Spain has once again cleared its way to men’s Olympic basketball.
Spain, who had a tough time with Susijeng on Saturday night, beat the Bahamas 86–78 (42–34) in the Olympic qualifying final in Valencia.
The Bahamas led by six points at the beginning of the second quarter, 23-17, but after that Spain kept command on the court, leading by a good ten points for most of the game.
Four minutes before the end, Spain led with 13 points. The Bahamas temporarily narrowed the numbers to six points, 83-77, but the last squeeze was no longer successful.
The Spanish bench was more effective than the opponent with points of 32–17. The Bahamas had 15 turnovers.
Spanish backfield promoter Lorenzo Brown accurately bagged threes (18/4/3s). Dominated against Finland, collected 28 points from the basket on Saturday Willi Hernangomez your balance now 15/7. Santiago Aldama (12/7) and Usman Garuba (10/5) were also among the winners’ successes.
Nine points for the 39-year-old For Rudy Fernandez the Olympics are no less than the sixth. He has played in every Olympics since 2004. He has three Olympic medals in his trophy cabinet.
The power of the Bahamas rested again Buddy Hield (19/6), Deandre Ayton (17/14), by Eric Gordon (15) and the talent of the 18-year-old university basketball team Valdez Edgecombe Jr (12/6/5s) on the shoulders.
Spain will play in the initial group at the Paris Olympics, which also includes Australia, Canada and Greece, which won its own six-nation qualifying tournament on Sunday.