At 41, Gasol disputes his fifth Olympic event.
The Spanish intern Pau Gasol acknowledged on Tuesday that Argentina will be a “tough rival” in the second round of group C basketball at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
“Argentina is going to be a tough rival because they play everything for everything,” said the former Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA during a note with the newspaper As de Espaa.Argentina ended up beaten by Slovenia, with 48 points from Luka Doncic, and has a negative goal difference of 18 goals, so the crossing against the current world champion for the second day will be key.
“I think we have to improve because in this short tournament format there is no margin for error,” commented the pivot, despite the victory. in the debut over Japan by 88 to 77.
In the team led by Sergio Scariolo another superlative work was recorded by the Minnesota Timberwolves point guard, Ricky Rubio, who finished with a production of 20 goals (7/11 in doubles, 1/2 in triples, 3/4 in free), plus 9 assists and 2 rebounds in 22 minutes.
Gasol is in his fifth Olympic game, in which he never got the gold medal, and at the beginning he contributed 9 points and 4 rebounds in 13 minutes.
“I was comfortable at the beginning and not so much at the end, that I twisted my ankle a little in a blow in which the referee did not sanction anything. It will not be anything important. I do not know what Sergio will have, but the minutes that I am going to try to make the most of both in defense and attack “, cont the inmate 41 years old and 2.13 tall.
Spain and Argentina will take to the field on Thursday, at 9 (Argentina time), by TyC Sports and TV Pblica.
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