5 wins and 0 losses! How strong are Shin Kyung and Türkiye in the European Championship?

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European Championship group stage fifth round, Türkiye 95-90 Serbia.

Let’s talk about the importance of this game first. In the previous four group matches, Türkiye and Serbia both won and 0 lost 4 wins and 0 losses, so this game directly determines the subsequent knockout opponents of the two teams.

The losing side has to face Finland in the first knockout match, who performed well in this European Championship, won 3 wins and 2 losses in the group stage, and has Markanen; even if he passes Finland, he is likely to meet the powerful Germany in the semi-finals, and the difficulty of advancing is self-evident. In the end, Türkiye became the winner.

As the leading star of Turkey, Shin Kyung made a very explosive personal performance in this game: he played 36 minutes in the game, made 10 of 17 shots, made 4 of 7 three-pointers, scored 4 of 5 free throws, scored 28 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.

5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Türkiye was still behind 82-86. In the following half-quarter, Shen Jing scored 8 points by himself and led the team to a 13-4 wave to successfully complete the reversal.

No exaggeration, Shin Kyung really showed his best self in this game, including three-pointers with the ball, three-pointers with the ball, emergency stop mid-range shot, strong attack at the basket, European step breakthrough layup, and there are also breakthrough passes, hand-passing passes, passing without looking at people, and long passes throughout the game.

Whether it is personal offense or assisting teammates, Shin Kyoto matched the opponent's No. 1 basketball player Jokic (scored 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in this game). You can even say that Shin Kyo's performance is better in this game. He not only won the data, but also performed better at critical moments, but also took away the victory.

In this year's European Championship, Shin Kyung's performance was definitely at the MVP level.

During the previous warm-up game, Shin Kyung had already shown his FIBA ​​killer attributes. At that time, Shin Kyung scored 20+ in all three games, averaged 25.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 63.6%.

It should be noted that Turkey won two of those three warm-up matches, and the only loss was to lose Germany by 2 points. The latter also lost 5 wins and 0 losses in the group stage, and the average net victory per game was an astonishing 32.8 points (the highest since 1969). This time, it was very important to defeat Serbia and divide itself with Germany in different half areas.

Back to Shin Kyung, in five group matches, Shin Kyung's performance:

--Against Latvia, 7 of 12 shots, scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists

-Against Czech Republic, 8 of 9 shots, scored 23 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists

-Against Portugal, 9 of 13 shots, scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists

——With Estonia, 8 of 13 shots, 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists,

——With Serbia, 10 of 17 shots, 28 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists,

, five games, averaging 21.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists, and the shooting percentage of the three events was as high as 65.6%/46.2%/81.8%, with a real shooting percentage of 73.3%.

As a comparison, Shen Jing's data in the Rockets last season: Average of 19.1 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, shooting percentage of 49.6%/23.3%/69.2% in three events, real shooting percentage of 54.5%, and efficiency is extremely different.

Back to the European Championship, Shin Kyung is the first player in the past 30 years to win 20+5+5 in the European Championship three consecutive games (four games have been played).

Currently, he ranks sixth in scoring, third in rebounds and third in assists. In addition, his average efficiency value reaches +31.4, ranking second, second only to another international field killer Doncic (+33.0).

According to data released by the media two days ago, the ranking of the voting of MVP fans of this European Championship, Shin Kyung won the votes as high as 31%, with all players first and Jokic (13%). After defeating Jokic head-on, Shin Kyung won the votes even higher.

Let's talk about the Turkish men's basketball team. This team is considered to be the dark horse of this year's European Championship. However, to be honest, Turkey's strength has been symptomatic before the European Championship officially began.

They only ranked ninth in the first stage of strength list, rose to fourth in the second stage, and sixth in the previous stage. If nothing unexpected happens, the next stage is likely to return to the top four or even the top three. Türkiye's best record in the European Championship was second in 2001. He has never won medals since then. Sometimes he can't even qualify for the group stage, and ended in the last European Championship.

This Turkish men's basketball team with Shin Kyung, Ottoman and Larkin may be the strongest Turkish men's basketball team. From the past, a champion team often needs a superstar to take charge, and Shin Kyung is that superstar.

At this point, you might as well take a look at the Serbian men's basketball team.

Compared with the Turkish men's basketball team, the Serbian men's basketball team has a much better record in recent years. They are the runner-up in the 2024 Olympics and the 2023 World Cup. They have also won the runner-up in the European Championship in 2017 and won the second place in all three major competitions, just one championship is missing.

Originally, Serbia was the biggest favorite to compete for the championship in this European Championship, but due to the intensive schedule, both Bogdan and Aframovich suffered injuries, which is also a key reason why Serbia lost to Turkey.

The last European Championships, there was no Bogdan. Jokic led the team to win the group stage, but he lost to Italy in the first game of the knockout stage. There was no Bogdan in this year's knockout stage. See how far Jokic can carry Serbia..

Returning to Shin Kyung, in addition to looking forward to his performance in the next knockout stage, he is also looking forward to his performance in the Rockets next season. If he can play the dominance of the past five games, it is no exaggeration. Shin Kyung may be the top 15-10 player in the league next season. The Rockets will really have a chance next year.