‘Greek Freak’ Giannis coming to PH for FIBA World Cup

FIBA world No. 9 team Greece, which boasts off a national team anchored around NBA champion and back-to-back Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, the power-dunking 6-foot-9 forward of the Milwaukee Bucks, is headed to the Philippines.

Known around the NBA and the world as the “Greek Freak,” Antetokoumnpo will be making his first appearance in Philippine soil on August 25 to September, with his home team of Greece bracketed with the United States, New Zealand and Jordan in Group C of the preliminaries.

Filipino fans will be able to witness Antetokounmpo in action live for as low as P999 for a day pass, covering two exciting, world-class basketball games.

Day passes and other ticket packages are already on sale at https:// philippines-ticketing.worldcup.basketball/. Fans of Antetokounmpo and Greece, even Milwaukee Bucks, can avail of the Follow My Team Pass which allows pass holders to watch five games that their preferred team will play in the Group Phase. The two remaining dates of play will be decided depending on their position after the first round of the Group Phase.

Understandably, the demand for tickets to the USA-Greece clash on June 28 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City has gone through the roof, rivaling even the clamor for passage to Group A games featuring Gilas Pilipinas.