OLYMPIC GAMES: THE BASKETBALL STARTS FOR REAL NOW!

We have reached the elimination phase of the men’s Basketball event at the Paris Olympics. We’ve got four very anticipated quarter finals ahead of us. We’ll start off with the reigning World Champions Germany who faces Greece and Giannis. Nikola Jokic and his Serbia will be squaring off with Australia.

GERMANY VS GREECE

Germany has been very impressive so far at the olympics. They won Group B after three wins and zero losses. They beat France, Brazil and Japan with A great level of comfort. Germany plays real team basketball and they play Hard and physical too. Led by Dennis Scroeder and the Wagner brothers this Team will never cave in. They are a very well coached team and Gordon Herbert is the man to thank for that. He has been the coach since 2021 and Every player knows his role on the team. There is a reason Germany are the World Champions. Greece won one game (vs Australia) and lost two (vs Spain And Canada) in the group phase. They qualified to the knockout phase as one of two the best third placed teams. Greece is coached by the former legendary player of the country, Vassilis Spanoulis. The main man on the court for Greece is of course Giannis Antetokounmpo. If Germany finds a way to slow down the Eminent Giannis half the battle is won for them. The key for Greece in this match are the other players. They must step up for Greece if they want to surprise Germany and win the game.

SERBIA VS AUSTRALIA

Australia is stacked with NBA players on their roster led by the veteran and FIBA Master, Patty Mills. They don't have any big stars on the team but a lot of solid players. The Aussies played in the Group of Death, also known as Group A with Greece, Spain and Canada. They finished second in the group despite only winning one game and lost two. Australia lost to Greece and Canada and defeated Spain, who finished last in the group. Jock Landale, their starting center, will have his hands and feet full with the best player in the world, Nikola Jokic. In the NBA Jokic does exactly what he wants to when he plays Landale. Serbia finished second in Group C after Tema USA. They lost to them in the opening match and then they defeated South Sudan And Puerto Rico. The biggest Problem for Serbia is that they don’t shoot well from behind the arc and they don't defend the tree that well either. If Australia make their Shots from the three line, they have a very good chance to win this game. Serbia’s other players must be better and start to hit some three pointers in particular. Team captain, Bogdan Bogdanovic, scored 30 points in their last match versus South Sudan. He needs to step up against Australia if Team Serbia wants to through to the Semi final stage of the tournament and fight for the medals.