Basque: Brizuelak and Lopez-Arostegik Pariserako txartela for the sake of Spain

The San Sebastian native Dario Brizuela and the Getxotian Xavier Lopez-Arostegui On Sunday, the Spanish basketball team qualified for the Paris Olympics after beating the Bahamas 86-78 in the final of the Pre-Olympic Tournament in Valencia.

The team of Sergio Scariolo The last quarter started with a 9-point lead (65-56), the same with which Spain arrived at the break after a great first half both defensively, with Garuba and Lopez-Arostegui giving everything to stop Ice and Aytonas an offensive, with a stellar appearance by a Lorenzo Brown who made three three-pointers almost in a row. Brown also appeared in the final minutes, making a good shot from distance and being named the ‘MVP’ of the final.

The Spanish team was the leader of its group after achieving a wide victory against Lebanon and AngolaIn the semi-finals on Saturday, they struggled to the end to defeat a fierce Finland and with the victory against Bahamas in Fonteta they took one of the four places that remained to be awarded for the Paris event. This means that Spain will be participating in an Olympic event for the seventh consecutive time.

As in Tokyo 2020, the twelve participating teams are divided into three groups of four and the two best teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams will compete in the quarter-finals.

In group B were France, Germany and Japanwho have been joined Brazil, while in C they are already USA, South Sudan and Serbia and Puerto Rico and Lithuania will fight for the last place in the final of the San Juan tournament.

Source: Eitb

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