Nick Galis scored 45 points and Theofanis Christodoulou hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 56 seconds left to give Greece a 81-80 victory over the Soviet Union Saturday and a berth in the finals of the European Basketball Championships.

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In the gold-medal match on Sunday, Greece, the defending European champion, meets Yugoslavia, which downed Italy 97-80 in the first semifinal Saturday.

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