Pau Gasol overwhelmed host France, the defending champion, by scoring 40 points in an 80-75 victory in overtime on Thursday in Lille as Spain advanced to the final of the European basketball championship and into next year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Spain, the champion in 2009 and 2011, will play the winner of Friday’s semifinal between Serbia and Lithuania. The two finalists qualify automatically for the 2016 Olympics.
u25a0 Allie Quigley scored 20 points to help the host Chicago Sky beat the Indiana Fever, 77-72, in the opener of the W.N.B.A.’s Eastern Conference semifinals. Elena Delle Donne, the league’s most valuable player, had 14 points for Chicago — 12 after halftime.