Giannis Antetokounmpo made history and was overwhelmed with emotion.
A series of international basketball tournaments this week determined which countries will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Greece is among the 24 teams vying for the remaining four spots, having beaten Croatia 80-69 on Sunday to qualify for the Olympics for the first time since 2008.
Antetokounmpo was in tears shortly after the final buzzer sounded.
Antetokounmpo finished with 23 points, eight rebounds and three assists in the win, earning his first Olympic Games appearance.
Former NBA top draft pick Georgios Papagiannis scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 16 in the first half.
Greece hosted a qualifying tournament in Piraeus which saw Luka Doncic’s Slovenia, who were heavily beaten by Greece in the semi-finals, take part as well as Egypt, the Dominican Republic, New Zealand and a Croatian team that lost to Greece in the final.
Croatia is led by NBA mainstays Ivica Zubac and Dario Saric, along with former Knicks swingman Mario Hezonja.
Brazil qualified for their third Olympic Games in four years by defeating the hosts in a qualifying match in Latvia.
Spain defended their home court and defeated a historic Bahamas team that nearly qualified for their first Summer Olympics. This will be Spain’s seventh consecutive Olympic appearance.
Greece, Brazil and Spain will join the eight previous teams already competing: Germany, Serbia, USA, Canada, South Sudan, Japan, Australia and hosts France.
The 12th and final match of the Olympic qualifiers was decided Sunday night, with Puerto Rico defeating Lithuania.
