There's no better way to get your fix for the crippling symptoms of September basketball withdrawal than with EuroBasket 2015, the Olympic qualifying tournament that opened up in Germany earlier this week. The Bulls are well represented with Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic starting for Spain, a world power that has finished runner-up behind the United States at the Olympics in 2008 and 2012.
Spain resumes group play at 2 p.m. CT on Tuesday against Italy after finishing the weekend at 1-1. Spain looked uncharacteristically sloppy in its opening loss to Serbia on Saturday, but bounced back with a forceful offensive performance on Sunday to blow out Turkey.