Thriller in Athens – Greeks defeated Spain in a dramatic overtime

In the last place of Group I before this match, Vassilis Spanoulis’ trainees in Athens 108:106 defeated Spain (5-3) after overtime.

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For the latter, this is the third consecutive loss in the qualifiers.

In a fluctuating game, the home Greeks had a 12-point lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter (72:60), but Juancho Hernangomez’s three-pointer eventually forced overtime.

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In it, the Greeks again built up an advantage (103:97), the Spaniards dangerously closed in at the very end (107:105) and even stole the ball, but Joel Parra made only one free throw out of two.

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At the same time, Vasileios Toliopoulos responded, but the Greeks defended.

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