Spain wins Eurobasket against a tough France team, with captain Juan Carlos Navarro leading the way with 27pts. Navarro named MVP of the Eurobasket Championships in Lithuania! Tony Parker lead France with 26pts. Spain’s tough defense and smart play on offense was key. Ibaka lead Spain with 5 block shots and the team made a [...]
Friday, September 16, 2011
Juan Carlos Navarro, co-captain of Spain’s Men’s National Team top shooting helped Spain get an important difficult win during the semifinals against, Macedonia. Scoring a game high 35 points and shooting 5/9 from the 3pt line, Navarro scored 19pts in the 3rd quarter to make it impossible for Macedonia to stop. Pau Gasol chipped in [...]
Monday, September 5, 2011
Today marks the first lost by Spain against a strong Lithuania, 57-65. After being up most of the game, Turkey came back to surprise Spain during the last game in the first round of the Eurobasket Championship. During the first 35 minutes Spain controlled the tempo a play, however during the stretch in the 4th [...]
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Spain came out stronger and more focused against Portugal and maintained more consistent play during the 30 minutes. Once again top performances by the most experienced of the team, Pau Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro who finished with 20 and 17 points respectively. Spain out-rebounded Portugal while shooting better FG percentages at 49% from 2pt [...]
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Huge play by Pau Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro lead Spain to their first win over Poland during the first game of the Eurobasket Championships. During the first period Spain lead 22-15 and the second period Navarro was on fire by scoring 11 points straight and helped stretch Spain’s lead to 17 points. Poland reacted [...]
Friday, August 19, 2011
Lithuania spoiled Spain’s three game friendly game winning streak, in Kaunas, Lithuania. Lithuania’s Men’s National Team proved to be strong going into the 2011 Eurobasket Championships by defeating one of the tournament favorites Spain. Just days ago, Spain clobbered Lithuania by over 20 points. Marc and Pau Gasol finished with 17 and 18 points respectively [...]
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Spain’s Men’s national team is still on a roll during their route to the Eurobasket Championship held in Lithuania. Held in Madrid, a friendly game against the host of the 2011 Eurobasket, Lithuania had no answer for Spain. Right now they are unstoppable on all areas of the court, offense and defense. All players, [...]
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Spain started their route to the Eurobasket Gold, by winning their first friendly game against France 76-53 in Almeria, Spain. Everyone contributed on the floor and great team basketball was evident. Gasol led all scorers with 19pts for Spain, while Tony Parker had a team high 15 points for France. Spain came out strong with [...]
Sunday, July 24, 2011
SPAIN 82 – ITALY 70 Spain conquered the U20 Championships with a historic victory over Italy and the first GOLD Medal added to the medals of Silver and Bronze. Nikola Mirotic was named the U20M MVP for the tournament and averaged 27 points throughout. Just last week, Spain’s Womens U20 won the European Championships. The [...]
Friday, September 24, 2010
Spain has made it to the next round win big win over Korea, 84-69. Korea started the game strong from behind the arc, however Spain pulled through a big effort on defense to get the win. When Spain had trouble shooting from the outside, the ball was dished to Sancho Lyttle inside, where she was [...]
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Spain started the game with many turnovers (8) and scoring 15 points over Mali’s 7 points in the first quarter. Newcomer to the squad Sancho Lyttle did not have any time adjusting to the game plan. Lyttle was strong on offense and the defensive boards, as well as receiving fouls from Mali. After the first [...]
Sunday, August 29, 2010
SPAIN 101 – 84 NEW ZEALAND Spain started strong but let up in the second quarter. After leading by only 4pts 48-44 at half. Spain pulled in the second gear in the 2nd half and New Zealand had no options to come back after the tough defense and fast break plays by Spain. Shooting 50% [...]
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!
Basketball – Baloncesto
Pass – Paso
Shot – Tiro
Foul – Falta
Free Throws – Tiros Libres
Zone – Zona
Dribble – Bota
Rebound – Rebote
Turnovers – Balones Perdido
Dunk – Mate
Wing Guard/Guard – Alero
Point Guard – Base
Center – Pivot
More coming soon!
2011 Euroleague Women’s Champion
Highlights Copa de la Reina 2011 (Rivas Champion)
Video highlights from Spain vs USA (Global Community Cup) 85-86
Video highlights directly from the Copa de la Reina in Zaragoza. Ros Casares win over yet again Perfumerias Avenida.
The city of Madrid had a parade and celebration for Spain’s Mens National Basketball Team on September 21st. Back from Poland with a Gold Medal for the country.
Rudy Fernandez 2009 All-Star Dunk Contest 42 points.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
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