Andres Nocioni and Facundo Campazzo, the heroes of Argentina’s double overtime win against Brazil over the weekend, each were held out of the starting lineup without explanation and Spain took advantage of their absence. “I think we’re ready for that fight, I think that they’re ready as well and we’ll see”.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) – And so it comes to this, another titanic battle between Spain and France. They (have) National Basketball Association experience and they know how to play these games. Team USA is going to play Team Argentina in the quarterfinals, which evokes some negative memories.
Spain would go on to extend its lead in each of the next three quarters and win the game 92-73.
“I don’t remember but maybe it happened before”, said Ginobili, when asked if he had ever heard Brazilians cheering for an Argentine team. They’re a great team that started the tournament struggling, losing two games they shouldn’t have lost.
And appropriately, we ended up with a four-way tie after Croatia’s win over Lithuania.
“We heard many times in the village, ‘Hey guys, we’re going to be cheering for you today'”. On the other side of the bracket, Group B victor Croatia takes on Serbia in one quarterfinal, with Group A runner-up Australia drawing Lithuania in the other.
The 13 points scored by Argentina’s Manu Ginobili in the first half did nothing to prevent Spain from racking up a significant 48-35 lead by halftime.
Philadelphia 76ers forward Dario Saric clearly had more energy from start to finish than he displayed in previous games and helped set the tone early for Croatia.
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Lithuania would have clinched the top spot in Group B with a win, but falls to No. 3 and will play Australia (4-1) on Wednesday.
