As part of preparing for next month’s EuroBasket 2022 tournament, Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun and the rest of Turkish national team are competing in a handful of August friendlies.
Perhaps the most noteworthy of those friendlies came in a star-studded matchup on Friday filled with current NBA players — with the likes of Sengun, Furkan Korkmaz, and Cedi Osman leading Turkey against Luka Doncic, Goran Dragic, and Slovenia.
From a Rockets perspective (and for Turkey, as well), the good news is that 20-year-old big man has had very strong showings. On Friday versus Slovenia, Sengun had 19 points (55.5% FG), 9 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots in only 23 minutes before fouling out. Led by Doncic, Slovenia went on to win the game by a point in overtime, 104-103.
Earlier in the week, Sengun also played well (15 points) in a friendly versus Ukraine. Scroll on for some of his best highlights.
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