The host country almost pulled off a real shocker of an upset, then in the final seconds looked like the inexperienced team that they are.

This game was never supposed to be close but Spain let them hang around. Still, Spain had a small but hard-to-lose lead in the final minutes. But Great Britain’s players just kept knocking down threes and chipping away at it — give up two, hit a three, give up two, hit a three. Then down 79-75 with 7 seconds left in the game Luol Deng hit a leaning, contested three (giving him 26 on the night) and it was a one-point game.

The British needed to foul and then hope for a miracle three… except they never fouled. Deng almost fouled but pulled up because four fouls (they needed him on the court and in international ball you are out on the fifth) but nobody else knew what to do and they watched Spain dribble out the clock.

via Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk