Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Gore rakatevera racho, Greece yakatarisana nedambudziko rayo guru, sezvo nyika yacho yakagamuchira EuroBasket 1987
nechikwata chenyika chinopinda mumutambo wacho chine boka rinotyisa. Vakakwanisa kubva mumutambo wokutanga, vakaparadza Italy neYugoslavia, vose vari pakati pevanoda kukunda mutambo, mumakwikwi ekupedzisira uye semi-finals. Mumutambo wokupedzisira, Girisi yakatarisana nevakanga vakunda uye vaida zvikuru Soviet Union. Pamberi pevatsigiri vechiGiriki vane 17 000 muPeace and Friendship Stadium, vaenzi vakakunda menduru yegoridhe mushure mekukunda kunonakidza 103<unk>101 pamusoro peSoviets, naNikos Galis achiwana mapoinzi makumi mana. Yakanga iri nguva yokutanga kuti chikwata chenyika cheGirisi chakakunda mutambo mukuru mumutambo upi noupi, nokudaro basketball yakaitwa mutambo wenyika yose usiku humwe uye chikwata chenyika chakanga chichifanira kurangarirwa somunhu anodiwa zvikuru worudzi rwechiGiriki.