored 17 points in as many minutes to help Greece overpower Georgia 53-94 on Sunday afternoon at Spyros Kyprianou Arena in Limassol, Cyprus. Against a Georgia team whose strength resides in its frontline, Mitoglou teamed with Giannis Antetokounmpo to take charge early and roll to a convincing win. The victory improved Greece to 3-0 atop Group C, while Georgia slipped to 1-2.
Mitoglou made a pair of threes among his 8 points in the first quarter and went on to score 7 more in the second – all on perfect shooting. He was bound to miss at some point – and it happened three and a half minutes into the second half. And then Mitoglou proceeded to block Georgian big man Sandro Mamukelashvili at one end before sinking a fadeaway jumper for the game's next bucket. He was subbed out soon after and able to rest for the game’s final 15 minutes.
He finished the game with 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting – including 3 for 3 from deep – plus 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. Mitoglou was second on Greece in scoring and PIR (24) behind only Giannis Antetokounmpo (27 points, PIR of 33). In the 17 minutes (and 23 seconds) that Mitoglou played, Greece outscored Georgia 22-49.
Greece returns to action on Tuesday afternoon to face Bosnia and Herzegovina. Georgia will face host Cyprus later that day.