Galis (30 PTS) vs Petrovic (28 PTS, 11 ASTS) | 1989 Eurobasket FINAL

32 year old Galis is still here. Having beaten the USSR of Arvydas Sabonis ALL ALONE in the semi final, scoring 45 points in an incredible one man show, Galis is about to play his second consecutive Εurobasket final. Against him, Drazen Petrovic and one of the best basketball teams ever, the national team of Yugoslavia.

Galis is said to have proven that one can beat five, but in that case, PETROVIC, ZDOVC, PASPALJ, RADJA, DIVAC, DANILOVIC, KUKOC, VRANKOVIC, are simply IMPOSSIBLE to beat.

The Yugoslavian team beated everyone by 20 and 30 points in that tournament, and was named the european dream team. Galis had one of his worst starts ever in the final game, obviously being tired by his breath taking performance one day before, but finally scored 30 points. He even received 3 blocks, something that was rare, despite his short height. But this time he had to overpass his 6,10 feet personal opponent (Kukoc), fake his 7 footer back up opponent (Radja) and then shoot over his third one of 7 feet (Divac) or 7,2 (Vrankovic) which was practically impossible, even for Galis.

On the other hand, Drazen shines! Scores 28 points and dishes 11 assists, and becomes the tournaments MVP providing some of the finnest plays ever, in european basketball.

ALL FIBA european championship 1989 tournament team: Pg Galis, Sg Petrovic, Sf Kukoc, Pf Radja,
C Sabonis. Enjoy.