Spain suffers to subdue host China

The Spanish national basketball had a bad day and almost lost the second game of the Olympics against China, the host.

China came to play against the United States a good first quarter and against Spain had three. Those of Aito Garcia Reneses were trailing early in the second quarter when their kids were not out anything and China went off in the marker to achieve 15 points in the third period. Along with the Spanish despair he saw nothing that would not come, that China sent to the scoreboard and in the game (Chinese incredible outside shot, notice the hand of the Lithuanian coach), the arbitration took a few plays in which he was clear who was the team that organized the Olympic Games. Nothing that we did not know in advance and was not as vociferous in favor of the Chinese team singing except on those occasions, as Spanish art to the bench to cheer his men on a fielder's pressure or the penultimate play of the fourth quarter.

In the last quarter Spain came to be what it is. Pau Gasol led the attack with 29 points, strongly supported by the second pillar of this selection, Rudy Fernandez, who with 21 points continues to prove who he is. But undoubtedly, the best the game was seeing a lad of 17 years to control the game. Ricky Rubio amaze. Just scored (1 point), but his assists, his control of the game and their recoveries were extraordinary. Yours could be the great merit of the Spanish victory on the final play if arbitration had not sided with the Chinese, who need a whistle and drop an attacker's own opponent. Ricky Rubio played the last shot, that failed and left the score at 72-72 and an extension to play.

Spain endorsed the extension in 10 points of difference to China. Yao Ming said goodbye to the game after committing his fifth personal foul. Jiamlian Yi and Wang Zhizhi coagulum two great performances. Jose Calderon was right as usual and Felipe Reyes played well. On a negative note they put Juan Carlos Navarro and Jorge Garbajosa.

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