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Giannis Antetokounmpo keys Greece win to make first Olympics

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Giannis Antetokounmpo is now an Olympian.

Antetokounmpo is heading to the Olympics for the first time after he scored 23 points and Greece held off Croatia 80-69 on Sunday in one of the four men's basketball qualifying tournament finals being held to determine the final spots in the 12-team field for the Paris Games.

Georgios Papagiannis scored 19 for Greece, which also got 14 from Nick Calathes and earned an Olympic berth for the first time since 2008.

Ivica Zubac had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Croatia, which got 15 points apiece from Mateo Dreznjak and Mario Hezonja and 14 from Dario Saric.