After taking Monday off, Antetokounmpo simply overwhelmed Ukraine and ensured that Greece would finish top of Group C.
Greece was led by Antetokounmpo, who had 41 points and nine rebound in 27 minutes.
He was 15 for 18 from the foul line.
Dirk Nowitzki had 43 points for Germany in 2001 in a EuroBasket game, but that was the most in a single game. Antetokounmpo nodded when he heard about it.
Antetokounmpo doesn't rate his performance. "I just try to have fun as much as possible, try to focus as much as I can on what I can control, try to bring energy any way possible." I think this is one of the years where I'm excited to play with my teammates, and I think that's what I'm going to do this year.
Nick Calathes had 13 for Greece.
Issuf Sanon and Svi Mykhailiuk each scored 16 for the Ukranian team. Greece won the third quarter 32-11.
Group A.
Slovakia 86, Germany 80.
Luka Doncic made 14 of 25 shots. He had 10 assists for the team.
Doncic didn't give credit after the game. Luka Doncic said "Slovenia happened" when he was told that Germany's postgame reaction was "Luka Doncic happened"
Doncic said that the entire team was prepared. The people who stepped on the court were fighting regardless of how long they had been on the court. I'm very pleased with this team.
After the game, Doncic was asked if he or Antetokounmpo was in a better position to break the record. Doncic picked Antetokounmpo without hesitation.
Doncic said he would bet on the player. What's going on?" Because he's a member of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Goran Dragic and Mike Tobey scored 18 and 10 points, respectively.
Dragic said that they showed what they are made of.
Dennis Schroder had 19 points for Germany.
LITHUANIA 97, HUNGARY 64.
Valanciunas scored 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting and Domantas Sabonis added 19 points.
The coach said that they got a win. There's a chance for the next stage.
Fans were cheering for their team. The last spot in Group B is still up for grabs after France and Bosnia and Herzegovina both won.
The winner of Wednesday's game will move on to Berlin and the loser will be eliminated.
France would have been eliminated if it had lost. The French were serenaded with cries of "Merci!" by the Lithuania fans.
Evan Fournier stated thatLithuanian fans are the best.
"It's amazing," the forward fromLithuania said. Every championship they support us. We're sad we couldn't give them a win over the weekend, but we're happy we were able to give them one today and the goal is to give them another tomorrow.
Grigonis and Jokubaitis scored 15 and 10 points, respectively. Zoltan Perl was the top scorer for Hungary with 16.
France 81, Bosnia and Herzegovina 66.
The winners were already assured of a spot in the round of 16 after Thomas Heurtel's 3-pointer put France ahead to stay.
Yabusele scored 15 for France, while Heurtel and Fournier each had 14 and Rudy Gobert had an 11 point, 12 rebound performance.
Miralem Halilovic had 13 and Edin Atic had 10 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Group D is made up of several groups.
ISRAEL 78.
Jokic scored 29 points and was 11 of 13 from the floor in Serbia's victory.
Serbia had three players score 10 for them.
Deni Avdija and Roman Sorkin each had 11 for Israel.
The Netherlands and Poland had differing scores.
Poland was down by 13 in the third quarter and closed the game on a 39-20 run to get ready for the knockout stage.
Poland got 16 from the Balcerowskis and 10 from the Garbacz.
The Netherlands had two players score 13 and one lead with 26.
Ireland 98, Czech Republic 88.
Markkanen had a strong tournament with 34 points and 10 rebound, and the Finns advanced to the next round.
Espoo's Sasu Salin scored 23 and his teammates added 14.
Vojtech Hruban was the leading scorer for the Czech Republic with 22.
The Czechs could make it to the knockout stage if they beat Israel on Thursday.
Group C is made up of different groups.
The great Britain had a 62.
Henri Drell scored 20 points, Siim-Sander Vene added 18 andEstonia won its first game of the tournament
Maik-Kalev Kotsar, Kristjan Kitsing, and Janari Joesaar all scored 15.
Hesson scored 14 for Great Britain.
Italy defeated Croatia 81-76.
Italy needed a win and got it with 19 points from Nicolo Melli.
Bojan Bogdanovic led Croatia with 27 points.
The two teams are going to the knockout round.
Group A is made up of different groups.
Turkey defeated Belgium 73 to 63.
At Georgia, Alperen Sengun scored 24 points and Furkan Korkmaz had 16.
Ercan Osmani increased Turkey's total to 12.
Hans Vanwijn scored 11 for Belgium.
Spain defeated Martinique 65.
Spain earned a spot in the round of 16 thanks to the 18 points scored by Dario Brizuela.
Rounding out the scoring for Spain were Lorenzo Brown and JamiePradilla.
The team got 18 from Vladimir Mihailovic, which was followed by 11 from the other players.
Georgia 80.
Dee Bost had 33 points and 12 assists, as well as 28 points and 14 rebound, and Aleksandar Vezenkov had 28 points and 14 rebound.
The score was 17 for Bulgaria.
Alexander Mamukelashvili scored 13 and Goga Bitadze scored 21 for Georgia.
Wednesday's schedule.
The first-round play in Groups A and B is over, with Groups C and D getting the day off before the second round. The knockout round in Berlin begins on Saturday.
Group A includes Turkey, Spain, and Bulgaria. Turkey and Spain will win the group.
Group B includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, and Hungary. The Lithuania-Bosnia game is the most important game in the group since Hungary is eliminated.
The AP contributed.
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