Saturday, August 16, 2008

(BEIJING, August 16) -- Angola shocked Greece 102-61 in a group B match in the preliminary round of the Olympic Men's Basketball tournament on Saturday, August 16.

Angola's Eduardo Mingas was the high scorer of the game, netting 23 points and snagging three rebounds. His teammate Luis Costa contributed 16 points.

Ioannis Bourousis of Greece gave a stunning performance, scoring 22 points in just 13 minutes of playing time. He made all ten of his field goal attempts while grabbing five rebounds.

The first quarter saw the two team's scores neck-and-neck, 12-11 in Greece's favor. The next two quarters determined Angola's fate though. Greece scored 31 points in the second quarter and 38 in the third, while Angola only managed 17 and 14 respectively.

Facing what they perceived to be an insurmountable deficit, Angola surprised the world by substituting in its secret weapons, the Fuwas, to help them topple the Greeks. Not since 1996, when the Looney Tunes recruited Michael Jordan to aid their defeat of the Monstars, has such a drastic turn of events occurred in international or intergalactic play.

While many thought the Fuwas were indigenous to China, their Angolan step-cousins grant them eligibility to compete for Angola during the Olympics.

Angola played into significantly better form in the fourth quarter scoring 60 points, while officials took 20 points away from Greece for no apparent reason.

Greece center Andreas Glyniadakis commented on the upset afterward: "What the shit is a Fuwa?” he said.


After the shocking defeat, Greek guard Theo Papaloukas uses his jersey to hide the tears.

Greece tries to match the physical play of the Fuwas.

The flustered Greeks search for answers as team chemistry begins to unravel.

All Greece can do is stand and watch as the Fuwas dance through the lane with ease.

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