Greece vs Italy Game Player Stats and Box Score for Aug 28 | FIBA EuroBasket 2025

Greece, led by Milwaukee Bucks two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, opened its 2025 EuroBasket tournament with a 75-66 win against Italy on Thursday at the Spyros Kyprianou Arena in Cyprus.

Giannis finished with a game-high 31 points from 14/20, alongside seven rebounds and two assists. Kostas Sloukas added nine points and four assists.

Nicolo Melli added 15 points, seven rebounds, five assists, two turnovers and one steal. Saliou Niang chipped in with 11 points, four rebounds and one assist.

Greece, alongside Italy, was drawn into a tough Group C. Their group features Spain, Cyprus, Georgia, which shocked Spain earlier, and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

The Greek team prepared for the tournament by participating in the 2025 Acropolis Tournament (Aug 20–22). They faced Latvia and Italy in Athens, with Giannis starring in the 104-86 win over Latvia.

Italy prepared by participating in the Trentino Basket Cup with two dominant wins, beating Iceland (87-61) and Senegal (80-56) on June 2 and 3, respectively.

Greece vs Italy Game Player Stats and Box Score

Greece

Player MIN PTS FG 2PT FG 3PT FG FT REB AST PF TO STL BLK "+/-" Tyler Dorsey 27.46 6 1/7 1/3 0/4 4/5 5 0 2 1 1 1 3 Giannoulis Larentzakis 12:56 3 1/3 0/1 1/2 0/0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -1 Vasileios Toliopoulos 17:39 8 3/5 1/1 2/4 0/0 1 3 3 0 1 0 9 Kostas Sloukas 25:29:00 9 3/4 1/2 2/2 1/2 0 4 0 4 1 0 1 Panagiotis Kalaitzakis 9:54 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 Dimitrios Katsivelis 0:34 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 Giannis Antetokounmpo 29:02:00 31 14/20 14/20 0/0 3/4 7 2 2 5 1 0 -3 Kostas Antetokounmpo 11:44 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 2 4 1 1 1 9 Thanasis Antetokounmpo 13:46 6 2/5 1/4 1/1 1/2 3 0 3 2 1 1 10 Konstantinos Mitoglou 22:49 9 2/5 2/3 0/2 5/6 4 2 2 0 1 0 6

Italy

Danilo Gallinari 15:40 8 1/6 0/2 1/4 5/5 3 0 5 1 0 0 -5 Nicolo Melli 30:28:00 15 6/12 5/8 1/4 2/4 7 5 3 2 1 2 -1 Simone Fontecchio 34:03:00 4 1/11 0/6 1/5 1/2 5 1 1 0 3 0 -11 Darius Thompson 14:59 3 1/4 1/2 0/2 1/2 0 4 1 0 0 0 -11 Giampaolo Ricci 11:28 5 1/3 0/0 1/3 2/4 2 1 0 0 1 1 -9 Matteo Spagnolo 23:14 10 4/10 4/10 0/0 2/2 2 1 4 1 0 0 3 Saliou Niang 19:57 11 5/7 4/6 1/1 0/0 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 Marco Spissu 13:40 0 0/3 0/0 0/3 0/0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -9 Mouhamet Diouf 8:24 4 2/3 2/3 0/0 0/0 1 2 2 3 3 0 -2 Alessandro Pajola 28:07:00 6 2/6 0/1 2/5 0/0 2 4 4 0 2 0 -1

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Greece vs. Italy game summary

The Greeks led by 10 points, 22-12 at the end of the first quarter. Giannis recorded eight points from 4-out-of-6 shots from the field, three rebounds and two turnovers. Nicolo Melli recorded nine points from 4-out-of-6 field goal shots and one assist for the Italians.

The Azzurris mounted a comeback during the second quarter, but it wasn't enough to take the lead. At halftime, Greece led by eight points, 36-32.

Giannis Antetokounmpo increased his scoring to 14 points to go with four rebounds and one assist.

Italian forward Melli ended the half with 14 points, three rebounds and one assist. Simone Fontecchio had a quiet first half, recording just two rebounds and missed all six of his field goals and three of his 3-point shots.