ARG - Scola fires Argentina past Poland
ROSARIO (Olympics) - Argentina edged Poland 88-86 in Rosario on Wednesday in their first warm-up game for the Olympics. The South Americans played without injured Manu Ginobili and Carlos Delfino, who is still in talk over a new contract with the Toronto Raptors. Center Fabricio Oberto left the game through injury as the Argentinians struggled against ...
ROSARIO (Olympics) - Argentina edged Poland 88-86 in Rosario on Wednesday in their first warm-up game for the Olympics.
The South Americans played without injured Manu Ginobili and Carlos Delfino, who is still in talk over a new contract with the Toronto Raptors.
Center Fabricio Oberto left the game through injury as the Argentinians struggled against the Poles after trailing by as many as 10 points in the third quarter.
Superstar forward Luis Scola led a spirited fightback and the South Americans prevailed.
Scola, coming off an excellent rookie campaign with the Houston Rockets, had 22 points and nine rebounds while Andres Nocioni scored 17.
The next game for the 2004 Olympic gold medalists is against Mexico on Saturday in Buenos Aires.
Ginobili still doesn't not know if he will be able to play in the Bejing Games because of the ankle injury he sustained in the NBA play-offs.
Leonardo Gutierrez gave Argentina a lift off the bench with 12 points.
FIBA