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48+31+42! Scored 121 points in three occasions! FIBA s new killer weapon! The Warriors almost got him last year

12:28pm, 18 August 2025【Basketball】

If time can go back, the Golden State Warriors will not hesitate to agree to the Utah Jazz asking for Jonathan Kumingga and Moses Moody's appeal in the Markkanin transaction negotiations. It should be noted that last summer, the negotiations between the Warriors and the Jazz were once extremely close to reaching, because the Warriors were reluctant to use Kumingga and Moses as core chips at that time, which led to the Markkanin's death in the trade!

Nowadays, it is not too much for the Jazz to ask for Kumingga and Moses Moody because Markanin is a hidden attack weapon. Look, in this summer's European Cup warm-up match, Markkanen has completely killed the crazy. While perfectly releasing his explosive scoring ability, he has become the most explosive NBA star in this European Cup warm-up match, even no one!

In a just-concluded European Cup warm-up match, Lauri Markkanen, who played for the Finnish men's basketball team, continued his crazy killing on the offensive end! In this game, Markkanen played for only 24 minutes, made 10 of 17 shots in the game, made 3 of 7 three-pointers, and made 19 of 20 free throws, scoring 42 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks. With Markkanen's brave performance, the Finnish men's basketball team finally defeated the Polish men's basketball team 97-88, easily winning three consecutive wins in the European Cup warm-up match!

It is no exaggeration to say that in a game with only 40 minutes, it was really incredible that in just 24 minutes, it took 42+12+3 to crack the data! Not to mention that this is in FIBA, even if you can knock down such explosive data so efficiently in the NBA, it is definitely a super giant performance. Little do they know that such explosive data is actually a basic operation for Markkanin in this year's European Cup warm-up match, because winning three or forty points in a game is simply common!

data will not lie, then let's review Markanen's exciting performance in the first two European Cup warm-up matches! In the first game against Belgium, Markkanen, who had been out of the game for a long time, played unscrupulously and killed the game. He played for 25 minutes, made 17 of 24 shots, made 7 of 13 three-pointers, scored 48 points, 9 rebounds, 3 breaks and 1 hat, leading the Finnish men's basketball team to defeat the Belgian men's basketball team 105-62, thus creating a tragedy of up to 43 points!

After four days, the Finnish men's basketball team played against the Belgian men's basketball team again. Markkanen continued his crazy output, making 8 of 12 shots, 4 of 6 three-pointers, 11 of 12 free throws, scoring 31 points, 5 rebounds and 2 breaks. The Finnish men's basketball team finally defeated the Belgian men's basketball team 92-78.

As of now, the Finnish men's basketball team has easily achieved an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 0 losses under the leadership of Markkanen! In these three games, the Finnish men's basketball team beat their opponents 66 points in total, and averaged up to 22 points per game. Markkanen's performance was even more amazing. He made 35 of 53 shots in three games, 14 of 26 three-pointers, scoring a total of 121 points, 26 rebounds and 5 breaks.

No doubt, Markkanen has now been promoted to the new generation of offensive killer of FIBA. His popularity in this European Cup warm-up match has even surpassed the bigger brands of Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic!

After watching Markkanen's crazy performance in the past three games, I believe everyone understands why the Utah Jazz has provided Marca with a maximum salary contract, because he really has a good value for money. However, the Warriors will definitely regret losing their hearts because they missed Markanen last summer! If they had been willing to trade with the Jazz with Kuminga and Moody, then the new FIBA killer can now assist Curry in the championship.

Unfortunately, the Warriors finally missed the best opportunity to get Markkanen in the deal, which is a pity!

source:7m vn1