Gasol, Spain advance
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Pau Gasol, the Memphis Grizzlies' 7-foot center, had 25 points and 9 rebounds and Spain used another impressive performance to beat Lithuania, 89-67, yesterday and advance to the semifinals of the FIBA World Championships at Saitama, Japan.
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Newly acquired Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol said on Sunday he was delighted with his trade from the Memphis Grizzlies to the contending Lakers.
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Pau Gasol has been in the NBA for three seasons. That&#39;s been long enough for the 7-foot Spaniard to realize he wants to keep working with Jerry West and Hubie Brown.
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Memphis forward Pau Gasol was in the starting lineup for the Grizzlies' game against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night, his first action since breaking his left foot in the world championships.
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Fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain ground out a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win over Tzipi Obziler of Israel on Saturday to advance to the Guangzhou Open final.
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Pau Gasol scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the Memphis Grizzlies' 96-76 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.
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Stephon Marbury keyed a fourth quarter run to help the United States beat Spain 102-94 in the quarter-finals of the men&#39;s Olympic basketball tournament on Thursday.
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Pau Gasol had 14 points and 11 rebounds to help the Grizzlies keep the Golden State Warriors winless, 96-67, Friday.
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Spain could have tanked its game against New Zealand, thereby eliminating European rival Serbia-Montenegro from medal contention. Instead, the Spaniards came to play Monday and won 88-84, knocking New Zealand out and keeping the defending world champions in medal contention.
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Pau Gasol scored 22 points and Shane Battier added 18, and Memphis won for the first time in five games this season. Kobe Bryant, guarded by a three-man rotation, had 20 points on 4-for-19 shooting for the Lakers.
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Pau Gasol had 23 points, Mike Miller added 19 points and seven rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies survived a strange ending to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 103-102 Friday night.
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ATHENS, Greece - Spain could have tanked its game against New Zealand, thereby eliminating European rival Serbia-Montenegro from medal contention. Instead, the Spaniards came to play Monday and won 88-84, knocking New Zealand out and keeping the defending world champions in medal contention...
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ATHENS, Greece - As expected, the U.S. men's basketball team had its hands full in a quarterfinal game against Spain on Thursday...
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As expected, the U.S. men's basketball team had its hands full in a quarterfinal game against Spain on Thursday. The United States led the Spaniards 44-42 at halftime, with the winner advancing to play either Argentina or Greece in the semifinals Friday.
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Spain is preparing to face giant-killer Greece for the World Basketball Championship here on Sunday without top scorer and rebounder Pau Gasol, a star National Basketball Association center.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Sharp-shooting Spain blasted   past Greece 70-47 to win their first world basketball   championship gold medal on Sunday.
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The Americans could have used him on Sunday when Spain won the best-of-five final 3-2. It was Spain&#39;s second title, which kept the United States from adding to its record total of 31.