The Spanish team continues its bad streak against the United States team, which it has not beaten in an official or friendly match for 21 years, in the World Cup held in Indianapolis. The Spain led by Sergio Scariolo lost again to the United States (88-98) in a friendly played in the Martín Carpena pavilion in Malaga in preparation for the World Cup in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
Spain, who had four discards: Sergio Llull, Usman Garuba, Jaime Fernández and Sebas Saiz, stood up from the beginning and arrived very alive until the end, when they were surpassed by the intensity with which the United States played, which at many times saw it endangered the victory.
In the first quarter, it was already seen what Scariolo’s team was capable of, which ended up winning it 28-26. In the second, the United States raised the level and reached the break ten points ahead: 55-45 supported by points from Brunson, one of the figures of the match.
Spain managed to take the lead in the third, but a reaction from Steve Kerr’s team left the score at 73-72. Anything could happen, but in the last quarter, the United States really pushed and set the distance with the talent of Anthony Edwards. He took advantage of a series of inaccuracies in the Spanish attack and went 84-95 at 2.30. Spain has already lost its options. Bridges and Reaves executed triples alone and a definitive margin was opened with 35 seconds to go. In the end, the United States won out of ten (98-88) and Spain has the satisfaction of being able to compete.
