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 with 17pts and Macedonia top scorer Bo McCaleb with 25pts.
Spain is classified to play in the 2012 London Olympic Games next summer. Sunday Spain will face either France or Russia in the Eurobasket Final.
Box Score
Spain 92 (26-18-27-21)
Pau Gasol (22), Rudy (2), Ricky (5), Navarro (35), Calderón (3), Llull (3), Marc Gasol (11) y Ibaka (11).
Macedonia 80 (18-27-17-18)
Ilievski (15), Sokolov (0), McCalebb (25), V. Stojanovski (6), D. Stojanovski (3), Antic (17), Chekovski (2) y Samardziski (12).
Video Recap
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!