Spain beat Argentina with decisive Garuba at the end – Game Time

The Spanish men’s basketball team beat Argentina 76-72. at the Palacio Multiusos in Guadalajara, with a vital block from Usman Garuba to Facundo Campazzo in the final minutes of the friendly, the penultimate for Sergio Scariolo’s men before heading to the Olympic Games in Paris (France). Point guards Lorenzo Brown and Juan Nunez are on rest. thanks to minute dosing, and also for defender Rudy FernandezThe hosts started well.

Willie Hernangomez took to the stage to mark the distance in the low post with special support from Santi Aldama and from the above mentioned Lopez-Arostegui from behind the arc. Together with a free throw and then a dunk by Ousmane Garuba, this performance gave Spain an advantage of more than ten points (26-15), which was even increased by a jump shot by Alberto Diaz.

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After the first quarter ended with a score of 29-18 in favor of Scariolo’s pupils, the attack went dry for almost four minutes at the beginning of the next period. It was Jaime Pradilla who ended this negative streak with a shot into the boards after a rebound. Juan Fernandez under the hoop and Nico Brussino added points. from mid-range to prevent his team from getting left behind. Yuampi Vaulet, He also made baskets in an up-and-down second quarter. calmafter a pass from Lopez-Arostegui with a “tangerine” strike at half-time.

This stage was reached with the score 51-42 in favour of La Familia.an advantage that was reduced (53-49) by another offensive drought in the moments of the restart. Garuba was hardly fed, the presence of Joel Parra on the field was indicative and Argentina took advantage of this to get closer thanks to the initiative of Campazzo and especially Brussino. The striker Patricio “Pato” Garino also appeared and moved his team a point, making it three.

Scariolo was furious when center Gonzalo Bressan scored his first basket of the game to complete the comeback. (58-59) With 56 seconds left in the third quarter, three free throws from Llull brought down the curtain on the third act with a score of 63-59 under the lights of the pavilion, although the Spanish team left doubts in the internal game. Bressan was the key player in keeping alive Prigioni’s team, whose team also used long shots to scare the stands.

Garino equalized the score (67-67) and later another three by Brussino made it 68-70.and there were 3:57 left in the match. At that moment, Willy Hernangomez scored two important goals, and Laprovittola responded with a bright score of 72-72. However, then “Lapro” failed to make a difficult throw, and the same rebound was caught by Willy himself, who intervened in the game intermittently.

Brussino immediately committed a personal foul on Lopez-Arostegui made both free throws to make it 74-72. without it costing a three from Aldama in the same action. There, Campazzo grabbed the stripes for the last game in search of extra time or, who knows, a wonderful triple strike in the style of his Real Madrid teammate Llull. But the MVP of the 2023/24 Endesa League decided to break the hoop from the left flank and took Garuba’s block.

The ubiquitous Lopez-Arostegui, who Scariolo had put in charge during the Olympics, grabbed the rebound and was the target of another foul. With very little time, the Valencia Basket forward sealed the final score at 76-72 with two more free throws. After this victory, La Familia only have one friendly match left before the Games.

Match protocol:

Result: SPAIN, 76 – ARGENTINA, 72 (51-42, half-time).

Equipment:

Spain: Llull (13), Abrines (6), Lopez-Arostegui (10), Aldama (14) and Willy Hernangomez (13) are the starting quintet –; Juancho Hernangomez (-), Brizuela (7), Diaz (2), Garuba (8), Pradilla (2) and Parra (1).

Argentina: Campazzo (7), Laprovittola (8), Brussino (10), Vaulet (10) and Juan Fernandez (13) are the starting quintet –; Redivo (7), Garino (6), Bressan (5), Marcos (4), Corbalan (-) and Truet (2).

Partial: 29–18, 22–24, 12–17 and 13–13.

Judges: Garcia, Rodriguez and Zamorano. None eliminated.

Pavilion: Multifunctional Palace of Guadalajara.