By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net
Germany prevailed over Greece 84-71 getting an easy prep win with Dennis Schroder (15 p.) and Franz Wagner (14 p.) leading the way again.
However, young guard Justus Hollatz was injured in the ankle during the first quarter and never returned to action, creating questions about his presence in the upcoming FIBA World Cup.
The positive news for his case are that no ligaments are torn according to MagentaSport, the German TV station covering the tournament.
Greece was in the game for 25 minutes, getting even the 41-40 lead, however, what followed for two minutes was a storm of technical fouls, the ejection of George Papagiannis, and also Daniel Theis getting fouled out after scoring 15 points for the Germans.
The team of coach Gordon Herbert got a 64-55 lead at the end of the third and never looked back.
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Dinos Mitoglou with 16 points and Nikos Rogkavopoulos with 15 were the top scorers of the losing side.
Thanasis Antetokounmpo was inactive for the Greek national team, getting some rest in the last prep game of the team before the official tip-off of the World Cup.
The final roster of Greece for the FIBA World Cup
After the end of the game, Greek coach Dimitris Itoudis announced that Panagiotis Kalaitzakis and Giorgos Tsalbouris are the last two cuts from the roster which will travel to the Philippines.
That leaves Walkup, Moraitis, Bochoridis, Lountzis, Larentzakis, Rogavopoulos, Papanikolaou, Papapetrou, Mitoglou, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Papagiannis and Chatzidakis.
Germany will face the USA on Sunday 20/8 in the last game of the prep tournament held in Abu Dhabi.