Milwaukee Bucks player Giannis Antetokounmpo made history on Tuesday after scoring 50 points during the NBA Finals and landing his team their first championship in just as many years. Antetokounmpo is being celebrated around the world, but especially in Greece, where he was born and grew up. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou visited the Athens-area neighborhood where Antetokounmpo started his humble — and difficult — beginnings.
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