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Gasol powers Spain to Eurobasket trophy
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00:00It's becoming a familiar sight in European basketball.
00:08Spain once again crowned the Eurobasket champions for the third time in four attempts with a
00:13dominant display against Lithuania.
00:16Damage done right from the off, Nikola Mirotic the driving force as they took a 19-8 lead
00:21after the first quarter.
00:24From there fellow NBA star Paulo Gasol took the reins, stretching their advantage to as
00:29much as 16.
00:32But Lithuania would deliver blows when it mattered most.
00:37Real Madrid star Jonas Masiulis with the buzzer beating three to make it close.
00:42And despite being down on the scoreboard they never gave up on the ball.
00:45Mindaugas Kuzminskis rewarded with the basket.
00:50But the resistance would only get them so far, Spain's Victor Claver with the maximum
00:54that seemed to drain their opponents.
00:57All that was left was for Gasol to make Eurobasket history in becoming the third highest ever
01:01scorer in the tournament.
01:03The Spanish legend finishing the final with a double-double of 25 points and 12 rebounds,
01:09becoming the tournament MVP in the process.
01:11When we had our backs against the wall the team responded, reacted well, played its best,
01:17understood that we needed to play defence extremely hard to be able to win and beat
01:22good teams and move on.
01:25Very proud of my teammates, very proud of the coaching staff, they've done a tremendous
01:29job as well.
01:31So it's been an unbelievable tournament, just personally, collectively, it's been something
01:37that I will remember for the rest of my life.
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