Austin Reaves continues to cause fever, the US team defeats Greece to enter the second round of the FIBA World Cup 2023
Austin Reaves continued to entertain Filipino fans with a Player of The Game performance with 15 points, and the duo Jalen Brunson - Anthony Edwards (each scored 13 points) led the US team to a gentle 109-81 victory over the team. Greece team last night (August 28).
Long talking about the unbeaten record from a series of friendly matches, the US team has now won all two matches in the group stage of the FIBA World Cup 2023. The total difference they created in these two matches is 55 before entering the final match. in Group C, meet the Jordan team.
Before entering the FIBA World Cup 2023, Greece was considered the biggest opponent of the US team in the group stage, led by "demigod" Giannis Antetokounmpo.
However, things did not go as dramatic as expected when Giannis performed minor knee surgery in the summer, which made the owner of the MVP and Finals MVP 2021 titles unable to recover to compete.
Losing the brightest star, Greece could not make a story before the team from the United States. Georgios Papagiannis, who spent two seasons in the NBA (for the Kings and Blazers) leads the team with 17 points.
Giannis' older brother Thanasis Antetokounmpo (with Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA) was underpowered, with only 2 points in 22 minutes on the field.
The brilliance of Austin Reaves continues the miracle story of the Los Angeles Lakers defender this summer. From the undraft position, the defender wearing the number 15 shirt has made a huge leap in level, skill, composure and efficiency when playing.
In the 2022-23 NBA season, Reaves was an important pillar of the Los Angeles Lakers when the yellow and purple shirt team reached the Western finals. Now he talks at length about the sublimation match in the US shirt with another impressive match.
Through the two group stage matches, Austin Reaves is achieving very high efficiency with 27 points in 13 throws, and also has 12 assists for teammates, a lot of defense and beautiful steals.
Not only Austin Reaves, the whole American team is playing uniform, united and very watchable basketball with all 12 members scoring and contributing positively to the match.
For example, Paolo Banchero, who led the US team in the match against New Zealand with 21 points but only finished 2 times in the confrontation with Greece, "gives up the field" to his teammates.
It can be seen that coach Steve Kerr's army is showing a pretty and effective ball rotation up to the present time. Their next match will take place on the evening of August 30 against the Jordan team.
