Giannis Antetokounmpo is heading to the Olympics for the first time after he scored 23 points and Greece held off Croatia to earn one of the final four spots.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is now an Olympian. Antetokounmpo is heading to the Olympics for the first time after he scored 23 points and Greece held off Croatia 80-69 on Sunday in one of the four men's basketball qualifying tournament finals being held to determine the remaining spots in the 12-team field for the Paris Games. Georgios Papagiannis scored 19 points for Greece, which got 14 from Nick Calathes and earned an Olympic berth for the first time since 2008.
The last spots in the 12-team Olympic field will be decided later Sunday when Lithuania visits Puerto Rico. Spain 86, Bahamas 78 Rudy Fernandez is going to the Olympics for the sixth time, a first for any men’s basketball player. And Spain had to dig deep to get him there. Spain earned its seventh consecutive Olympic berth after holding off the Bahamas at Valencia, Spain. Lorenzo Brown had 18 points for Spain, which got 14 from Willy Hernangomez, 12 from Santiago Aldama and 10 from Usman Garuba.
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