BERLIN — Nearly all the Spanish national team names have changed over the past few years.
They were not as expected. The results were not as expected.
Juancho Hernangomez He scored 27 points. Willy Hernangomez Spain added 14 more and was awarded tournament MVP honors. Spain beat France 88-76 to win the EuroBasket gold award.
It was Spain’s fourth European championship in its six previous tries. All those golds were won by coach Sergio Scariolo.
Scariolo stated, “It’s simple to say that it is extremely happy.” “We reached this championship eighth in the power ranking and managed to climb each step. … It’s incredible to see how we surpass all of those great teams.”
Lorenzo Brown Spain scored 14 points and Jaime Fernandez had 11 assists.
Evan Fournier France was led by 23 points. This is France, which also dropped the Tokyo Olympics gold medal game to the U.S.
Rudy Gobert You can find the Minnesota Timberwolves France was only able to score six points with just two field shots.
Fournier, who plays for the Spanish team, said that “Spain performed better from start to end.” New York Knicks. “They had a clear plan and we didn’t execute it well enough. … We never had complete control over the game. They played better than us, man.
This was to be Spain’s rebuilding summer. Marc Gasol and Pau Gasol, who were the long-serving leaders in the program’s international play, retired following the quarterfinal loss to America at the Tokyo Games. Sergio Gonzalez, who had been with the national team for 16 years, decided it was time to retire last summer. Sergio Llull And Ricky RubioTwo more team veterans, namely, were unable to play due to injuries.
The winning tradition was not ended. Spain is currently the reigning Basketball World Cup winner (in China in 2019), and EuroBasket champion. It has also been a medalist in 10 of the 11 EuroBasket appearances it has made.
Willy Hernangomez of the NBA for New Orleans stated, “It is hard to describe with words how it feels.” “I feel very proud of my teammates, my coaching staff, and the entire Spanish federation, from the top to bottom. This gold medal is well deserved.”
The young team was also full of youthful enthusiasm: Scariolo, Willy Hernangomez and others were trying to hold an after-game news conference. However, Spain’s entire roster crashed the conference with water bottles and soaked Willy Hernangomez and the MVP.
Scariolo exclaimed, “That’s one of the dark sides of having young teams,” as he happily patted his face with an old towel. “I don’t see Pau Gasol dumping water around.”
It was yet another medal for France — another example of France coming up just short of the shiniest. France won EuroBasket 2013, their last major crown. France’s last major crown was won by EuroBasket in 2013.
The difference was evident: Spain held a 35-7 lead in points off turnovers.
Vincent Collet, France coach said, “Today obviously, we have lose the gold.” They executed their plan perfectly.”
Juancho Hernangomez went 6-for-6 from 3-point range during the second quarter. This helped Spain to extend a lead of 23-14 to 45-26 with less than three minutes remaining.
It was a very unlikely source for a 3-point attack. In his eight previous EuroBasket games, he had made 12 3s. His highest score in any NBA game was six.
Willy Hernangomez said, “We had to have him today and he was there,”
France was able to reduce its deficit by 21 points, dropping it to 47-37 at the break. The momentum continued into the third quarter.
Yabusele’s jumper at 6:52 was the last in the third. France finished within 49-46. It seemed like everything was shifting.
But Spain held on. Juancho Hernangomez made his seventh 3-pointer at 7:29, making it a 71-61 victory.
Scariolo stated that he couldn’t be happier being a basketball coach.
BRONZE METAL
GERMANY 82 and POLAND 69
On Sunday, the bronze-medal matchup was held. Dennis Schroder Germany won the match with Poland 26 to 26.
It was Germany’s first EuroBasket silver medal since 2005. Poland finished second in the event, matching its best performance since 1971.
Gordie Herbert, Germany coach, said that they told him it had been 17 years since Germany won a gold medal. “It’s fitting that Dennis Schroder has the number 17. From Day 1, it’s been an amazing honor to coach these boys.”
Johannes Voigtmann was awarded 14 points for Germany.
Schroder said, “We worked hard to get it.” “It’s an amazing feeling to finish third in EuroBasket.”
Poland’s Michal Sokolowski was the top scorer with 18 points. Jakub Garbacz scored 12 and A.J. Slaughter finished with 10 points and 10 assists.