SPAIN 86 – FRANCE 66
Spain has regained their confidence and bashed France with Pau Gasol leading all scorers with 28points. Spain lead during the entire game and there tough defense stopped top point guard Tony Parker for France. The fight for the Eurobasket 2009 Gold is still in play for Spain, after starting the championship very bad. Spain will face the winner of tonights game: Turkey vs Greece on Saturday.
Box Score
FRANCE, 66 (15+17+20+14): Parker (6), Batum (7), Diaw (9), Pietrus (3) y Turiaf (12) –starters–; Diot (3), Jeanneau (3), Koffi (6), Bokolo (2), De Colo (7), Traoré (8).
SPAIN, 86 (25+22+26+13): Rubio (8), Navarro (11), Rudy Fernández (13), Garbajosa (3) y Pau Gasol (28) –starters–; López (-), Reyes (8), Claver (-), Llull (-), Marc Gasol (6), Mumbrú (6).
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!
It’s such a shame for those very good spanish players to act like that. The spanish team is the most theatrical team ever passed from european basketball courts. Spain = Actors…….
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