Friendly in name, less so on the parquet, where the hosts Spain defended very hard. Italy won after extra time: 87-84 led by Spissu (14 points with 4/8 threes and 6 assists) and Gallinari (16 points and 6 rebounds) as well as by a Tonut on fire in the last minutes of the match match.
The initial defense (10-1) and from the third quarter onwards were very good. Spain recovered after the bad start and even reached +9 in the third quarter, despite Spissu's 8 points. Italy overtook at the end of the last half, but Lull with the triple forced overtime, where Italy immediately went ahead, even by 6 points, then suffering the return of Scariolo's national team but holding well in defense on the action of possible overtaking.
An encouraging match therefore for the national team led by Gianmarco Pozzecco who will have to face the preliminary matches in a week to try to pass to the Paris Olympics.
