ʻO Helene, i alakaʻi ʻia e kahi stellar Giannis Antetokounmpo (31 mau helu i 20 mau minuke), hōʻike i Sepania aia ma ka laina hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he papahana haʻuki ma hope o ka lanakila nui ma Athens (86-70). ʻO ke koho ʻana o Helena he puahiohio hiki ʻole ke kāohi ʻia mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a ʻo ka hui aupuni he papeti i ka lima o nā kamaʻāina, koi ʻia e hoʻoponopono hou iā ia iho i ka manawa moʻolelo inā makemake ʻo ia e hōʻea i ka Eurobasket me nā koho e hoʻokūkū me nā hui nui ma ka hanana. ʻO Willy Hernangómez wale nō ka mea i hiki ke loaʻa kahi kūlana ma waena o ke kūlana kino o nā Helene. Me he mea lā ua mālama ʻo Scariolo ma mua o hoʻokahi kāleka i kona lima a, i ka hapa ʻelua, ua hōʻike ka hui i kahi mana koʻikoʻi a hoʻokūkū, e hoʻemi ana i ka ʻokoʻa mai 18 a i ʻeono mau helu. ʻO kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo e like me Sepania, ma hope o ka makahiki gula, mamao loa ia mai ka bourgeoisie ʻEulopa. ʻAʻohe antidote kēlā a me Antetokounmpo.
ʻO ka aneane 13.000 mau mea hoʻohiwahiwa nāna i kala i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Oaka ma Athens, ua puʻuwai pū lākou. Ua lele ʻo Giannis Antetokounmpo ma ke ala, e ʻaʻahu ana i ka pālule Helene no ka manawa mua mai ka 2019 World Cup: ua hoʻi mai ka monster i ka home. Ke kū'ē nei, he Sepania hou, nani no nā mea hou a ka Scariolo kelepona hope loa i lawe mai ai a i ʻole me nā kānalua he nui e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hui ma mua o ka koi kiʻekiʻe e manaʻo ai kahi Eurobasket.
ʻAʻole i hoʻokaʻulua ka mea kaʻi Italia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka pahu iā Lorenzo Brown mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a ʻo ka mea kiaʻi helu ʻAmelika he mau kekona wale nō e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kāna kōkua mua ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani Sepania. Ua hoʻāʻo ka hui e hoʻoponopono i ka ʻuhane hui, ʻaʻohe mea kaʻawale, akā koke koke ʻo ia i hāʻule i ka exuberance kino o Antetokounmpo, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke kula ākea a hele pū ʻia me ke koena o ka hui Hellenic, nāna i loaʻa kahi ala i ka hoouka kaua e hoopau ia Sepania. ʻO Willy wale nō i loaʻa nā pōmaikaʻi me kāna pāʻani ma ka pou a me nā kamaʻāina, i kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa no ka pale Sepania. I ka pau ʻana o ka hapaha mua, ʻo ka hapa he 18 mau helu.
Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa iki ʻo Sepania i ka wikiwiki o ka pāʻani, ʻaʻole mau ka wikiwiki o Helene. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo Antetokounmpo he kahawai hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia, he anarchist a me ka threaded enigma ʻaʻole i ʻike ka hui pehea e loaʻa ai kahi pane. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea hiki ke hoʻōki iā ia a ʻo kēia Eurobasket kahi manawa gula e hoʻolaʻa i kāna ʻoihana. Ua lilo nā pōlele o Sepania i nā wahi a pau, ua nāwaliwali ko lākou mau wāwae a ua hoʻopaʻi ʻo Hellenes, ma ka lima o Caathes lāua ʻo Dorsey, i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka pāʻani.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Giannis me kāna ʻike ʻole i ke aloha a lele ʻo Helene ma luna o Sepania, ʻoiai ua emi ka mamao. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka maka o ka hui aupuni i ka hapa ʻelua, kahi i hoʻemi ai i ka ʻokoʻa i ʻeono helu mahalo, ma ka hapa, i ka kūleʻa o Dario Brizuela. ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi o ke koho i hui pū ʻia me ka noho ʻana o Giannis ma ka pā. Me ka wai a hiki i kona ʻāʻī, ʻaʻole i kānalua ʻo Giannakis, ke kaʻi Helene, e hoʻihoʻi i kona alakaʻi i ka parquet. ʻO kāna pane ʻana he cascade o nā helu a he hoa ma luna o Yankuba Sima e hoʻopoina nā poʻe āpau.
