I mean, really, as someone who knows basketball I had to painfully endure Greeks all around me who actually thought that the freak victory of the Greek national team against the American one was representative of their actual value; all based on a game where everything worked perfectly for the Greek players. However, like we say in Greece, it is not Easter every day and the Greek team did not just lose today: it was dominated and often ridiculed by the Americans. The Greek team also lost to the Spanish team in a very convincing manner. It is not as bad as it sounds.

In the last decade the Greek national basketball team has rightfully claimed a place in the 4 best national teams of the world: a huge achievement for a small country. Beyond that, fantasy in the impressionable minds of certain Greek overgrown children starts. When it comes to talent and athleticism Greece is simply a vastly inferior team to that of the US - still, Greece is good enough to beat them if certain freakish conditions are satisfied, but that is not going to happen very often (say once in 10 years?). Regarding the Spanish team, as long as they have that amazing player called Pau Gasol, Greece, as it is now, will be inferior to them and will inevitably lose more than it wins. I would say that it is an 80-20 probability (that is 8 out of 10 Spain wins).

USA and Spain aside, Greece has a good chance of beating any other basketball team on the planet.

That's the reality.