Group A of the 2024 Olympic Games will certainly have the appearance of a “group of death”. Because theAustralia and the Canadaalready qualified, were joined by the Greece and theSpain !
Giannis Antetokounmpo (23 points, 8 rebounds) and the Hellenic selection thus came out on top (80-69) of Croatia's Mario Hezonja, Ivica Zubac and Dario Saric in the final of their TQO. Vassilis Spanoulis was notably able to count on an astonishing Georgios Papagiannis, the former Kings pivot having added 19 points, at 5/8 from afar…
After having ruled out Luka Doncic and Slovenia, the “Greek Freak” will in any case be taking part in his first Olympic Games.
On the Valencia side, Spain also validated its ticket for the Olympic Games but the Bahamas hoped until the end.
Having come back to within two possessions (83-77) in the last two minutes, following a 3-pointer from Valdez Edgecombe Jr., Buddy Hield and his teammates never managed the final push needed to complete the hold-up.
The “Roja” could therefore hold out until the end (86-78), and thus put an end to the beautiful adventure of Deandre Ayton, Eric Gordon and company, who failed at the gates of the Olympic adventure…
