Recently, Ginobili was officially selected for the Naismith Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The International Basketball Federation also named the top ten matches of Manu’s national team career on the official website, paying tribute to this legend.
First place: 2004 Athens Olympic Games men’s basketball semi-final, Argentina 89-81 US
This was one of the greatest moments in Argentine sports history. Ginobili carried the Argentine men’s basketball on his shoulder and led the team to beat the American men’s basketball. He made 9 out of 14 shots in the whole game, among which he made 4 out of 6 shots in three points and scored 29 points. After this war, Argentina entered the Olympic final for the first time in men’s basketball history.
Second place: 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Argentina 83-82 Black
In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Argentina men’s basketball took an arrow in Indianapolis two years ago. In the final of the world championships in men’s basketball in 2002, Argentina won the second place in the men’s basketball of the men’s basketball world championships. In the first match day of the Athens Olympic Games men’s basketball, they defeated black 83-82. Ginobili scored 27 points in the game and finished the whistle killing at the last moment of the game.
In the fourth quarter, with 3.8 seconds left, Argentina was one point behind 82. After serve, they quickly advanced. Manu took the lead. After rushing to the paint area, they drifted receive the ball and hit the ball with a whistle. This is one of the most wonderful goals in his international competition career.
Third place: 2004 Athens Olympic final, Argentina 84-69 Italy
On August 29, 2004, the men’s basketball Final of Athens Olympic Games officially started, which was the most Highlight Day of Ginobili’s national team career. In the end, Argentina defeated Italy 84-69 and won the Olympic champion for the first time young pioneer team history. Manu won 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game.
In the Athens Olympic Games men’s basketball, Ginobili scored 154 points, second only to Paul Gasol’s 157 points in the total score list. After the final, he was elected as the MVP of the competition.
Fourth place: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games quarter-finals, Argentina 80-78 Greece
In the quarter-finals of the Beijing Olympic Games men’s basketball, Argentina met men’s basketball rivals and encountered men’s basketball in Greece. The latter won the European Championship in 05 and eliminated men’s basketball of the United States in the semi-finals of the world championship in 06. In the end, Argentina won 80-78 and advanced to the top 4 Olympic Games.
This victory was also one of the greatest victories in Argentina’s men’s basketball history. Ginobili scored 6 three-pointers and contributed 24 points in the game.
Fifth place: the semi-final of the 2011 US Championship, Argentina 81-79 Puerto Rico
From August 31, 2011 to September 12, 2011, the men’s basketball American Championship was held in Argentina. As the host, Argentina men’s basketball passed the championship all the way and won the championship. In the semi-final game of eliminating Puerto Rico, Ginobili played a wonderful performance. He scored 6 out of 9 3-point shots and scored 23 points in the game, and also sent out 7 assists.
Sixth place: 2006 world championships, Argentina 80-70 France
In men’s basketball world championships in Japan in 2006, Ginobili entered the state at the beginning, just like two years ago in Athens. In the first match against France men’s basketball in the group match, he scored 25 points and finished 6 steals, leading the team to win 80-70.
The French men’s basketball was good at that time, with players such as Dior, Turiaf, Petrus and Michael Grabell.
Seventh place: 2002 world championships, Argentina 87-80 US
Before joining Spurs and starting NBA career, Ginobili had already let American fans know his name. In the 2002 Indianapolis Men’s Basketball World Championships, Argentina and the United States were both divided into Group F in the second stage of the group match, and faced head-on in the last group match. Before that, both teams made great strides, with a record of 5 wins and 0 losses, so this contest became the top Battle of the team. In this game, Ginobili scored the highest 15 points in the team, helping the team to lock in the team No. 1 with a total victory record.
Argentina’s victory is also an announcement to other participating teams that the host can defeat.
Eighth place: 2002 World Championship quarter-finals, Argentina 78-67 Brazil
In the 2002 world championships, Argentina and their old rival Brazil in South America met in the quarter-finals. Ginobili scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, leading the team to beat the opponent and advance to the top 4. Argentina came to the top in this game. They played 15-3 smackdown at the end of the third quarter and 11-4 at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Ninth place: 2002 world championships, Argentina 112 vs 85 New Zealand
In the men’s basketball world championships in 2002, Argentina won the first stage of the group competition. In the last match to beat New Zealand, Manu scored 24 points in 19 minutes.
10th place: 2011 US Championship, Argentina 111 vs 93 Venezuela
Ginobili scored 26 points in a single game in the US championship. On September 7, 2011, he scored 6 three-point goals (6 out of 8 shots) in the match against Venezuela, and scored 26 points, 3 assists and 3 steals.
This US Championship is very beautiful for Argentina. They won the championship at home and won the championship for the second time in young pioneer team history. They only lost one game to Brazil in the whole competition, but in the final they finished revenge against Brazil 80-75.
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2022 Naismith Hall of Fame: lead by Ginobili