Greece convincingly defeated the Bahamas 102:75 at the Acropolis Cup in Piraeus, as preparation for the Olympic Games qualifying tournament.
For this game, Greece received a huge boost as Giannis Antetokounmpo joined the team, playing his first game since April 10th due to an injury against the Boston Celtics, just before the end of the NBA regular season.
As for the Bahamian team, they were without two NBA players for this game—Eric Gordon and Deandre Ayton.
Dinos Mitoglou led Greece to win with 18 points, while Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kostas Papanikolaou each added 14 points.
On the losing side, A.J. Storr was the top scorer with 14 points, followed by V.J. Edgecombe with 13. Buddy Hield contributed nine points but shot an incredible 1/11 from three-point range.
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In the second friendly game of the day, Turkey easily defeated the Philippines 84:73.
Tarik Biberovic led Ergin Ataman’s team to win with 23 points, while Can Korkmaz added 12 points. For the Philippines, Justin Brownlee was the top scorer with 21 points, and Junemar Fajardo achieved a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
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