Finland's head coach Tovey praised Alphabet after his team's reversal of Greece's upset in the third-place game of the FIBA European Championships.

Tovey said, "We learned a lot of valuable lessons and proved that we can compete with strong teams. We're proud of our performance, but of course it's still disappointing that we didn't win today."

"It's really hard to defend Yannis and he plays very, very unselfishly and can move the ball to find his teammates at key moments. That's what makes them so difficult to play against, besides being superb individuals, they can work together as well as we can."