{"id":485033,"date":"2024-07-07T18:43:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T22:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=485033"},"modified":"2024-07-07T18:43:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T22:43:23","slug":"giannis-leads-greece-and-will-play-at-his-1st-olympics","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/giannis-leads-greece-and-will-play-at-his-1st-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis leads Greece and will play at his 1st Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> will play for his country in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo is heading to the Olympics for 1<sup>st<\/sup> time after netting 23 points and Greece defeated Croatia 80-69 in 1 of the 4 men\u2019s basketball qualifying tournament finals being held to determine the final spots for the Olympics as 12 countries will compete for the medals in Paris.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis Antetokounmpo named <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TISSOT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TISSOT<\/a> MVP at FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 Greece.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIBAOQT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIBAOQT<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HellenicBF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HellenicBF<\/a> \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LpohTLBm46\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/LpohTLBm46<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIBA (@FIBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIBA\/status\/1810047672562102538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Georgios Papagiannis had 19 points for Greece, as Nick Calathes added 14 and the country advance to the Olympics for the 1<sup>st<\/sup> time since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a phenomenal feeling to be at the Olympics because that&#8217;s the 1<sup>st<\/sup> step,&#8221; Papagiannis shared. &#8220;In Paris, we are motivated to accomplish big things with that group of players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ivica Zubac scored 19 points and grabbed 13 boards for Croatia but his efforts felt short.<\/p>\n<p>Greece is in Group A at the Olympics with Australia, Canada and Spain as that seemed like the most competitive group at the tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What it means for Giannis \ud83e\udd79<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIBAOQT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIBAOQT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rpacKTH6PA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/rpacKTH6PA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIBA (@FIBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIBA\/status\/1810038268366373030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo will play for his country in Paris. 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