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Spain is Ricky and Marc, of course. Hoarders and centers of own and other people's attention. Heroes of the Chinese public who barely recognize and hallucinate with the NBA players. On record Friday both in Beijing: the base had never given so many assists with the national team (12) or scored so many points the center (33). But Spain is, above all, the antiheroes, those types that surround them, who also occupied in other circumstances the role of star, but that fold to the demands of the collective, mainly to the defensive ones. Spain is the rebirth of Rudy and Llull , Spain is the power of Claver, the boldness of Juancho and even the strength of a brave Ribas.

It seems a lie, but with all his aches, the Spaniard who spent the longest time in the Wukesong cacha that brings such good memories - that mate to Dwight Howard in 2008 for the eternal memory - was Captain Rudy Fernandez. A display of a player who has already stepped aside in Real Madrid to remain equally decisive. That in 2017, for the first time in his career, he had to say no to the national team to take care of that back that has brought him down the street of bitterness for so long. The Balearic only scored a basket, but his night was historic, alpha male of that defense that leaves the world speechless, on each pass line. He added five rebounds, three assists, a stopper and three steals and four fouls that are virtue in him. Above all, he was in every corner of the game, as if he had super powers.

It was also a long time since a Llull was seen so powerful, so eager for responsibility, so fierce in defense, so physically plethoric. Mahón's is recovering with Spain his version before the injury. Little is left of those "two years of shit . " His triples in the semifinal against Australia were decisive, also his defense to Patty Mills - impressive in the 'Box and one' that Scariolo raised, as before Serbia with Bogdanovic -, containing as he could the devil Aussie . By the way, six assists. “Obviously it is led by Marc and Ricky, but Spain has criminals with a winning mentality like Sergi and Rudy. It's special to face my teammates in Madrid, but I'm going to enjoy it a lot, ”said Campazzo after his deed to France.

«Rudy has made an extraordinary match. Llull, a great match. Pau Ribas has helped a lot . Pierre, Willy and Juancho have put their granite and the next will face it understanding what matters in this type of games. A basket is important but, above all, do not put it in, ”said Scariolo of his gladiators.

This time it was not the afternoon of the Hernangómez. Juancho was soon charged with fouls and lacked the offensive lucidity of other days, despite his wonderful dawn. Worse Willy, who was noticed out of hitch before the Australian towers, soft hands and lacking confidence. " We need that players who have had less minutes today can be prepared to play a game with a lot of defensive concentration, where I can leave them on the field so that in the first part they give a little relief," Scariolo asked without mentioning him, with the mind set on extraordinary physical effort and low turnover. And in the limit to which the Argentineans will take the battle. «It is one of the teams that has best come in the World Cup and they are playing as a team, selecting the shots, working in defense. They are hard, they won't give us anything, ”Rudy said.

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