Greece's hopes of advancing to the Paris Olympics knockout round suffered a devastating blow Tuesday with an 84-77 loss to Spain.
Greece's hopes of advancing to the men's basketball knockout round at the Paris Olympics suffered a devastating blow Tuesday with an 84-77 loss to Spain.After losing their opening games on Saturday, Greece and Spain both came out essentially playing for their tournament lives, with the loser facing a must-win scenario on Friday -- and likely lots of help -- to have any chance of advancing.
Greece will face Australia in its final chance to earn a victory before the field is trimmed to eight teams. Antetokounmpo, the two-time NBA MVP and eight-time All-Star for theAfter cutting a 14-point halftime deficit to one point early in the fourth quarter, Greece tied the score at 71 on Antetokounmpo's emphatic, driving left-handed dunk over Aldama."It's tough with a guy like him to make the defensive play," Aldama said.
Greece pulled back to within 80-77 with 59 seconds left, but Antetokounmpo had a 3-pointer from the top of the key bounce off the rim. Antetokounmpo set the tone for his team early, getting to the rim on multiple occasions, including a putback dunk over Aldama did the same for Spain, leading all scorers out of the gate with 10 first-quarter points. He also got support from his teammates during a 13-3 run to end the second quarter that put Spain in front 49-35 at halftime.left late in the fourth quarter after a collision under the basket and was helped by trainers to the locker room.
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