India national basketball team three of their matches and then losing all five of their matches in the Classification round. While the results did not go India's way one game in particular caught the attention of basketball fans worldwide. India played against the Australian Team, one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of Australia for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to the Boomers 75-93 after leading at halftime 41-37. Many Indian players also made headlines while in the Soviet Union as well. Ajmer Singh gained worldwide
Basketball in Greece in the NBA from 1988 to 1999, and also played with the senior men's United States national basketball team, was also raised and developed basketball-wise in Greece. The Greek players Kostas Papanikolaou and Georgios Papagiannis, have also played in the NBA. Anastasia Kostaki and Evanthia Maltsi are female Greek professional basketball players that have played in the WNBA. This is a list of the basketball players that have won the most championships over the years in the men's 1st-tier level Greek League. On a daily basis, 16 newspapers in the country of Greece publish what is happening in the sport