Live: Spain Defeats Russia to Advance to Basketball Final

Brian Snyder/X90051, via ReutersPau Gasol after making a three against Russia on Friday.

The first time around, Spain’s men’s basketball team didn’t take Russia as seriously as it should have in the London Olympics. Russia won, 77-74, in group play.
This time around, in today’s semifinals, the Spanish team promised to do better–and did, defeating Russia 67-59 to advance to the gold medal game at the London Olympics..
Spain, the 2008 Beijing Games silver medalist, will play the winner of today’s Argentina-U.S. game on Sunday.