Two legends of European basketball, the Theodoris Papaloukas and the Boris Dioremember the historical semifinal of Eurobasket 2005 in Belgrade, through a tribute of her Fiba In view of this year’s event.
A game left in history thanks to its incredible overthrow National Greece across France and the legendary basket of Dimitris Diamantidisaccompanied by the immortal ‘Value my boy’.
Greece, Located at -7 with less than one minute on the clock, he managed to inconceivable. He turned the match, took a win-rude and then reached the top of Europe For the second time in its history.
Theodoris Papaloukas remembers: “It was then the start of the great career for many of our important players. In France, Rigodo, a very great player played in France. It helped me play in the position of the playmaker. Parker was then introduced to world basketball. We knew he would score, we knew he would create. Their (festive) reactions did not cause us. It was a reaction to the pressure he felt.
The coach was trying to convince us that we had to stay in the game and wait with patience. We all believed it until the last minute. We designed an attack, but it also has to do with the reaction of the defense. Nikos (Zisis) made the move, the defense reacted, Dimitris Diamantidis went exactly to the position we were working on and glory to God scored this incredible basket. “
Boris Dio, on his own side, speaks honestly: “It was one of the toughest defeats we had as a national team”. The French star praised the Papaloukas for his decisive actions in the finale, while also standing at Antoine Rigodostressing that he cannot be blamed for the inappropriate shots (2/4), who gave Greece the opportunity to believe and reach the victory.
Source: Sport Fm
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