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The performance in the first game of the European Championships is not good! The new Hawks inside player still hasn t found his form?

6:59pm, 29 August 2025【Basketball】

In a previous group match between the men's basketball European Championship, Turkey defeated Latvia 93-73, achieving a good start in the European Championship, while the host Latvia suffered such a tragic defeat when he came up.

In this game, the performance of Latvia's inside star Kristaps Porzingis was really terrible. Porzingis played 25 minutes and 16 seconds in the game, made 3 of 12 shots, 0 of 5 from outside the three-point line, and 4 of 4 free throws. He only scored 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, including 3 frontcourt rebounds, 6 turnovers and 4 fouls, with a plus-negative value of -17. Porzingis had a poor feel on the offensive end, and he did not show his due scoring ability at all. He also wasted a lot of opportunities, and he did not do well in making mistakes. Porzingis was also broken through by his opponents on the defensive end, and there were also considerable problems with his defensive focus. Overall, Porzingis' performance on both offense and defense was extremely disappointing, and his poor performance also largely led to the team's miserable defeat.

In the NBA regular season last season, Porzingis played 42 times in 82 games, with averaging 28.8 minutes per game, averaging 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.5 blocks, and 1.3 turnovers and 2.8 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 48.3%, a three-point shooting percentage of 41.2%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 80.9%. During the playoffs, Porzingis played 11 games in total, with averaging 21 minutes per game, with averaging 7.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks, and 0.9 turnovers and 2.4 fouls. His shooting percentage was 31.6%, his three-point shooting percentage was 15.4%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 68.9%.

Porzingis was sent to the Atlanta Hawks by the Celtics in a multi-party deal this summer. In fact, the Eagles are very acknowledged with Porzingis' ability, otherwise they would not have given a first-round pick and got him. Porzingis is not bad in his personal ability, but his attendance and his physical condition are very worrying. The most important thing is that Porzingis completely lost the chain during the playoffs last season and made a shameful performance, which directly led to the team's failure to go further. Now that we are in the European Championship, it seems that Porzingis's form has not returned to an acceptable level, which makes everyone very worried about this. In the next game, can Porzingis recover in time?

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