The Greek national team advanced to the EuroBasket quarterfinals by beating Lithuania and Kostas Papanikolaou believes that he, his teammates and head coach Kostas Missas proved many people “wrong”.
Also, since during the days before the match Lithuanian coach Tomas Pacesas commented on Missas being the “weakest link” in the Greek team’s structure, Papanikolaou believes that his coach gave some answers to this criticism.