Olympic Games 2021 Qualifiers Canada vs Greece 6/30/2021 Picks

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Team Greece are facing the hosting team of Team Canada at the Victoria Memorial Arena in Victoria, Canada on Wednesday, June 30, at 19:05 ET in the opening game of the Group Phase of the 2021 Olympic Game Qualifiers. Greece had a 2-1 record in their three friendly matches played this summer. They won Mexico by 3 points, Puerto Rico by 8 and finally lost against the Serbian Team with a 64-75 score. Canada hasn’t played any friendly matches this summer and their previous game played was back in February 20th.

Greece had a 4-2 record in the 2022 Eurobasket Qualifiers and finished in the second place of Group H. They were 2-1 in their previous three matches and in their last game they won a close game against Latvia with a 97-94 score. They had exactly the same field goal percentage (48%) and shot very efficiently from behind the arc, with a 52.4%. They had five players in double digit scoring and three with 17+. They were led in scoring by Dimitrios Katsivelis with 19 points, adding 5 rebounds and a team-high 9 assists. Christos Saloustros and Linos Chrysikopoulos added 17 points apiece, with Saloustros adding a team-high 9 rebounds.

Ioannis Athinaiou and Lefteris Bochoridis lead the team in scoring with 13.5 ppg each. Athinaiou adds 6.5 rebounds per game and Bochoridis 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

Greece averaged 76.5 ppg in the Eurobasket Qualifiers and allowed 76.8 ppg defensively. They had a 41.5% field goal percentage and a 33.8% 3-point percentage. They were fourth -best in rebounding with 40.

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Olympic Games 2021 Qualifiers Canada vs Greece Predictions 6/30/2021

Canada had a 3-1 record in the 2022 Americup Qualifiers and were tied with Dominican Republic in the first place of Group C. They won the tie-breaker and were eventually placed first. They had back-to-back wins and in their last game they won the Virgin Islands with a 95-90 score. They shot with 51.2% from inside the arc and with 40.6% from downtown. Two of their players scored 19+ points, led by Kaza Kajami-Keane with 27. He also added a game-high 9 assists but only made 1-6 triples. Anthony Bennett added 19 points, making all of his four 3-point attempts. He also added 9 rebounds.

Bennett leads the team both in scoring with 18 ppg and in rebounding with 8.5 per game. Kaza Kajami-Keane adds 15.8 ppg and a team-high 8.3 assists per game.

Canada had the second-best offense in the Americup Qualifiers, scoring 90.8 ppg and allowed 85.7 ppg defensively. They had a 43.9% field goal percentage and a 36.5% 3-point percentage. They lead all teams in the tournament in assists made with 23.8 per game.

Greece has won all three previous matchups against Canada in any competition. Two of them have been in official matches back in 1998 and 1994, where they won by 6 and 3 points respectively. Their most recent meeting has been in a friendly game in 2010 Acropolis Tournament where Greece won with a 123-49 score. Greece will be missing their star player Giannis Antetokounmpo, while Canada will have six NBA players in their roster. Canada are the absolute favorite and are playing at home, so pick them with -10.5 today.

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