The Olympic men's basketball match between Greece and Canada has just ended, and Brother Alphabet scored 34+4+2, while Canada's Alexander, Dillon and Barrett combined for 58 points, and finally Greece lost the first game 79-86!
The game was quite intense, in the final moments of the game, Canada in order to limit Brother Alphabet, as many as three fouls in the fourth quarter to leave, Greece had a chance to overtake the score, just 1.15 seconds left in the game, Greece only 4 points behind, three fast break, Brother Alphabet once again staged a strong dunk, but Alexander a high board, directly killed Greece's hopes.
The Canada team led by Alexander and Dillon started the game with multiple attacks, and in the situation of Canada's double-digit lead, Antetokounmpo relied on his physical talent to continuously impact the basket to score points, teammate Papan Nikolau hit three points in quick succession to help the team narrow the difference, Larenzakis threw the ball in the bottom corner, and at the end of the first quarter, Greece was only four points behind.
The second quarter back to Greece first a mistake, Canada pushed back to score a layup, back Larenzakis another three-point rush, Mitoglu three points did not score, Dillon grabbed the rebound to Alexander, and then followed up 45 degrees C to chase three points, the difference was opened again, Papani Cullau scored five consecutive points to stabilize the situation, after which the two sides were deadlocked, Canada made consecutive free throws and regained a 10-point advantage, Canada led Greece 48-38 at halftime.
In the second half, Dort and Dillon came up to throw in consecutive three-pointers, Barrett also made a layup, Canada once led by as many as 16 points, under pressure Brother Alphabet stepped up and made consecutive violent fouls, Greece launched a wave of 13-4 attack to close the score.
Back in the final quarter, Greece hit three consecutive three-pointers to complete an 8-2 offensive to continue to eat away at the point difference, Canada responded with three points to stabilize the situation, Greece fought back to play 10-0 to close the gap to only 2 points, Alexander made a strong layup at the critical moment, Murray made a foul and got a free throw, and in the end, Greece lost the first game 79-86.
Canada: Barrett 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Dillon 14 points and 5 boards, Dort 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Alexander 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Powell 6 points and 4 boards, Murray 8 points and 3 assists, Olynyk 4 points and 6 boards
Greece: Brother Alphabet 34 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Karasis 3 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Papajanis 3 points, Papani Nicolau 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Wokap 5 points, 4 assists and 3 steals, Larenzakis 3 points, Mitoglu 5