Spain, to the semifinals after finishing another epic comeback against Finland

could win the victory

(42 points between the brothers), it could be the feat of a

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who makes the headlines.

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, the mettle of

or the invaluable defensive plus that

.

It could be everyone's and it's everyone's, a comeback so that the legend doesn't go out, to play the Eurobasket semifinals for the 11th consecutive time.

The most choral Spain will be there on Friday, where nobody expected it, against Greece or Germany, fighting for the medals, after an amazing second half against Finland.

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Realized the deed in eighths, the threat was the relaxation before a rival without pedigree.

And Spain lacked little to pay for the hazing, because these summits are still a novelty for most.

She woke up from the nightmare that was the first part of her with a personality that makes her even bigger.

She turned horror into glory, she rose in an afternoon again to remember at the Mercedes Benz Arena.

Because the solid Spanish dawn was a mirage.

Just a couple of minutes of logic, with

dominating the paint.

It was only the anticipation of the storm.

A perfect storm was going to be unleashed, that "anarchy" that Scariolo had warned about and from which his pupils were infected relentlessly, as if enchanted by the

spell , frenetic basketball, without apparent meaning, full of verticality.

Markkanen

There is no explanation for the Finnish game, without bases or pivots, in permanent transition.

The only rule is constant movement.

And, when in doubt, balls to

.

But not even the star was necessary.

Spain was going to concede 30 points in the first quarter like a famous boxer asking for the bell.

The Nordic wolves howled, emboldened by their own amazement: a triple by Jantunen from the middle of the field, over the buzzer, showed that fortune usually smiles on the owner of confidence.

Scariolo managed to slow down the rival momentum somewhat, which had posted an unusual maximum (22-37), with one of its zones, but Finland stretched again, already with Markkanen taking center stage.

Only a final rush led by Juancho (23 points from the brothers at halftime), led Spain to halftime with some life (43-52).

It was going to be key.

Spain had not been, physically or mentally, so the principle of the solution seemed simple: do the opposite.

You had to lower your hand to the Finnish bull and, once in the abyss, not hesitate.

After the break came the best moments in Spain, according to the Scariolo plan.

Order in defense and with Willy as the absolute protagonist of a comeback to believe.

The pivot, well assisted by Brown, chained 10 points and a triple by Joel Parra -the first in charge of stopping Markkanen- culminated the rebirth: the partial after the break was 17-5, uniting the previous, 27-9.

Now it was a matter of not letting the Finnish energy be unleashed again, that they tremble on those peaks never stepped on in their history.

And for that, next season in the Scariolo plan, the defensive stress exerted by a unique and unlikely trio.

Rudy, Alberto Díaz and Garuba, by land, sea and air, torpedoed the Nordics, humanized them, made them feel vulnerable with that mixture of tactical wisdom and physical effort.

The triple had also returned: the one from Brizuela put the maximum (73-65) in a third quarter to dream.

When the afternoon in Berlin seemed doomed to agony, a very powerful block from Willy to Markkanen was the spring for the final sprint, so as not to fail with the sword.

A triple by Brizuela, a perfect microwave, another two by Rudy, who completed another wonderful performance (five steals) and Alberto Díaz's shot for the great Spain, which rose like a Phoenix and once again rebelled against his fate. .

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