Onerous nut proved to be incomplete Nationwide crew of Greece his crew Puerto Rico. The pleasant recreation ended with a Greek victory due to a sustained counterattack within the final quarter: 67-65, in entrance of 8,000 enthusiastic followers within the packed indoor stadium of Pylaia. Tickets offered out inside an hour.
The “official favourite” lined up with out the affected person Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nick Kalathis, Giannoulis Larentzakis, who’re recovering from minor accidents they “inherited” within the Faliro Pre-Olympic match. Vassilis Toliopoulos performed solely within the first half with out scoring, after feeling discomfort in his shoulder. The injured Kostas Antetokounmpo, whose participation within the Olympic Video games stays uncertain, was additionally unnoticed of the mission.
Fashioned Puerto Rico led 12-20, 20-32, 32-36 on the break, 40-48, 48-58 on the finish of the third interval. The Greek crew counterattacked with Panagiotis Kalaitzakis because the protagonist and got here inside respiration distance (56-58) with an 8-0 run. Dinos Mitoglou scored 64-65 and Kostas Papanikolaou gave the primary lead with a troublesome basket 30” earlier than the ultimate. An excellent protection by Alvarados and 1/2 pictures by Giorgos Papagiannis sealed the Greek victory.
Dinos Mitoglou was the highest scorer with 18 factors and eight rebounds. Kalaitzakis completed the sport with 7 factors and 9 rebounds, whereas Kostas Papanikolaou “wrote” 10 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Vassilis Spanoulis additionally used Walkap 4, Moraitis 1, Lountzi 4, Papanikolaou, Charalambopoulos 8, Papagianni 13, Hougaz, Tanoulis 2, Kouseloglou.
For the Puerto Ricans, who’ve certified for the Olympics by knocking out Lithuania and Italy amongst others, the MVP of the San Juan Pre-Olympic Match, Jose Alvarado, scored 11 factors. Pinheiro 12, Ortiz 11, Romero 10 additionally stood out.
Our nationwide crew will play one other pleasant recreation earlier than leaving for France, in opposition to World Cup runner-up Serbia of Nikola Jokic, on July 22 in Belgrade.
The Olympic basketball match will start on Saturday, July 27 within the metropolis of Lille, France. On the night of the primary recreation, our nationwide crew will face Canada, world medalist from final yr’s Mundobasket. Spain and Australia belong to the identical Group.
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