Germany – Greece 76-63: He fought heroically, but the National Basketball team could not stand against superior Germany, in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games. The World Champions advanced to the top four, while the “official favorite” finished in the positions 5-8 and will return to her base tomorrow.
At halftime, the score was tied 36-36. The match took place at the packed Arena Bercy in Paris. Among the 14,000 spectators were hundreds of Greeks.
The amazing start with the protagonist Dino Mitoglou brought the National team to 12-4 and 21-9 just before the quarter. Ta three pointers by Toliopoulos, Papanikolaou brought the score to 31-24, but the Germans came within a breathing distance and equalized just before the break, with a nail by Theis.
The champions World they overtook for the first time at the beginning of the third period with a three-pointer by Schroeder: 39-36. Our national team responded with a three-pointer by Thomas Walkup, but received an 0-8 run after 47-42, led by Franz Wagner. The score became 50-54 with Timan’s baskets and 52-59 with Bonga’s three-pointer at the end of the third period. The Germans were not seriously threatened in the continuation of the quarter-final, since our national team ran out of strength after 61-56.
THE John Antetokounmpo scored 22 points for our National Team, while Thomas Walkup added 12 and o Kostas Papanikolaou 10. Vassilis Spanoulis also used them Baskets 5, Toliopoulos 7, Kalaitzakis 1, Mitoglou 6, Papagianni, Lorentzakis.
From his team Gordon Herbertwhich in Thursday’s semi-final will face one of France, Canada, o Franz Wagner was the leader with 18 points. They also distinguished themselves Shredder 13, Timan 10, Bonga 9, M. Wagner 8.
This was the fourth defeat of the Greek National Team in as many quarter-finals of the Olympic Games (1996 by Lithuania, 2004 and 2008 by Argentina). Germany had beaten us in the quarter-finals of EuroBasket 2022 in Berlin.
The other quarterfinals of the Men’s Olympic basketball tournament will feature Serbia vs. Australia, Canada vs. France, and USA vs. Brazil. The final will be held on Saturday in Bercy.
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