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| Eurobasket 1989 Zagreb (Yugoslavia)
Many basketball fans doubted whether the greek national team could remain on top. In 1989 FIBA european championships, everybody waited for the european champs and the best european player to fail. But they were highly disappointed. The greek team won the silver medal, and Galis was for the third consecutive year the top scorer (35,6 ppg). In the semi final against USSR of Arvydas Sabonis, he scored 45 points and made Sabas say:"I have the feeling that when Galis wants to score, he will make it, whatever his opponent does. He's always determined to succeed". |
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| Eurobasket 1991 Rome (Italy)
In 1991 eurobasket, Galis played for the last time wearing the blue and white jersey. That was the beggining of a new era for greek basketball. In game 1 against Czechoslovakia, he completed a total of 5.000 points with the Greek team, and at the same time, he became the first European player to score 1.000 points in the european championships finals. It was the only time that FIBA accepted to interrupt a game, in order to honour a player. |
| The game for the 5th place, once again against Chechoslovakia, was Galis' last ever with the Greek National Side. He scored 38 points and finaly, he was once again the top scorer of the tournament scoring 32,4 ppg. |
| To the right: Galis against Sabonis in the eurobasket 1989. To the left: Galis against Toni Kukoc and Vlade Divac. |
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