Green: Denver won the Lakers with "Spanulis drive"

Golden State basketball player Draymond Green explained that America follows and learns from European basketball

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Unforgotten ace, Photo: Euroleague
Unforgotten ace, Photo: Euroleague
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Golden State lost the championship of the strongest basketball league in the world by losing to the LA Lakers in the semifinals of the West. Trophy basketball player "Warrior" Draymond Green, however, continued to closely follow the fight for the new champion.

After Denver won the first game in the Western Conference finals over the Lakers, Green realized what his team was missing in the games against the "lakemen".

"Denver won the Lakers in the first game with the Spanulis drive! Just look at how many three-pointers Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell Pope or Michael Porter hit," Green analyzed the game and then explained what he meant by the Spanulis drive.

"Vasilis Spanuklis is a Greek basketball player, more precisely an icon of the Euroleague, and he also played a season in Houston. The characteristic of his game was a quick run from under the opponent's hoop to the center of the court, leaving the opponent's defense low and confused with a lot of space for a shot above the free throw line... That's what the Denver players did and it worked out perfectly," Green concluded.

And Spanulis is a legend with three European championship titles, with Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, in the "Helena" jersey he won European gold and bronze, world silver.

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