When Greek Dream team beat USA

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Has it been 10 years already? It seems like it was yesterday when Panagiotis Giannakis and his Greek dream team managed to defeat the NBA rising stars on the 1st of September 2006 in Japan for the semi final game of the World Championship. Let me just remind you that Lebron Wade Carmelo where part of the USA team.

The coaching staff and Panagiotis Giannakis locked down the Americans and his players followed his instructions to the maximum. Theodoros Papaloukas looked like Magic Johnson feeding and assisting his teammates. He had 12 assists where as V Span Vasilis Spanoulis scored in every way he could to help his team win.

Big Sofo Sophocles Schortsianitis looked like Shaq out on the floor. Michalis Kakiouzis who also played in Cyprus with Aek Larnaka and Apoel BC had ice in his vains. Same goes for the legend Demetris Diamantides.

Below you can see the video and understand where the Greeks hurt the unbeaten Americans (until then). USA coach Mike Krzyzewski could only sit down and watch the Greeks doing what only Greeks know how to do and amaze the whole basketball universe. Cypriot and Greek people wish to relive these amazing moments in the near future. For the record Mike Krzyzewski retired with 88 wins and one loss as a USA coach.

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