The Spanish National Team has been one of the most dominant squads throughout the 2019 FIBA World Cup with Phoenix Suns’ Ricky Rubio leading the way. The undefeated Spaniards took down Poland 90-78 on Tuesday and Rubio became the all-time assist leader in FIBA history.
Rubio entered the game tied with former Argentine player Pablo Prigioni with 106 assists in his FIBA career. He found teammate Juancho Hernangomez (Denver Nuggets) beyond the arc during the second quarter; Hernangomez drained the three and Rubio passed Prigioni and took sole possession of the all-time assist leader with 107.
"It's an honor, really, to be mentioned in the same sentence as one of my idols,” Rubio said via FIBA.