With Finland needing just one more victory to clinch a spot into the knockout stage of EuroBasket 2017, Lauri Markkanen dropped 17 points and pulled in six rebounds in Finland’s 89-77 victory over Greece on Tuesday.
Markkanen, who was averaging 24.3 points per contest coming into Tuesday’s game with the Greeks, made five of his nine shot attempts on the day. It wasn’t his best performance during the tournament, but it was arguably his most interesting of the four games the Finns have played so far.
In the 29+ minutes Markkanen played, he didn’t really showcase his skills on the perimeter.