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Spain Uses Big First Quarter to Beat Croatia

 
Pau Gasol and Spain built a big first-quarter advantage and used that as a platform for a 72-59 victory against Croatia in the first quarterfinal of the men's basketball tournament at the Olympics on Wednesday. (link)

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