Giannis Antetokounmpo to miss friendly against Turkey due to back pain

Dionysis Aravantinos: BREAKING: Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss tonight’s game against Turkey with back pain.
Source: Twitter

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Giannis Antetokounmpo chatting with Bucks and Greek national team assistant coach, Josh Oppenheimer.
Bucks in Greece
#FearTheDeer #HellasBasketball pic.twitter.com/JiOYD77Qv3 – 4:46 PM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
No Giannis? Kostas Antetokounmpo puts the team on his shoulders against Turkey
1⃣9⃣ points
1⃣2⃣ rebounds
1⃣ assist
2⃣ steals
1⃣ block pic.twitter.com/aGYm86unXE – 4:45 PM Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greece takes down Turkey #FIBA
eurohoops.net/en/national-te… – 4:13 PM Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
Kostas Antetokounmpo vs Turkey
19 points
13 rebounds
9-13 FG
8-10 2P
1-3 3P
1 assist
2 steals
1 block
27 ranking
He was sensational tonight. Greece defeated 89-80 Turkey in Day 3 of Acropolis Tournament.
#HellasBasketball pic.twitter.com/8wtuk7vUCL – 4:11 PM GeorgeZakkas @ZakkasGeorge
OAKA is packed tonight and everyone is chanting “Thanasis” for Thanasis #Antetokounmpo. pic.twitter.com/xl6pXt3SUQ – 3:31 PM Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
Thanasis Antetokounmpo clumsily fell to the floor, got up after a few seconds and immediately asked to play again.
Beast! #HellasBasketball #FeartheDeer – 3:16 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Thanasis Antetokounmpo was down on the floor after jumping up in the air for an alley-oop and getting knocked down, but he got back up after a little while and walked to the Greek bench.
Now checking back in the game. – 3:15 PM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Showtime at OAKA 🤩 Kostas Antetokounmpo with a dazzling move 🇬🇷🪩
🎥 @ert_world pic.twitter.com/bk2s3Sz1U5 – 2:39 PM Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
Giannis Antetokounmpo ruled out for tonight’s game vs Turkey due to back soreness #HellasBasketball #FeartheDeer – 1:29 PM Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
SOLD OUT
Last prep game for Greece and Turkey – Giannis Antetokounmpo expected to play pic.twitter.com/9Uk7etAWPK – 5:17 AM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Greece played its last friendly game without Giannis Antetokounmpo in a match that drew only a small amount of fans.
Dimitris Itoudis would like FIBA to change the way rosters for major tournaments are constructed and gave a historical example for it 🧐
basketnews.com/news-176653-di… – 4:34 AM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Sandro Mamukelashvili having a moment after the game 🤜🤛 pic.twitter.com/deA1z9Twy0 – 6:05 PM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t play on the second day of the Acropolis tournament, but Greece was still victorious 🇬🇷💪
Kostas Sloukas and Tyler Dorsey led Greece over Georgia in OAKA:
basketnews.com/news-176647-gr… – 5:49 PM Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
Georgia leads 37-34 Greece at half time. Greece plays withouth Giannis tonight. Greeks shot poorly from deep (2/17)
Tyler Dorsey is Greece’s topscorer in the 1st half with 7 points (2-8 FG)
Solid first half by Sandro Mamukelashvili (10pts, 3rebs).
#HellasBasketball #GoGeorgia – 2:57 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
No Giannis Antetokounmpo tonight, but Thanasis and Kostas Antetokounmpo are on the floor flying around against Georgia, while Sandro Mamukelashvili is doing the same thing on the other side.
Strong start for Mamu. 6 points, 2 rebounds, a steal, a block in the first 4 minutes. – 2:19 PM

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Dionysis Aravantinos: Giannis Antetokounmpo felt a discomfort in his back and for precautionary reasons he’ll miss tonight’s prep game against Turkey. -via Twitter / August 19, 2022 On the heels of his second appearance in friendly action Wednesday, Giannis Antetokounmpo will not play against Georgia Thursday. In the latter stages of the training camp, Greece will conclude the 31st International Tournament Acropolis Aegean facing Turkey Friday. After being rested today, the Greek Freak is expected to be part of the final test before official games take over the schedule next week. -via EuroHoops.net / August 18, 2022 Timpf highlighted the fact that LeBron was second only to Giannis in the in made field-goals in the restricted per game (6.5), converting at a 75.3% clip. Giannis shot 76% from the restricted area and averaged 6.6 makes per game. “So basically, LeBron James through 19 seasons, with all the mileage on his body, with the horrific spacing that the Lakers had last year with Russell Westbrook on the court, the 22nd ranked three-point efficiency team in the league, with all of those factors working against him, he was every bit as productive and efficient getting the basket as Giannis. That’s outrageous.” -via Sports Illustrated / August 18, 2022