102-94: Spain gives impressive lesson in competitiveness against Lithuania

Spanish team hit berlin arena en round 16 euro basketball A great lesson in competitiveness, belief and the desire to win.Gone are the great legends who made the national team the great European reigns of his decade and a half, but these players who now manage Sergio Scariolo, less talented, which is undeniable, but inherits the great values ​​of its predecessor: fighting to the end and always acting as a true team. All this led to a spectacular victory (102-94) after taking the Spanish team to the quarterfinals after extra time. euro basketballyou will find the Thai winners to play this Sunday Finland and CroatiaThe quarterfinals will take place this Tuesday.

The Spanish team really resisted everything.there is a good chance that Lithuania Slightly better in terms of talent, Scariolo They balanced it out thanks to their mental strength.Everyone showed great fighting spirit, so it’s hard to pinpoint who, but perhaps we should refer Lawrence Brown He held the team’s reins in offense in hot moments (28 points and 8 assists, 28 PIR) until signing a great game.Also should be noted Rudy Fernandezspur the team, any type of question when adversity comes. But if Spain did win in the end, it would be due to the strength of the whole team, with 12 players on the pitch giving their all, success or failure.

And there was real adversity. Lithuania He proved to be a formidable opponent. Spain We had a moment of great clarity and came to dominate with a lead of up to 7 points (29-22, 12′) but the Baltic team responded very well with inspiration Mingagas Kuzminskas (18 points), very difficult to stop from the “4” position.

great demonstration of the mental powers of Spain It came in the final stretch of the match. He was able to recover from -11 in the first place (47-58). Later, when he was about to call the match, Willie Hernangomez He put it up 83-81 with 15 seconds remaining. Nevertheless, Ignace Brazdeikis He sent the game into overtime with a really unexpected putt. A moral blow could have affected any team, but Spain came out stronger from that adversity, achieving a seven-point lead (95-88) in extra time and then a ‘two plus one’. won the victory. Willie. absolutely, Spain still aliveLegends Gone, But Their Spirit Lives On

data sheet

Spain – Lithuania 102-94

102- Spain (19+21+23+20+19): Brown (28), Jaime Fernández (-), Lopez Arostegui (4), Pradilla (2), Willy Hernangomez (21) -5 starters-, Rudy Fernandez (13), Brizuela (5), Alberto Diaz (8), Size (-), Garuba (8), Juancho Hernangomez (13), Parra (-).
94- Lithuania (20+25+23+15+11): Jokubaitis (13), Grigonis (8), Giedraitis (-), Sabonis (15), Valanciunas (5) -initial Five-, Brazdeikis (17), Echodas (-), Kuzminskas (18), Rekavicius (15), Butkevicius (3).

Referees: Johann Rosso (France), Ademir Zlapovich (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Alexander Glisic (Serbia) Eliminated: Butkevicius (min.36) and Brazdeikis (min.45).

Incident: Round 16 match of the European Basketball Tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin in front of 12,938 spectators.