By Michalis Gioulenoglou/ info@eurohoops.net
Limassol, Cyprus – Playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was rested, Greece beat hosts Cyprus 96-69, and coach Vassilis Spanoulis was already thinking about the next game against Georgia in Group C.
However, he didn’t expect that he would be asked why his assistant in Monaco, who is also an assistant in the Georgian national team, is back with the club, preparing for the upcoming season.
Spanoulis calmly responded with a smile: “You know, my other assistant, Ilias Katzouris, who is also an assistant in the Greek national team, is not here. Somebody has to practice the team back in Monaco, so we can’t be all here, but you know I expected to hear a basketball question”.
That was probably the most eventful thing that happened in the game, as Tyler Dorsey and Dinos Mitoglou scored 18 points each and Greece got an easy “W” in front of a sold-out crowd.
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