Lauri Markkanen's 22 points propel Finland past Netherlands / News - Basketnews.com

Lauri Markkanen dominated once again at EuroBasket 2022, guiding Finland to a convincing win over the Netherlands with a 22-point performance.

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Finland (3-2) got the job done early in their last group phase game against the Netherlands (0-5), eventually comfortably winning the match with a final score of 88-67 (26-11, 22-20, 28-28, 12-18).

Finland started the game with a 10-2 push, and since that point of the duel, they never looked back and finished the contest with a convincing W.

Who else if not Lauri Markkanen led the way for the winners. The new Utah Jazz big man posted 22 points (3/5 2PT, 4/6 3PT, 4/4 FT), 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and a game-high 23 EFF.

Finland is now second in Group D but the two remaining games -- Israel vs the Czech Republic and Serbia vs Poland -- will decide their ultimate spot.

Finland: Lauri Markkanen 22, Shawn Huff 14, Edon Maxhuni 9 (5 AST).

Netherlands: Worthy De Jong 21, Keye Van Der Vuurst De Vries 9 (5 AST), Charlon Kloof 8.

Group D as it stands:

Pos Team GM W L PPG PPG A Diff STR L5 1 Serbia 4 4 0 92.5 73.0 19.5 +4 ++++ 2 Finland 5 3 2 86.4 80.6 5.8 +2 ++-+- 3 Poland 4 3 1 79.5 79.5 0 +2 ++-+ 4 Israel 4 2 2 79.3 82.0 -2.8 -2 --++ 5 Czech Republic 4 1 3 82.0 89.5 -7.5 -1 -+-- 6 Netherlands 5 0 5 71.8 85.0 -13.2 -5 -----

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