FIBA remembered with Papaloukas and Dio, the national triumph in the semifinals with France at the 2005 Eurobasket

FIBA remembered the epic qualification of our national against Francein the semifinals of Eurobasket 2005!

In a wonderful video with their Thodoris Papaloukas and Boris Dio In the role of commentators, a very beautiful flashback takes place on one of the biggest nights of Greek basketball when our national team had received the win-qualification with Diamantidis’ unforgettable three -point In the finale!

“France had great players who started their big careers. For most it was the favorite »heard Papaloukas initially saying, while commenting on the last moments of the game, he said:

“The coach was telling us to continue to push, until the last whistle. The pressure was very high. We saw each attack and each defense separately. You saw that we all believed it until the last minute.

We had designed the last attack, but it also has to do with the opponent’s defense. Nikos made his move, the defense reacted, Diamantidis was in the position we had designed and, thank God, put this incredible basket. It was like an explosion! I remember everyone celebrating and trying to understand exactly what has happened. They are great moments to live! “.

For his part, Dio, after knitting Papaloukas’ praise, which he described as one of the best players then, commented: “They stayed 40 ” for the end, we were ahead of 7 points and the victory was in our hands, but … they are one of the toughest defeats we have come to know as a national France.”.

Watch the video:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavgtyegf5w