Bo Hamburger
Years ago
Tankonia 2: Spain v Brazil (men's)
An interesting piece by ESPN's Marc Stein about today's Spain v Brazil matchup:
...Spain and Brazil both appear to have great incentive to lose in their final installment of men's Olympic basketball pool play.
The winner of the Spain-Brazil encounter would finish second in Group B and advance to a likely quarterfinal matchup with Argentina, with Team USA looming in the semifinals.
The loser, by contrast, would fall into a quarterfinal matchup with France and likely see Russia in the semifinals if it can get past the French, thereby avoiding the Americans until the gold-medal game.