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Aug 23, 2006, 9:25 pm
As I said int he Serbia fall, Spain and Lithuania are two of those teams that are consistently between the top 6 in each competition. When they meet, any could win... Go back to Sweden 2003. During the friendlies, Spain had beaten Lithuania by 18 points (I think the day L?pez got injured again) and a weel later the result was the opposite. When they got to the final, anything could happen and Lithuania won it clearly
Nowadays... I think Spain are better, probably the more consistent European team even if the medal table doesn't agree. You check the last competitions and we have always been in the mix
But, to keep your faith, Spain beat Lithuania in the QF of the Eurobasket of France (was it 99, 2001?) after being really poor in the first pahe and having qualified by some lucky results (Slovenia lost to France for more than 15-ish, as we needed). Then we got to the final and lost it to Italy. But Lithuania were a better side that tournament. It just didn't happen. You can now, it's all or nothing in 40 minutes
Nowadays... I think Spain are better, probably the more consistent European team even if the medal table doesn't agree. You check the last competitions and we have always been in the mix
But, to keep your faith, Spain beat Lithuania in the QF of the Eurobasket of France (was it 99, 2001?) after being really poor in the first pahe and having qualified by some lucky results (Slovenia lost to France for more than 15-ish, as we needed). Then we got to the final and lost it to Italy. But Lithuania were a better side that tournament. It just didn't happen. You can now, it's all or nothing in 40 minutes