The nations were the favorites heading into the World Championship. But after Spain unexpectedly dropped games early in Group D play to France and Lithuania, it looked as Spain was in line to finish No. 3 in the group and perhaps run into the Americans, which won Group B, in the quarterfinals. That would have made it impossible for both Team USA and Spain to medal.
But that all became moot Thursday when New Zealand beat France 82-70 to force a three-way tie for second in Group D at 3-2. Spain won the tiebreaker to finish No. 2 in the group while New Zealand is No. 3 and France No. 4.
So Spain, which lost a home exhibition game 86-85 to the Americans two weeks ago, now can't see them again until the gold-medal game. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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