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Serge Ibaka Has His Best Quarter Of The Olympics

by Mike Prada
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The Reign Over Spain: Team USA Wins Olympic Basketball Gold
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Serge Ibaka’s Olympics haven’t been that great, mostly because it appears Spain’s coaching staff doesn’t really trust him. However, with Marc Gasol stuck in foul trouble, Ibaka came up huge in the third quarter, scoring seven points to help Spain stay within one point of Team USA entering the fourth quarter of this 2012 Olympic basketball gold-medal game.

Also, he did this.

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Spain’s been waiting for the Oklahoma City Thunder version of Ibaka all tournament. Now, they’ve found him.

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