The NBA begins well Olympics

Aito Garcia Reneses premiered well as national coach in official meeting. Spain beat Greece by 81-66 in a rematch of what was the end of last 2006 World Cup.

The starting lineup was a surprise. Pau Gasol did not appear. I made up Jose Calderon, Rudy Fernandez, Carlos Jimenez, Felipe Reyes and Marc Gasol. The match itself was great difficulty in the selection, which also played the best they know how.

Rudy Fernandez showed some flashes of quality, like an offensive rebound with rectified in the air, to the delight of his new teammates at Portland Trail Blazers. Ricky Rubio debuted as an official international match and caught on a great performance. Jose Calderon was most correct as always. Juan Carlos Navarro Fallon walked in his first act but then found his rhythm. "Baby Shaq" was neutralized well despite the problems of personal misconduct by Marc Gasol.

In recent hauls of the meeting, when the boys won Aito about 20 points, they relaxed and allowed the Greeks to chain a few baskets to put them to ten points. Aito Garcia Reneses, cautious and intelligent, called a timeout to tell them what happened and returned to his own selection. In the end, 15 points and Rudy Fernandez difference as the team leader.

In other matches of the day, Germany thrashed Angola with Chris Kaman and Dirk Nowitzki as marquee players, beat Lithuania in the final minutes to Argentina (79-75), Australia comfortably beat Croatia (97-82) and Russia beat Iran (71-49).