Heading into Wednesday’s matchup with Mexico, the Greece national basketball team knew exactly where they stood.
With their opening win over Iran having been matched by the Mexicans on Tuesday, both teams were guaranteed to advance from the group and compete at the semi-final stage.
Still, the stakes were high, and with the prospect of a semi-final against Italy and a raucous home crowd awaiting the loser, there was certainly no shortage of motivation to come out and top the group overall.
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In the early running, it was Mexico rather than Greece who seemed to be the most aware of the permutations.