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21 minutes to hit 20+7+5! Rockets 23-year-old ace transformed into the first team: the final battle against Jokic

95-54 defeated Portugal by 41 points. The Turkish men's basketball team won three consecutive victories in the European Championship group stage. Shin Kyung continued his outstanding performance. He clocked in for three quarters and played for only 21 minutes, made 9 of 13 shots, 0 of 2 of 2 of 2 free throws, scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, plus or negative value +23. Shin Kyung has indeed transformed, and this is his best international competition journey since he competed for the Turkish Men's Basketball Team in 2021.

Shin Kyung completely took the upper hand against Portugal men's basketball center Kota in this game. He made 7 of 9 shots in the first quarter and scored 14 points, while the Portuguese team only scored 13 points. Shin Kyung scored 6 points in the second quarter, thus reaching 20 points in total. The Turkish men's basketball team scored 29-14 in the second quarter, expanding its lead to 24 points.

Shen Kyung scored no points in the third quarter and sat on the bench in the entire fourth quarter. Because he only played 21 minutes, he had no chance to make up for the regret of having a triple-double with just one assist in the second game. The Turkish men's basketball team failed to score 100 points. The Turkish men's basketball team scored 100 times in the history of the European Championships - in 1957, the Scottish men's basketball team 100-54, the Iceland men's basketball team 111-102 in 2015, and the Bulgarian men's basketball team 101-87 in 2022.

The Turkish men's basketball team's winning numbers in this European Championship are already the same as the total winning numbers in the last European Championship. The last time the Turkish men's basketball team won more than three games in the European Championship, it was in 2009, when they won five games in that European Championship.

Shin Kyung averaged 19.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.0 blocks per game in this European Championship, with a shooting percentage of 70.6% and a free throw percentage of 78.6%.

The Turkish men's basketball substitute player performed well in this game, Korkomaz scored 14 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and Betim scored 13 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Substitute center Yult Seven played for 14 minutes, scoring 14 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.

Türkiye men's basketball team beat Serbian men's basketball team first in Group A with a net score of 75 points in the first three games. The Turkish men's basketball team is strong and in excellent condition, and has become the biggest threat to the Serbian men's basketball team in this group. Serbian men's basketball player Bogdan Bogdanovic suffered a hamstring injury and missed the third game. It is still unknown when he will return.

The Turkish men's basketball team will face the Serbian men's basketball team in the last game of the group stage on September 4, and this game will determine who can win the first place in the group. Shin Kyung is known as Jokic Jr. The battle between him and Jokic will be a big highlight.