SPAIN 104 – 77 TURKEY
Spain’s Mens National team redeemed themselves against a strong Turkey squad with a huge win of 107-77. With a combination of great stoppage on defense and a better shooting percentage (63.5% FG) Spain was able to get their first win of the 2015 Eurobasket Championships. Pau Gasol led the game in scoring and rebounds 21pts and 7 rebounds.
Spain will now face Italy who is 1-1 in tournament play as Spain on September 8th at 9:00PM local time.
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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!