Antetokounmpo (No. 34) who earned the Olympic ticket
American professional basketball (NBA) star player Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) has been named to the list of ‘world stars’ participating in the Paris Olympics opening at the end of this month.
Greece defeated Croatia 80-69 in the final of the 2024 Paris Olympic men’s basketball qualifying tournament held in Piraeus, Greece on the 7th (local time).
Antetokounmpo played for 28 minutes and 28 seconds that day, scoring 23 points and 8 rebounds to lead Greece to the Paris Olympics.
Antetokounmpo, who was named the NBA regular season MVP in 2019 and 2020, led his team, the Milwaukee Bucks, to the championship in the 2020-2021 season.
Greece has qualified for the Olympic men’s basketball tournament again, 16 years after its last appearance in the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Croatia, which also played in the NBA, had 19 points and 12 rebounds from Ivica Zubac (LA Clippers), but failed to advance to the Olympics for the second consecutive time following the 2021 Tokyo Games.
This year, 12 countries will compete in the men’s basketball competition at the Paris Olympics, including host nation France, the defending champions the United States, Germany, Serbia, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Sudan, Spain, Brazil, Greece, and Puerto Rico.
The women’s basketball teams that have qualified for the tournament are France, the United States, China, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Nigeria, Australia, Germany, Serbia, Japan, Spain, and Canada. 카지노사이트 추천