Giannis wins the battle against Luka as Greece 🇬🇷 move on | Highlights | FIBA OQT 2024 Greece

Watch the Semi-Finals game highlights between Greece and Slovenia at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 Greece!
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[@mercadorodriguezgerson3549]

dont spoil the game on the tittle......, i just came to leave this comment, no need to see the video :(

[@BlueLena]

What fans tuned in for: Giannis vs Luka What fans got: Toliopoulos and Walkup

[@katireei7761]

Yes because these dominated the game. Luka and Giannis factor eliminated each other, so the other players of Greece made the difference.

[@Miguelsworld7_mapper]

Fr

[@Dwayne12345]

@@katireei7761 I disagree. Luka did not play well and Giannis did. Giannis played great defense while Luka consistently missed rotations and lost his man, as he does in the NBA

[@katireei7761]

@@Dwayne12345 see the stats, Luka has better numbers than Giannis offensively. Defensively Giannis was better. So more or less you can say they had an equal impact on their teams.

[@GiogosOfficialTM]

​@Dwayne12345 Giannis didn't play good in offense and luka was scoring from downtown every time he was getting the ball...he litteraly carrier a whole team on his shoulders

[@akichisel2538]

Greece defense was incredible!!! Doncic had a 11 turnovers... Slovenia was never given a chance.

[@riccardomulazzani7436]

Princess Luka isn't used to having a defender in front of her who she can't push away with her arm like they let her do in that NBA sideshow

[@onlyfacts3178]

@@riccardomulazzani7436 GREECE without GIANNIS can easilly beat SLOVENIA...

[@paskeviciusss]

let's be honest: Luka is hurt, out of shape and the whole team depends on his high usage hence 11 turnovers

[@zackb.3157]

@@paskeviciusss Justo.

[@Pachupp85]

slovenia without luka is just a bad team. Greece without Giannis is very solid.

[@LeonardoSilva-it3wt]

Zito Ellás from Brazil🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷. Paris 2024 will have the chance to see Greece🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 and Antetokounmpo in action!!!

[@gabepizza]

still need to get past Croatia/DR

[@babisspartan6512]

Certezaaa...😊

[@GioBall]

Congratulations to you too for your win today

[@AgainstWokeness]

Thank you, good luck to Brazil in Copa America! Força Brasil! 🇬🇷❤️🇧🇷

[@cediemina4528]

they will lose to latvia

[@orpheus6767]

Toliopoulos, incredible scorer instinct..!!!

[@Forsaken007-gc7oj]

Τhe Greek Steph Curry!

[@DiLivio-cd1nv]

В какой команде он играет?

[@bouzouxis]

@@DiLivio-cd1nv Aris Salonica

[@mikesaroglou4999]

Greece is a different story this year , all players play d and all players score ,spanoulis did a great job

[@parists5455]

Happy for my country Hellas but job not finished. Respect to Luka for even showing up after the deep NBA playoff run and finals with all defenses on him and playing injured. True legend!

[@umutsahin9195]

We are gonna watch one of the most epic Olympics ever for sure. Especially Greece and France is killing it atm.

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

I moved to Orlando Fl in the 90s and my friends neighbour was nick calathes. He was only a kid. I used to play basketball with him and his brothers when he was 5 or 6. His dad was his coach and wanted him playing against older kids. Nick went on to smash every basketball record in our high school.

[@cobradragon-wt4tp]

damn

[@aspropotamosorg]

Thanks for sharing the story!

[@Boomhauersdad]

Thanks main character. My friends cousins sisters brothers stepbrother was Steph curry amazing dude man I even shook his hand

[@brando7266]

What's nick doing now?

[@Niceandwise]

@@brando7266 he plays in Europe

[@UnknownFilipino]

I was expecting a close fight. What a disappointment. Congrats to Greece!

[@user-sv2kg2vj1z]

Ελλάδα μας συγχαρητήρια ψυχαρες 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@panosspanidis5989]

Bravo à la Grèce 🤒

[@SinmiDtoir]

By the time the first break rolled around, the entire Slovenian squad was looking at Luka, who appeared to be extremely exhausted and ready for the season to end.

[@Jasy1988gr]

Luca is a great player but was left alone in the field. Greece Roster is superb in all ways. Almost all the players in the team have titles and experience. They could not win, but at least they could try to play as a team , instead of giving the ball to Luca and hoping to carry them.

[@philipthavenius9801]

Greece looking very good

[@Goxilla]

Greece defense can focus 100% on Luka because the other slovenians won´t hurt them anyways.

[@rimrejects]

Or because he’s gonna have the ball in his hands 50% of the time anyway.

[@futurehofer1564]

Luka's play style hurts his team and teammates because all they do is stand around and watch him dribble, thats not team or winning basketball

[@rockysalvatore435]

​@@rimrejectsyou're missing another 50%. Are you melanated?

[@rockysalvatore435]

​@@futurehofer1564that's literally all Gianni's does

[@dazyroze]

@@rockysalvatore435 no, you are wrong. this is not how the greek team plays especially today.

[@katireei7761]

Even without Sloukas (euroleague mvp) it was more like a practice for Greece. Doncic is great but one or two players can't compete this Greek team...

[@gymrat8164]

Sloukas isn’t the euroleague mvp. He was like the 3rd best player on his team

[@katireei7761]

According to the Euroleague site Sloukas was Euroleage's Final Four MVP so essensialy he was euroleague's MVP, I don't know what you are talking about.

[@tsaxpinogargaliaris]

βρε λαγε τα πηρες ολα φετος, σταματα να λες ψεμματα τουλαχιστον

[@Gnctheripper]

Sloukas is the second player actually behind Walkup

[@katireei7761]

@@Gnctheripper both Sloukas and Walkup play in Euroleague and Greek Championship in both Sloukas won the titles and he got euroleague's MVP so I don't think that's the case.

[@r.k.4537]

This Greek team is the best I have seen since 2005-06 that won 🥇in Eurobasket and 🥈in the World Cup beating team USA in the semis. Fast, athletic, good shooting, excellent passing game, strong under the basket. They will dismantle whoever goes to the final. They may win a medal at the Olympics too if they improve and bond even further

[@Realanlik-nz3zi]

Grece vs croatia

[@dinohuseinbasic-euro2074]

Haha dude still have to qualify for O .I ;) Croatia Will be way more tough to beet

[@dinohuseinbasic-euro2074]

Sorry for My bed English:(

[@sirfoxbat4978]

@@dinohuseinbasic-euro2074 What happened in football???????

[@osint6372]

@@dinohuseinbasic-euro2074 really......The one that won 80-77 against Dominican....

[@Wladislav]

Mark Cuban sighs in relief.

[@-deedee]

lol yeah and Nico and Finley

[@kingquestOZ]

Cuban is irrelevant

[@paskeviciusss]

​@@-deedeeFinley already did all he can - took the beer out of his hands as a statement, but...

[@jainjohnson4643]

Why?

[@Wladislav]

@@jainjohnson4643 Because it means Luka will be rested for the next NBA season.

[@Trapligo]

Thomas Walkopoulos

[@kostasintzes9958]

Θωμάς Γουολκιδης Πόντιος 😂😂😂

[@HeavenlyBuckets]

Giannis has been steamrolling through these games

[@AVisionBasketball]

How many teams advance to Paris one or 2 ?

[@alexkarydis2270]

@@AVisionBasketball one from each qualifying tournament

[@CoachRJ334]

RUN and DUNK that's his full game

[@AVisionBasketball]

@@alexkarydis2270 ok thanks

[@MrKylljoy]

@@CoachRJ334 Yeah, and there's no one to stop him

[@WeTheNorthRaptors]

Luka can finally get his well-deserved rest

[@CommonSence_]

Embarrassing comment have you no pride? This is way more important than a nba championship this year Giannis understands the assignment

[@jojobean2363]

@@CommonSence_he still deserves to rest despite how you feel about the nba

[@WeTheNorthRaptors]

@@CommonSence_ pride of what? im not a luka or mavs fan, nor a slovenian. lol

[@Fast-N-Clean]

Greece ain't winning shit lmao America 🇺🇸 getting gold Canada getting silver France getting bronze 😅 ​@@CommonSence_

[@nikos32]

You think too highly of your country's basketball team ​ @Fast-N-Clean

[@Happy4us2514]

Let’s go Greece 🇬🇷

[@kingmoreorless2810]

Where is all the people saying Slovenia was gonna win? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dez_chi_boi]

They’re hiding just like Luka does on defense 😂

[@jkepic25]

Not with this coach.

[@wildanmalik1819]

The same people who says mavs in 7 last 30 says

[@kingmoreorless2810]

@@dez_chi_boi LMAOOOOO straight facts bro

[@JimmyButler-mo8bf]

@@jkepic25yea because the coach is the reason they lost 🙄

[@Feli_co]

Greek team is not just Giannis...Get over it

[@markmartinez7226]

what a showcasing game for greece..

[@ploopyfudgewink9207]

Giannis gets the ball just before half court with 3 guys in front of him and commentator goes “uh oh” 😂 truly the greek freak

[@ElliottPiano]

That's why i laugh when people put Giannis ( the goat ) and Doncic in the same conversation Giannis is just on another level

[@luisvelazquez5728]

He really is, they’re both great players. But giannis a different breeed when he’s locked in. Hes unstoppable

[@auxmobile]

Great respect for Luka and Slovenia. Go Hellas!!!

[@dr.secret8589]

The only guy who can stop giannis is giannis

[@siler22]

game was over by the first timeout, entire Slovenian team looked how Luka looks very very tired and just wanting this season to end

[@Grulaz]

this is what happens when whole team relies on one player

[@jkepic25]

this is what happens when you have janitor for a selector instead of professional world level coach.

[@Forsaken007-gc7oj]

Nah, Greece is too strong .

[@jkk916]

this happens when team has only one player to rely on

[@ady007pl]

@@Forsaken007-gc7oj Theyre built like greek gods.

[@rimrejects]

This is what happens when one guy has 40+ usage% other dudes can obviously play but one player has the ball in their hand almost as much as everyone else combined.

[@americoarmstrong1062]

Giannis😊

[@olympiakos86]

Kalinixta !!!!!!!!

[@parisb.8201]

VIVA GREECE!❤❤❤

[@Trapligo]

Thomas walkakopoulos

[@thehari75]

Thomas Americanopoulos

[@babisspartan6512]

Δώσε πονο😅😅😅

[@SauROnmiKE]

Wakamakafo

[@daglasan4285]

Θωμάς Πανωπερπατοπουλος είναι το σωστό.

[@giokun100]

@@daglasan4285 Θωμάς Βαδηνπάνος

[@georgechristodoulou9519]

Greece proved to be very aggressive team on offense. The team scored 96 points, Giannis had a mixed performance, Calathes was terrible from beyond the arc, but bench players along with Walkup made the difference.This means that the team has also other players that could score consistently.I think Slovenian Team is in a transition phase, players like Dragic and Prepelic are veterans, let's hope that Slovenia team will be back, it was harsh to see Luka suffer from such a defeat.

[@pwnzstar]

Luka can rest his injuries now and come back stronger in the next NBA season.

[@gcashgenina4968]

Kupal , his game is already read , his game can work at nba without defense

[@Gnctheripper]

Giannare esy eisai re?

[@senoragila_007]

@@gcashgenina4968 kaya tayo pinagtatawanan sa social media dahil sa mga t---a na kagaya mo PI ka

[@teebone2157]

nope he always plays for his country

[@BrightNights645]

He’s not injured.

[@jiorgosk2789]

Definitely Greece have a new face this year. The quality of players and energy is so high is amazing to watch.

[@anadimagiba4305]

Giannis❤

[@sleepyheadz]

Always a delight to watch Luka and Giannis play for their home country. If only the Process would do the same and not quit on Cameroon to join a super team.

[@dismantledbrain5910]

Yeah, that was the most pathetic thing Emfraud has done.

[@000-i8g]

Luka and Giannas didn't play AAU and High school Basketball in the USA like Embiid. Giannas choosing Greece over Nigeria is no problem to you😅, it's the same thing Embiid did

[@giorgosvarvi697]

​@@000-i8g First of all his name is Giannis (literally one of the most common greek names). Second of all he was born and raised in Greece, Embiid wasn't born in the US

[@dismantledbrain5910]

@@000-i8g Embiid was born in Cameroon and moved to US at 16, and he didn't become a US citizen until late 2022! No one is saying he isn't eligble to play for team US, we're just saying it's a coward move to seek US citizenship instead of leading your own country. Giannis was actually born and grew up in Greece, and Luka has Serbian heritage, so he could've joined the successful Serbian team, but he instead chose to lead his country. Big difference!

[@iTheGeo]

@@dismantledbrain5910Man, what is your point? Are you somehow faulting Giannis for something? You mean that he should have played for Nigeria or something?

[@jimi.kounoups]

Kalimera,kalispera,kalinihta, Greece basketball is coming to Paris soon.....🇬🇷🏀🏆💠.. Olympic games

[@ohetosohetos1192]

Tolio keep playing as captain! Great performance again!

[@Efra21]

Que paliza

[@Ahlumjkkk]

giannis is the best player

[@akoleon2431]

Preach

[@ady007pl]

bet you can't even spell his surname

[@stevelouie5928]

Luka probably still recovering from the NBA finals. He played a lot of games this season.

[@BrightNights645]

No. His playstyle was a horrible for basketball and the Olympics allow defense. No corruption to protect Luka

[@CommonSence_]

Excuses . This isn’t the nba where imaginary comeback happened by the refs to make the game interesting. Hes a fraud

[@rimrejects]

Yeah he looked exhausted on defense😂

[@StephanJones-rw5so]

​​@@CommonSence_which games excactly ? You all delusional.The refs made so many bad calls against the mavs the whole playoffs.Kidd had to challange the easiest calls .

[@StephanJones-rw5so]

​@@CommonSence_it sure had nothing to do that greece had good players where giannis isnt even the best player and slovenia only has luka

[@Seedmember]

The difference was that the Slovenians relied too much on Luka, while our team learnt the hard way that we mustn't expect everything from Giannis. Big respect to Luka though, he gave it everything. A real and true MVP. Huge respect to Vasilis Toliopoulos too. The lad has improved massively, he deserves all the praise and recognition he gets.

[@ErickSarita95KingS]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="95">1:35</a> this is why Giannis is strong af, this is a prime LeBron strength

[@RitchelleMonta]

Lebron is lebronze in international games what strength are you referring clown

[@MrThessalonikiman1]

This Greek team has high-level players playing at the top European teams,its not Giannis only.Basketball is a team sport, you need a strong team with good players that can play together as a team under the supervision of a good coach and staff members.Greece won based on its great defence, that made players such Luka to commit 10+turnovers.

[@FP-ih1lu]

Where can I watch the full game?

[@tainanking]

It's night and day for slovenia. Without Mike Tobey and with Goran dragic retired, It's a super struggle. Josh Nebo is awesome but Slovenia has no chance without another creator.

[@georgekoul]

It's unfair for the rest of the team to mention Giannis while at least three other players were better. Walkup and Toliopoulos were the best and still, Giannis on the title 🤨

[@kostasoly9318]

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷💪

[@Trusteft]

It was a good game.

[@magic1096]

Ήταν ένας ωραίος αγώνας.

[@Trusteft]

@@magic1096 Ναι, ήταν.

[@Trapligo]

Lukas Doncikopoulos

[@tha9668]

A lot of highlights are missing

[@ChristopherHThomas]

Actually most of the best ones are missing !

[@FIBA]

Greece qualify for the #FIBAOQT Final. Will they qualify for the Paris Olympics?

[@konstantinoslymperopoulos9502]

Of course.

[@marinermwraitis4328]

For sure....

[@marsmcmxcii]

Miss goran luca with those player in 2023 philippine fiba world cup today slovenia weak no teamates that can bring luca energy on court he was alone.

[@jkepic25]

We have some young talents that could play but instead our coach plays players who suck and don't get minutes even in their clubs.

[@Jjjjt-q8l]

Waiting for what urbunas has to say tommorow

[@leogala1402]

💪💪💪

[@dglent]

À tout à l'heure

[@jlj1117]

The Slovenian croquette match is unfortunate. Overwhelmed at all times. No defensive balance, bad faces, complaints to referees, no defense... The usual thing for the most overrated player in the world: fewer individual statistics and dedicating himself to playing as a team and improving physically.

[@dartbrider]

I'm sorry but Giannis did just ok in that game. Those guys would have won without him.

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

3 minutes for a game highlight is whack

[@MarquisVegan]

Giannis 💯

[@jonathanklett2606]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="47">00:47</a> dirty

[@jjcometa9333]

Somehow, someway, Luka will still get blamed by haters😂 gotta love it

[@W00IS-J]

Luca = no defence = loss

[@patbenz4327]

It's Luka oncic. No D.

[@sin3326]

Where the OG papaGiannis at😂😂😂

[@loveintheend89]

He's playing!

[@sin3326]

No doubt cuz I heard his name the last 48 Olympics!!! He like the Thanos of Greece 😂😂😂

[@BigtunaG]

I really hope Luka starts to mature as a player. The ball dominance is such an issue for him it leads to turnovers and fast breaks. The Luka fans only focus on his good games but cant see the overall issue and why its easy for good teams to beat his style of play. Luka should focus on being 50/40/90 player because he is at his best when he is efficient scoring, turnovers, and has energy for defense. Teams know how to force him into turnovers and deep 3s if you cant see that as a fan the game plan to beat Luka is himself then you are blind

[@ianbarbaros2248]

The guy just made it to the NBA finals and people trying desperately to find something wrong with him

[@BigtunaG]

@@ianbarbaros2248 no one trying to find something wrong with him. Luka can easily win next year and could have won last year. But if he continues to be that ball dominant he might never make it to finals again. His best attribute is not his scoring it’s his passing. That’s why teams target his passing to beat him. They want him to shoot more and turnover the ball. It is what it is. If you think he’s going won averaging 25 shots a game with 35% usage rate I think ur delusional. He should ideally shoot 18-20 shots a game and 20 should be considered a lot.

[@dez_chi_boi]

@@BigtunaG I’ve tried to explain this to Luka fans but they get emotional like he’s a perfect player that has no flaws and he can only be praised. He plays the same way Harden did in Houston, crazy offensive stats, high usage rate, no effort defensively that style of play doesn’t win championships

[@ianbarbaros2248]

@@BigtunaG sorry bro but that's nonsense. The guy is the best scorer and second best passer in the NBA when you have a player like this he SHOULD have the ball in his hands. When Giannis won the championship with the Bucks he had the highest usage % in the NBA. When Embiid won the MVP he had the highest usage% in the NBA. And no one complained about them but they complain about Luka who is actually a point guard and he is expected to have higher usage than both of these guys.

[@BigtunaG]

@@dez_chi_boi they can’t handle criticism of Luka at all. He’s better than Harden imo and he has the ability to play more like Lebron. I think if he shot less and lower usage he would have more energy on defense. But they don’t want to hear it

[@dimitrissel]

Μπράβο μάγκες μου… μαζί σας 🇬🇷 Τολιόπουλε Αρειανάρα🔥

[@fidelrodriguezsoto3360]

👏👏👏👍

[@uberrobi]

We needed Mike Tobey or a stretch 4. We got enough guys cutting, more efficient stretching on the floor from Mike Tobey was huge

[@HeimiSoirn]

With three players in front of him, Giannis receives the ball right before half court, and the commentator says, "Uh oh," genuinely the Greek freak.

[@panoskondylis5618]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="84">1:24</a> o Giannis magirevi to gyros

[@user-yj5ik4sk4v]

Wht if luka gianis in same country sounds good😮

[@ayrton4ever1]

Pistol-iopoulos

[@futurehofer1564]

YESSS WE WONT HAVE TEARS DURING THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IN THE OLYMPICS!!!!! Luka is going to have to cry from his couch lol

[@trebledc]

Luka is really a human traffic cone." 🚦Please proceed this way straight to rim. Thank you" .

[@timnic9242]

where are the stats ?

[@taguro1006]

Did Luka cry? 😂

[@_chr1_s]

Giannis said "I' m guarding Luka". From the start

[@traytyler9951]

Giannis luka daddy

[@mike91mdk45]

Not a great last couple of weeks for luka..

[@davonnlastique]

“Slowvenia” it makes sense now

[@hembekes]

Kalimera kalispera kalinixta

[@Satellite2145]

Sucks about this loss. I really wanted Slovenia to go far.

[@cbarak72]

Man I didn't expect to beat them by almost 30 points. I guess Luca hasn't rested enough since the finals.

[@ahkosi4091]

is slovenia eliminated already???

[@fritzfischer3648]

Yes

[@olympiakos86]

YES!

[@NinerNation81]

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🫡💪

[@dadballers]

Frankly don't mind Luka getting some rest now

[@TYTTYYTTTYYY]

ルカはファイナルで燃え尽きたんかな、覇気なし

[@spiroskehris]

A lot of comments are around on how Luca performed and somehow they think that if Luca( big respect by the way) performed better they would win. Basketball it's a team sport you need five to win. The depth, quality, experience of this Greek team can't be compared with the Slovenian team. Maybe the score would be lower though if had a good day.

[@georgezagr6627]

Giannis is unplayable.

[@timnic9242]

Doncic has 10 turnopvers 😲 damn, see in europe there is real defense .. of course Greek is a strong team but 10 turnovers?? Doncic is declining or in bad shape

[@atlantahawksfan8443]

Luka just got done playing a whole Finals. He not trying to play no more Basketball for awhile

[@drakegarcia3106]

3mins highlights of these 2 giants is wild

[@ExclusiveN1ck]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="66">1:06</a> 💥 Luka

[@blu33m44sk]

And a 🔥 L

[@theone8173]

Guess it’s safe to say Giannis will be back for season

[@TIoerSoec]

Bravo to Greece

[@Greek_Spirit]

Walkup 🔥🔥🔥🔥