The Spanish team in the quarter-finals of the European Championship.
At the end of a great drama and after extra time, the Spaniards beat Lithuania and will meet in the quarter-finals the winner between Croatia and Finland, who will play today (Sunday).
In any other championship, Spain's ascension to the higher stages is accepted naturally, but in this championship, it really isn't.
Spain arrived with a very lacking lineup and relatively low expectations, this after the golden age gradually gave way in recent years.
The main player who took Spain to the top eight is the naturalized Maccabi Tel Aviv player of the team - Lorenzo Brown with an excellent performance especially in the important moments at the end of the game and in overtime.
Brown finished a big game with 28 points (8 of 8 from the line) and 8 assists.
Lithuania led for long minutes, but the Spaniards made a turnover and then Ignas Brazdeikis equalized at the buzzer and the game went to overtime.
Spain was already leading by 7 in overtime, Lithuania was able to come back but Brazdeikis lost the ball and immediately committed an unsportsmanlike foul and the Spaniards knew how to close the deal.
A game for Pantheon
Spain's bench players are in a frenzy, photo: Reuters
Lithuanian players celebrate the equalizer that forced overtime, photo: IPA
Scariolo.
In the last 8, photo: E.P
Djokovic vs. Dias, tonight, photo: AP
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