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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, inside and out, Spain is showing that they are ready for gold. Next stop is in Guadalajara on Monday August 15th against Bulgaria.
Box Score
SPAIN: Rubio (4), Rudy Fernández (9), San Emeterio (6), Ibaka (12), Pau Gasol (17), Sada (4), Suárez (-), Llull (3), Navarro (13), Calderón (4), Claver (2), Marc Gasol (12) y Reyes (4).
LITHUANIA: Jasikevicius (7), Kaukenas (11), Pocius (6), Songaila (8), Petravicius (5),Kalnietis (4), Delininkaitis (2), D.Lavrinovic (-), Lukauskis (2), Jasaitis (5), K.Lavrinovic (12), Javtokas (6), Valanciunas (10) y Jankunas (-)
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!