There's NO WAY Spain can beat Spain without Gasol. No way.
If Gasol plays, then Greece wins it +7
at the start of this tournament i said i like Spain's chances.
well, I never bet big on a team than more than I bet on Spain. Now that they had beaten the Olympic champs, I think they can win this thing. This is a great matchup. Both play good defense.
i just wonder if Pau can stop the #5?
I think Greece will win, with or without a healthy Pau Gasol.
España.
if Spain wins who will be MVP? Calderon? or Pau?
what about Greece? #5? or someone else? that baby ShaQ made some Kingkong moves last night against the US shld be given consideration if they win
I'm gonna say Spain.
Baby Shaq (Sofoklis SCHORTSIANITIS) has Cameroon lineage. Represent.
Gasol out with fracture.
espnSAITAMA, Japan -- Pau Gasol, Spain's leading scorer and rebounder, has a partial fracture in his left foot and will not play in the FIBA World Championship gold medal game against Greece on Sunday night, according to team officials.
In a release on the team's Web site Saturday night, Gasol, who was injured in the final minutes of the semifinal victory over Argentina, has "a partial fracture to the base of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot, so he will be unavailable" for the championship game.
The 7-foot Gasol, who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies, hurt his left foot when he was fouled with 1:36 remaining in the 75-74 victory over Argentina. He made the two free throws to give Spain (8-0) a 73-67 lead, then left for the bench.
After the win that guaranteed Spain its first medal ever in a world championships, Gasol had to be carried from the court by two teammates, including his younger brother, Marc.
He underwent a scan and MRI on Saturday at the Kato Orthopedic Clinic in Saitama, according to the release.
"The player is not supporting any weight on the injured foot. The national team's medical services has submitted to his club [Memphis] a medical report, as well as the exam results, so they can evaluate the therapeutic steps to be taken," the release said.
Gasol, who had 19 points and 11 rebounds against Argentina, is averaging 21.3 points and 9.4 rebounds for the tournament.
He did not attend the team's practice Saturday night, staying at the team's hotel.
Marc Gasol, who will see extra minutes in his brother's absence, was asked before the practice if Pau would play.
"I don't know, I don't think so," he said about an hour before the Spanish federation released its statement.
Pau Gasol was slowed at the end of the NBA regular season with a sore left foot, but did return for the playoffs.
"There is a large difference in us without Pau Gasol," coach Pepu Hernandez said after the victory over Argentina. "We have to keep going and keep our confidence. We have to try the same things we did to get here only with 11 players and maybe that will be enough."
Greece (8-0) advanced with a 101-95 victory over the United States in the semifinals.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
i think Greece will win but I'm rooting for Spain.
Well Greeks are Euro champs, Spain has nothing, so go Espania go!
Spain is killing Greece in the first 15 minutes.
Great basketball by both teams, very physical, everybody's moving, defending, scrapping, nobody's spectating, no ing ISO's, no All-Star it's-all-about-me showtiming, no taunting.
The effete, lazy NBA balla game sucks in comparison.
Spain is playing well now. I hope they continue this and win the gold.
Great, great game so far. I hope Greece will close up the gap in the second half and the game will be even better.
Spain by 19, 4 min to halftime.
spain is playing with a lot of passion. vamos!
is greece winning usa a fluke?
43-23 Spain, half time.
I don´t think so, they play great for a couple of years now. I think it is all in matchups and maybe they tought it will be easy since Spain play w/o Pau Gasol.
That's true. Seems like they want it more and the injury of Gasol might have been a blessing in disguise. Either that or the Greece team is emotionally drained after beating the US but if that's that the case, they shouldn't even been playing in this game.
reminds me of pop's line about the spurs having too many emotional highs after the game 2 loss to Mavs.
i was gonna root for Greece at first but Spain has been the best team in this tournament and it would be unfortunate if they lost just because Pau isn't playing. 6/12 in 3pt land by the Spaniards is killing Greece.
Uphill battle for Greece. Spain is playing rather tight so far.
Spain is settling for the threes which was good when they were going in but now that they're not, live and die by the threes.
This is poorest game by Greeks in decades.
54-34 end of 3rd qtr.
Garbajosa is killing Greece with 3 pointers.
spain playing a bit more erratic, but greece can't convert their shots.
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