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Spain - United Kingdom 84-76
Pau Gasol (214-F/C-80) woke up after the loss from Serbia as Spain barely escaped from another one. The Spanish outfit rolled over Great Britain to celebrate the first victory at Eurobasket 2009 in Poland. It was another proof that Spain is too far from their best games. All the nest happened in the last period of the thriller. Reinking added 2 points for his team for 66:62 as Spain remained scoreless in the last period. Hart buried a three for 66:65 with 7.34. Moreover Lenzly made it 68:66 for Great Britain when Spain was useless in the court. Pau Gasol scored his 20th point to tie the game at 68:68, but Achara gave his team another 70:68 lead. Pau Gasol reduced to 70:69 when Hart nailed three from the perimeter for 73:69. The last minutes became very exciting in the court. Fernandez made a dunk for 73:71 and Pau Gasol nailed three for 74:73 for Spain. The latter scored one free throw later in the quarter, while Navarro's three brought 78:73 with 2 minutes to go. Pau Gasol scored his 27th point for 80:73 with a minute until the end and Navarro added one for 81:73. Great Britaion responded immediately from the three-point line and Hart posted for 81:76. Rubio was perfect from the free throw line to give his team 83:76 and Navarro brought the Final score on the board. Pau Gasol was unstoppable with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Fernandez followed him with 13, whilst Claver poured in 12. Hart finished the night with 15 points in the losing effort and Lenzly had 14. Freeland and Reinking notched 10 points apiece for great Britain.
http://www.eurobasket.com/2009.asp?NewsID=171543
Great Britain almost downed Spain in the European Championship. This would have been probably the biggest upset in international basketball history.
With Gordon/Deng, is GB a legit gold medal contender?