Luis Scola had a tough game Monday evening as Argentina lost to a resurgent Spain,92-73. Scola finished with seven points, five rebounds and four personals. Meanwhile, his counterpart, Pau Gasol, finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Scola was 2-of-6, including 1-of-3 from deep.
Spain, who started our slowly, and Argentina, who started out fast, finished the group phase at 3-2 and automatically qualified for the knock-out round, which starts Wednesday in Rio.
Argentina's "golden generation" seemed beat after a double-overtime win Saturday vs. Brazil. Scola went from 14 and 10 to seven and five.