Greece’s basketball team claim victory over Puerto Rico in Olympic warm-up

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Stressful but victorious, Greece’s men’s basketball team defeated Puerto Rico 67-65 in their last friendly match before their participation in the Paris Olympics.

The Greek national team was behind in the score for most of the game, but the determination it showed in the fourth period brought the reversal with a basket by Papanikolaou at 39:45 before the end (66-65) and finally the victory with 67-65, which was formed with 1/2 shots of Papagiannis.

The men’s national team competed without Nick Kalathis, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Giannoulis Larentzakis, while in the second half Vassilis Toliopoulos was also sidelined with a shoulder injury (he will undergo magnetic resonance imaging).

Greece’s leading scorer was Dinos Mitoglou, who reached the double-double with 18 points and 8 rebounds. A worthy supporter of Giorgos Papagiannis with 13 points and 7 rebounds and Kostas Papanikolaou with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Source: Zougla

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