Three members of the San Antonio Spurs and one of the Spurs’ international prospects all kicked off Eurobasket play with their home countries Thursday and Friday. First, Joffrey Lauvergne and France fell in their opening game to Finland Thursday. On Friday, Pau Gasol and Spain demolished Montenegro, Davis Bertans and Latvia suffered a loss to Serbia, and Spurs international prospect Adam Hanga was injured during Hungary’s loss to Croatia.
Thursday 08/31/2017 – France (0-1) 84, Finland 86
Les Bleus fell to Finland as Lauvergne played 18.9 minutes and he finished with four points (1-6 shooting), five rebounds, and four personal fouls.