Posted on: September 19, 2022, 02:35h.
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A red-hot Juancho Hernangomez couldn’t miss from 3-point vary whereas he led Spain to gold medal at EuroBasket 2002 with an 88-76 victory over France within the championship recreation in Berlin, Germany.
Jauncho Hernangomez dropped 27 factors within the ultimate for Spain, together with 6-for-6 past the arc in an enormous second quarter. His older brother, Willy Hernangomez, scored 14 factors secured event MVP honors.
With 4 gold medal victories in EuroBasket, Spain is the third-most profitable nation behind Russia (14) and Yugoslavia (8) within the in style European basketball event.
EuroBasket Champions / Gold Medal Winners (Since 2003)
2003 Lithuania
2005 Greece
2007 Russia
2009 Spain
2011 Spain
2013 France
2015 Spain
2017 Slovenia
2022 Spain
Spain gained a gold medal in EuroBasket for the fourth time within the final six tournaments relationship again to 2009. In addition, Spain is the reigning FIBA World Cup champion, which was hosted in 2019 in China.
Spain entered EuroBasket 2022 because the fifth favourite on DrafKings’ betting board at +900 odds. France was +450 odds to win the gold medal, and one of many three high favorites together with Serbia and Slovenia.
Willy and Jauncho Hernandez Secure Gold for Spain
The gold medal in EuroBasket 2022 was a little bit of shock for Spain, contemplating start line guard Ricky Rubio suffered an ACL damage whereas enjoying for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavs. The present nationwide group is far youthful than earlier more-experienced squads. They have been rebuilding mode after the departures of the Gasol brothers. However, the Hernangomez brothers stepped up to assist re-establish Spain as one of many elite basketball groups in Europe.
It’s simple to say that we’re extraordinarily joyful,” mentioned Spanish head coach Sergio Scariolo after the medal ceremony. “We got into this championship in eighth place in the power ranking, and we managed to climb, step by step. It’s been amazing now to see we are above all those great teams.”
Jauncho Hernangomez made a reputation for himself earlier this 12 months as an actor in Adam Sandler’s current Netflix movie titled Hustle. In a uncommon dramatic position, Sandler portrayed an NBA scout hoping to discover the following famous person in Europe. Jauncho Hernangomez performed Bo Cruz, an abroad basketball prospect from Spain who tried to make it to the NBA.
Juancho Hernangomez bounced round quite a few NBA groups in his profession, however he just lately signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Raptors. Willy Hernangomez appeared in 50 video games at heart for the New Orleans Pelicans final season. He additionally performed for the New York Knicks and Charlotte Hornets.
“I’m feeling extremely proud of my teammates, of my coaching staff, of all the Spanish federation from the top to the bottom,” mentioned Willy Hernangomez after the sport. “We much deserve this gold medal.”
France Snags Silver Medal, Germany Wins Bronze
It’s been one other disappointing end for France. They took second on the Tokyo Olympics final summer season in Japan after they misplaced to Team USA within the gold medal recreation. They have been in search of solely their second EuroBasket title since beating Lithuania in 2013.
France entered the semifinals because the consensus betting favourite at +160 odds to win EuroBasket 2022. They crushed Poland by 41 factors to safe a spot within the gold medal recreation towards Spain.
France had a number of notable NBA gamers on their roster together with Rudy Gobert (Timberwolves), Evan Founrier (Knicks), and Frank Ntilikina (Mavericks). They entered the EuroBasket championship recreation as a three-point betting favourite towards Spain.
France fell behind early and by no means recovered. Spain opened a 20-plus level lead after Hernangomez’s barrage of treys within the second quarter, however France responded with an 11-0 run to lower the deficit to simply ten factors heading into halftime. However, France couldn’t launch a profitable comeback within the second half and misplaced by 12 factors.
Spain performed higher from begin to end,” Fournier instructed ESPN. “They had a clear game plan, and we did not execute ours well enough. We never really had control of the game. They just played better, man, period.”
In the bronze medal comfort recreation, Germany pulled away from Poland within the fourth quarter to win 82-69. Dennis Schroder from the LA Lakers led all scorers with 26 factors. Germany was a double-digit favourite however backdoored a canopy after outscoring Poland 28-20 within the fourth quarter.
Schroder earned a spot on the All-EuroBasket Team together with Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece), Rudy Gobert (France), Willy Hernangomez (Spain), and Lorenzo Brown (Spain).
