Pau Gasol overwhelmed host France, the defending champion, by scoring 40 points in an 80-75 victory in overtime on Thursday in Lille as Spain advanced to the final of the European basketball championship.
After arriving in an off-season trade, Epiphanny Prince helped the Liberty to the top seed in the Eastern Conference, but the team’s coach expects more from Prince, who once scored 113 points in high school.
Bill Laimbeer was quick to deflect his success this season as the WNBA coach of the year to his staff and players.