Basketball Olympics with Antetokounmpo and without Doncic

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7.7.2024 - 22:08

NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo leads Greece's basketball team back to the Olympic Games after 16 years
NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo leads Greece's basketball team back to the Olympic Games after 16 years
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The Olympic basketball tournament in Paris will take place with Giannis Antetokounmpo and without Luka Doncic.

Antetokounmpo, two-time NBA MVP and 2021 champion with the Milwaukee Bucks, secured his Olympic ticket with Greece at the qualifying tournament in Piraeus by beating Croatia 80-69 in the final.

The day before, the Greeks, who qualified for the Summer Games for the first time since 2008, had prevailed 96:68 in the semi-final against Slovenia led by Luka Doncic. The 25-year-old Doncic, a five-time NBA All-Star and 2024 play-off finalist with the Dallas Mavericks, will therefore be one of the prominent absentees in Paris.

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