18 Days in August, an Olympic Blog

Yiannis has said a few things about this game, here is my take on this really big game...
Shame, shame, real shame!
Greece played amazing defense, despite the height difference I believe that the US team was more than contained.
The real shame as Yiannis said, was that the Greek team could not take advantage of all the good chances they had to score. Maybe that was because they were afraid of approaching too close to the US basket. Although Papadopoulos (the Greek Center), had his brave moments.
What can I say about the US team? Iverson was the only one that played decently, much better than the way he played against Puerto Rico.
If the mediocre Greek shooting guards nearly beat the US team I cannot imagine what Lithuania is going to do with all its 3pointer firepower.

And now a few words about the atmosphere of the game... which was amazing!
In the packed stadium there was the Greek Prime Minister with his wife, as well as the Mayor of Athens.

For those wondering about booing... it only happened when some US supporters started cheering (to drown out their cheers)

Despite the defeat the Greek supporters did not loose their cool and they kept cheering all the way back home, outside the stadium on the way to the buses...in the buses and the metro supporters (from all over the world) sang the "Hellas Ole Ole" cheer.