Team USA, according to FIBA World rankings, were underdogs against Spain. The American national team defeated No. 1 Spain, 98-88, behind an exhibition-season high 21 points from Jalen Brunson and a big night from Jaren Jackson Jr. joevardon with more:
Team USA may be 3-0 on this barnstorming tour headed toward the FIBA World Cup, but this was the first stuff test. They played in front of a boisterous, native crowd of 10,850 fans in Malaga, Spain, on the southern coast, in a tight affair in which the Spaniards briefly led in the fourth quarter.
Sure, there were some American fans sprinkled in here and there, but they weren’t the ones whistling at Team USA , they certainly weren’t chanting “España” in unison, singing Spanish folk songs, or serenadingIf there were about 11,000 people here, it sounded like twice as many, and it felt like many of them were on the court guarding the Americans in the third quarter when Team USA blew a 10-point halftime lead and committed seven turnovers.
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