Tradition, stability on the lines and a sea of ​​character: don't be surprised that Spain and France are in the Eurobasket final | Israel today

1. Who reached the Eurobasket final?

The teams with the tradition that took 4 of the last 5 championships.

Who made it to the finals?

The two national teams with the coaches who have the longest tenure in Europe - Vincent Cola and Sergio Scariolo have been together for 23 years on the lines of Spain and France.

Who made it to the finals?

The two teams have the strongest character in the tournament and knew how to get out of very difficult situations.

Greece, Serbia, Slovenia the favorites went home.

Yesterday in the semi-finals they were also joined by home country Germany who played the best basketball in the tournament.

Who's left?

The two toughest teams.

Two who did not look at the evaluations before the championship and were not frightened by difficulties during the championship.

Although the French team traveled yesterday in the first semi-final with a 41 difference over Poland, but in the quarter-finals and round of 16 they knew how to save lost games and turn them into victories.

Spain was behind by double digits in the eighth, quarter and semi-finals and won all the games.

Scariolo.

He once again proved how important experience is, photo: IPA

2. Along with toughness and character, both tradition and stability on the lines played a role here.

These are the two best teams in Europe for over a decade.

They took almost all the last championships and if not, they were on the podium in almost all of them.

Even in the other major events such as the World Championship and the Olympics, they continued to prove their superiority over every European team.

Spain is the current world champion.

France is the owner of the silver medal from the Olympics held a year ago.

Vincent Cola on the lines in France since 2009.

Scariolo was also in Spain from the same year, but he had a break in the middle.

Yesterday it was an excellent example of the experience of the Italian coach of Spain in the big classes.

His two tactical changes won the game.

The composition of the two centers with the fighting Alberto Dias next to Lorenzo Braun and the hermetic closure of the German star Dennis Schroeder in the last quarter.

Scariolo brings a Spanish team that is the least talented in recent years to the final.

Kola fielded the best defensive team in the tournament.

What the French did to Poland yesterday should be taught in the defense clinic.

French national team.

School of defense, photo: I.P.I

3. Lorenzo Brown, who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the coming season, became the most important player in Spain.

Much was said before and during the championship about the storm that was with the American's citizenship, but he proved that the move that provoked so much criticism, was successful professionally and socially.

The thing is that it seems that even in Spain they did not think that he would be so good and lead the team in such a dominant way.

How do you know how important it is?

In Spain, both the teams in the league and the national team follow a very precise distribution of minutes, with the trend being to not give more than 20-22 minutes to a player.

In the exceptional case 25. Brown was on the field for almost 34 minutes yesterday.

Brown.

Breaking the rules in Spain, photo: AP

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