Spain defeated France in the final to win its fourth gold medal in a row. 0:39
Most of the names on the national team's roster have changed over time.
The expectations did not come true. The results didn't do anything.
Spain beat France 88-76 on Sunday to win the EuroBasket gold medal, and Juancho and his brother were named the tournament's Most Valuable Players.
It was Spain's fourth European championship in the past six tries and all of them were golds.
It is easy to say that we are happy. We made it to the championship in eighth place in the power ranking. It's been great to see that we are above the rest.
Lorenzo Brown had a lot of assists for Spain.
Fournier led France with 23 points, while Heurtel and Yabusele added 13 apiece.
Rudy Gobert was held to six points on two shots from the field.
According to Fournier, Spain played better from start to finish. They had a plan and we didn't execute it. We didn't have control of the game. Man, they just played better.
Spain was supposed to rebuild this summer. The Gasol brothers retired from international play after a loss to the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics. After 16 years with the national team,Sergio Gonzalez decided it was time to walk away. Two more of the team's veterans were unable to play because of injuries.
Even though the winning tradition continued, it wasn't stopped. Spain has won the Basketball World Cup and EuroBasket in the last year. In the past 11 EuroBasket appearances, it has medals in 10 of them.
"It's hard to say how I feel because I don't know," said the NBA player. I'm very proud of my teammates, my coaching staff, and of the Spanish federation as a whole. We are very deserving of this gold medal.
The rest of Spain's roster crashed the session, armed with water bottles, and soaked theMVP and their coach as they tried to hold a post game news conference.
"That's the dark side of having a young team,'' Scariolo said, wiping away tears with a towel. Pau Gasol doesn't throw water at people.
It was another medal for France, but they came up a bit short. France won the EuroBasket in 2013). At the World Cup, the French won two medals, a bronze and a silver, and at the Olympics, they won a silver and a bronze.
Spain had a huge advantage in points off turnovers.
France lost the gold today, according to their coach. They did their plan perfectly.
Juancho was 6-for-8 from 3-point range in a six-minute span of the second quarter as Spain took a 23-14 lead into the halftime break.
It was not likely to be the source of a 3-point onslaught. His high in any NBA game is six, and he made a total of 12 3s in his previous games in the EuroBasket tournament.
He was there for us today.
At the half, France had trailed by 21 points, but an 11-0 run in the third quarter gave them the lead for the first time.
Everything seemed to be shifting after Yabusele's jumper with 6:52 left in the third gave France a chance.
Spain kept on. The outcome wasn't in question after Juancho's seventh 3-pointer made it a 71-61 game.
As a basketball coach, Scariolo said he couldn't be happier.
RONZE MEDAL.
Germany defeated Poland 69 to 69.
Dennis Schroder scored 26 points in Germany's win over Poland in the bronze medal game.
Since 2005, Germany has won a silver and a bronze at the EuroBasket. Poland finished in the top half of the event.
Germany hasn't won a medal in 17 years. Dennis's number is 17. It's been an honor to work with these guys.
He scored 14 for Germany.
We worked hard for it. It's amazing to come out third in the EuroBasket.
A.J. Slaughter finished with 10 points and 10 assists as Poland defeated the United States.
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