Basketball World Cup 2019: "Antetokounmpo is going to want to tear our heads off, we don't expect anything else"

TO Despite having transmitted more doubts than ever and having left its weaknesses exposed, the National Team U.S advanced to the second phase of the World Cup in China with an immaculate balance of three wins and no losses, which puts them in a privileged position to enter the quarterfinals.

However, his first rival in the second phase is Greece, a team that urgently needs victory after having unexpectedly against Brazil in the previous phase. The delicate situation of the Hellenic picture and the presence of Giannis Antetokounmpo, what against New Zealand he signed his best match in the championship, they make Greece, and especially the eaves of the Milwaukee Bucks, a very dangerous rival as claimed Brook lopez.

"There is no doubt that the Greek monster", as the American pvot refers to Antetokounmpo, "go out to kill us", said Lopez, his partner in the NBA. "He's going to want to tear our heads off. He won't expect anything else."I sentenced.

Like your player, Gregg Popovich He also praised the figure of the current NBA MVP: "All foreign players who play in the NBA are very good or they won't be there", acknowledged the technician. "But when they play for their passes, they become superheroes. They join together and through their relationships they form a team in which they enjoy playing, "concluded 'Pops'.

Antetokounmpo's performance in this World Cup is not as expected at the moment. In the first match against Montenegro, the difference in the score caused your coach to choose to reserve it for many minutes. Against Brazil it was completely annulled and before New Zealand, with everything at stake, emerged its best version with 24 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.