World Cup 2006
The glorious era began in Japan in 2006, with Pepu Hernández at the helm of the best generation that Spanish basketball has ever produced. The members of the first absolute world champion team were Pau and Marc Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Rudy Fernández, Felipe Reyes, José Manuel Calderón, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Cabezas, Carlos Jiménez, Sergio Rodríguez, Álex Mumbrú and Berni Rodríguez. After surviving in the semifinals against Argentina thanks to a three pointer missed almost at the buzzer by Andrés Nocioni, Spain gave Greece a memorable lesson in the final (70-47), without Pau Gasol, the MVP of the championship, injured in his foot in the penultimate match.
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