Willy Hernangómez scored 25 points in Madrid against superior Lithuanians
MADRID, 17 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish men’s basketball team faces Lithuania this Thursday in Vilnius (6:30 pm), in the second friendly between both teams in preparation for the Eurobasket, with the absence of a Willy Hernangómez who was the best in the defeat in Gran Canaria of last Tuesday (77-82).
Spain seeks revenge against the Lithuanian team, but it will do so in an enemy feud and without being able to count on Rudy Fernández or Willy Hernangómez, who with 25 points was the franchise player in the last duel.
Sergio Scariolo goes to Vilnius with 14 players at his command. Of course, the losses of Willy Hernangómez and Rudy Fernández are not due to injury but due to time management, since they were already scheduled in advance as reported by the FEB.
Without them, Spain will try to avoid adding a second consecutive defeat against the powerful Lithuania, which would be the third in this preparation path. For now, Greece was already able to beat ‘La Familia’ in the duel played in Athens with Giannis Antetokounmpo unleashed.
The second defeat was on Tuesday, in Gran Canaria, in a duel where Scariolo’s pupils left obvious defensive and offensive deficiencies. Above all, it was difficult to stop the exterior success of Brazdeikis and the interior duo formed by Sabonis and Valanciunas.
These are the players who will be in Lithuania: Darío Brizuela, Lorenzo Brown, Quino Colom, Jaime Fernández, Usman Garuba, Fran Guerra, Juancho Hernangómez, Sergio Llull, Xabi López-Arostegui, Juan Núñez, Joel Parra, Jaime Pradilla, Sebas Saiz and Yankuba Sima.
