Spain collides with the Lithuanian wall in its preparation for the Eurobasket

Spain

stumbled this Tuesday against the

wall in its third preparation test for the

played in Gran Canaria against a Baltic team that imposed its physique and its success against a rival that, although it managed to overcome a 16-point disadvantage, in the end they He was overwhelmed by the rival's outside shot in the outcome of an entertaining clash (77-82).

Forward

, with 19 points and 5 rebounds, commanded the Lithuanian game with the permission of NBA players

.

For his part,

led the Spanish reply with 25 points and 9 sacks in a duel in which his team went from less to more, but it was not enough to win.

In an intense and even start, the Baltic team set the tone with two triples in a row by

(0-6) in just one minute that made clear the panorama that the team led by

was going to find , that had contemplated the Hernangómez brothers -

and Willy - to minimize dominance in the Valanciunas area.

However, other players came to the fore, such as Brazdeikis and

, who kept Lithuania in the forefront midway through the first quarter (9-12).

From then on, the Italian coach hurried with the rotations, but his team continued to be more than stuck in attack, a situation that Sabonis took advantage of to stretch the difference (9-17) from the paint.

poor success

With Scariolo's first time out, Spain managed to stop the bleeding with baskets by

and

, seasoned with a triple by

, but they continued to suffer with the Sabonis-Valanciunas duo, when the two NBAs coincided in the inside game (16-24).

Spain made use of the perimeter due to the poor success in the shots of two -a meager 18% until the 14th minute of the game-.

After reaching a difference of 12 points (25-37), La Roja gradually improved its performance, with Willy adding stripes on the boards (34-39).

A suspended triple by

broke Spain's 12-2 run, although

made up for it with a final shot that left the score a tighter 36-42 at halftime.

The panorama changed in the resumption.

The '

' increased -the Pelicans center reached 20 points in the 22nd minute of the game-.

The equation worked and with it, the selection tightened the nuts in the electronic (42-44).

But again Sabonis gave oxygen to his team, also cementing a new scoring drive (44-59).

two techniques

The nerves began to surface.

After the technique to Scariolo for protesting, another one came shortly after Willy, causing a real short circuit in the national team.

However, the reaction would come with the entry of

, who took advantage of

's assists to revive his team with a 9-0 run at the end of the third period (57-64).

Errors and fouls multiplied in both hoops at the start of the last round.

However, in a troubled river Spain was imposing muscle and defensive rigor.

Juancho began to carburete and so did

, with two consecutive baskets to equalize the contest (66-66) with five minutes to go.

However, a jump shot by Valanciunas and two three-pointers by Jokubaitis and Brazdeikis once again put land in the middle (69-76) in the final stretch.

Scariolo's men launched a final ordeal in the last few bars but it was not enough.

Lithuania took the win by a tight 77-82 and now Hispanics and Baltics will meet again this Thursday in Vilnius.

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