Giannis Antetokounmpo down today in Spain-Greece

The Greek team will be without stars in their EuroBasket preparatory match against Spain in Madrid this afternoon, Giannis AntetokounmpoThe Greek Basketball Federation announced on Twitter that the NBA champion will not be playing due to a “minor discomfort” he has in his knee.

According to Greek media, the coach of the Greek team Dimitris Itudis For this reason, we decided not to include the “Greek Freak,” as they call him in the NBA, in the lineup for the game. WiZink Center 7:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, Spain played a friendly against Greece at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, where the Greek team beat the red team (86-70). leadership.

Greece will enter the game today with 13 players: Nick Karates, Tyler Dorsey, Lefteris Bojolidis, Mijaris Luntzis, Dimitris Aglavanis, Ioannis Papapetl, Thanasis Antecumpo (Iannis’ brother) and Kostas. Papanicolaou, Yannis Krezoglu, Leonidas Caserakis, Panayotis Karaitozakis, Januris Larenzakis.

He won’t play, but Giannis will WiZink Center Support your team from the bench.

of euro basket It will be co-hosted in Germany, the Czech Republic, Georgia and Italy from September 1st to 18th.

Greece are in Group 3 in Milan and will face Italy, Estonia, Croatia, Ukraine and England in the first stage.