The "millennials" of the national team, the "pride" of Scariolo and the prize of avoiding Doncic

• Chronicle The defensive genius of Alberto Díaz ends with Turkey

• Doncic Exhibition for history

"It's a bit of a laugh", as

says , that it was Lithuania, that of

, the fourth in group B, so terrible that each of its days has been a wonderful show, blushing compared to that of the rest of the tournament.

that the prize for being first in the group, for rising from the ashes in which Spain could be left after the Belgian reality rejonazo, for knocking down a Turkey led by three NBA and a Euroleague MVP with the caste of an unknown in these summits like

, be such a fierce crossover of eighths.

But Spain already knew that, which was not frightened by a future full of mines.

He wanted to be in Berlin and he will go there with the minimum goal of his new reality more than fulfilled, four wins out of five, just one bad day, and with the rush of a closing as great as the one he starred in against

's Turkey , to the one that stood up and the one that was able to fleece with, this time yes, an ending without tremors.

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Mission accomplished... or are we looking for more?

• Writing: VICENTE SALANER

Mission accomplished... or are we looking for more?

If against Belgium the team faded on the finish line -zero points in the last three and a half minutes-, against the Ottomans they knew how to show character, one more lesson learned in the backpack.

A separate mention was the robbery of an Alberto Díaz from

, who had previously taken the fifth from an unapproachable

.

The tapping of

, the free throws without error by

, the tactical intelligence of making fouls at the right time.

In both outcomes, by the way, without

on the track.

Because of that maturity, because of that commitment shown by the 12 -"we all add up, we are all important-, summarized

, Scariolo was so satisfied that he never tired of repeating the word "pride".

“Everyone has contributed.

It is a pride that, even without

[he did not play, affected by a strong blow to the knee], we have played at this level.

Sometimes we had three

on the track and that's a pride.

Like I said, what we had to do, we did.

We put commitment, effort.

We will try to do our best in the round of 16.

We know our limitations, but you have to give credit to these players.

They are acting at the limit of their possibilities and that has a lot of merit.

They are reaffirming themselves and growing”, praised the coach.

"Full"

That he spoke about Lithuania, about the two friendlies lost during the preparation from which he surely learned valuable lessons -in Vilnius Lorenzo Brown had a triple to win-, about his long bench, about the addition of

... «We have to be at top”, he summarized, hinting that there are possibilities of the miracle in Berlin.

That there is a gap that their players have earned with their growth and their victories in this first phase in Tbilisi.

Because, having finished first also means avoiding Luka Doncic.

And, seen the seen...

The Slovenian genius, who yesterday left a historic exhibition against France (47 points, the second best mark in the history of the Europeans), has been one of the few things that Scariolo has not been able to face as a coach.

In the past Games, he disarmed Spain and from then on everything got tangled up for the team to the point of coming up against the USA Team in the quarterfinals.

What to do against Doncic now, without

...

Because the first place, in addition to the moral incentive, is also a seed for the future.

Yes or yes, the round of 16 would be complicated, "five great teams" in group B where

's Bosnia were left out .

If Lithuania were eliminated, the path to the medals would become clearer.

Because the rooms are cleared without Greece or Serbia.

The rival would be the winner of a possible Poland-Italy.

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