Before the 2025-26 season, several NBA players are competing with their home countries in 2025. Currently, the playoffs for the game are in progress.
Recently, Türkiye defeated Poland to enter the semi-finals. Their team is led by Houston Rockets All-Star center Alperen Sengun. He dominated his performance against Poland, scoring 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. This is not the first time Sengun has recorded a triple-double, but it is historic. Alperen Sengun became the youngest player in Eurobasket history at the age of 23 to record triple-double.
Alperen Sengun is the youngest player in Eurobasket history, recording a triple-double
Alperen Sengun becomes the youngest player ever, #eurobasket 🤯🇹🇷
19 points | 12 reb | 10 ast pic.twitter.com/m55x3mnzde
– basketballnews (@basketnews_com) September 9, 2025
Türkiye is in Group A in Eurobasket 2025 Championship. It also features Serbia, Latvia, Portugal, Estonia and the Czech Republic. They were unbeaten in the group match. Beat up strong teams like Serbia, including top NBAs like Nikola Jokic. Türkiye beat Sweden in 16 rounds. In their first six games, Alperen Sengun averaged 22.0 points, 10.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game. He is out of reach for Türkiye’s top players.
Sengun performed best on Eurobasket in the quarter-finals against Poland. He scored 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists with a 91-77 victory. Alperen Sengun became the youngest player in Eurobasket history to record triple-double. He joined Luka Doncic as the second player to record a triple-double on European shoes.
Alperen Sengun becomes the youngest player ever, recording a triple-double player in Eurobasket history 🤯
🇹🇷19 points
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🇹🇷10 ast@tbf progress @eurobasket The first semi-final since 2001!Watch all European shoe action live broadcast in 1891: pic.twitter.com/wcd1qnrkyb
– NBA (@NBA) September 9, 2025
Additionally, this is the first time since 1995 that triple pairs have been recorded in the same European Shoe Championship. Before Sengun’s triple-double with Poland, only four players recorded triple-double at Eurobasket. Luka Doncic, Tony Kukoc, Andrei Mandache on the list.
Alperen Sengun and his Turkish teammates are waiting for Lithuania and Greece to play. Once this game is decided, they will play the title of the game on Friday, September 12. It will be difficult for Sengun and Turkey to play out.
