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REFUSE TO LOSE...

What else is Greece holding to us...?

Above what is commonly believed that marvels as the one at the semi-final against France at the Eurobasket in Belgrade are not repeated or happens once every... 100 years, Greek National Team proved to everybody that is wrong as refused for one more time to lose.

A game theoretically lost, with the European Champion Europe being down by 5 and only 39 secs to go with the ball to the hand of the opponent (Australia) at the free throw line is not logically gained even if somebody turns up the world down.

It appears however that this team has the talent.

Or rather it has something better. The character of the big team that denies to lose.

What does not have until now Greece in the World Championship is obvious via naked eye. Does not allocate good choices in the attack, don't have attention in the regional defence and stability in its felicity.

One day shot with 95% from the free throw line and the other tries to go above... 50%.

In fight as this with Australia it breaks the... baskets from three point line for 39'50'' and at the... grand finale makes two out of two and wins the game.

I hope and believe that Greece, afterwards and from this epic inversion against in the Australians will show a completely different person opposite in Brazil and Turkey.

Should the players remove henceforth any stress they have till now, not think only the defence but to create also in the attack something that is in their repertory.

The first scorer of Belgrade's Eurobasket Nickos Zisis substantially made perceptible his presence with the winning basket against in Australia, the starter Hatzivrettas is still tightened, Papadopoulos unstable and Greece waits from all its players to show their best self in order to comes the discrimination.

With regard to what... does this team have apart from the... lucky rabbitfoot?

Has the talent to frighten the opponent when it wants.

Thus it suffered the Frenches in September 2005, thus it suffered in 3rd fighting and the Australians that did not have the clean brain to make their free throws twice, not to make two consecutive errors, not to allow to three point shots at the end of the game.

If they had made just one of the precedents they would have overcome. However with... "if" nobody wins a game.

Games are gained with the abnegation, the will and the sense of refusal of defeat that Panagiotis Yiannakis and his players have.

A team that leaves from the ground only when the final buzzer is heard and any opponent from now on that does not put well in the brain... well he suffers.