Lauri Markkanen amazes the world

Lauri Markkanen is one of the most watched athletes in the European Championship. Pasi Liesimaa

The Susijengi met in the second match of the Basketball European Championships in the UK. The match ended in Finland’s clear victory with a reading of 109-79.

The brightest star of the match was the furious 43 points made Lauri Markkanen. In this millennium for a harder performance, only Serbian has reached Luka Doncic In 2022. At that time, the Serbian star scored 47 points in the match against France.

At the same time, Markkanen became the first player after 1989, scoring more than 40 points in two European Championships. The Finnish star bagged 43 points in a Susijeng shirt in 2022 in a match against Croatia.

A single match record for the European Championships is by far Belgian Eddy Terrace on behalf of. In 1957, he scored 63 points against Albania.

The value of Markkanen’s performance is emphasized by the fact that he stayed on the playing field for 23 minutes. For comparison, Doncic played for 39 minutes in his record match.

The extracts of the Finnish star were also taken into account worldwide. Basketball account NBA University annoyed the achievement of the Communications Service X.

According to the account this millennium only in Greece Giannis antetokounmpo In addition to Markkanen, he has been able to make more than 40 points in less than 30 minutes of playing time.

The official X account of the European Championships also made a lift from the Finnish. The NBA club Utah Jazz, represented by Markkanen, was the same.

– The feeling when you make 43 points in front of a home stand, the club writes on Instagram with Markkanen’s picture.

The NBA X account also wondered about the performance of the Finnish star.

– 43 points … in just 23 minutes, the publication writes with an amazing emoji.

Next, Susijeng will face Montenegron. The match starts at 8:20 pm on Saturday.