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Spain's Marc Gasol (L) grabs the ball from Russia's Anton Ponkrashov during their men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.SERGIO PEREZ/Reuters

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Russia's Sasha Kaun (L) goes in for a dunk past Spain's Jose Calderon during their men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters

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Spain's Sergio Llull (L) makes a pass around Russia's Timofey Mozgov during their men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters

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Spain's Pau Gasol (C) dunks between Russia's Timofey Mozgov (L) and Andrei Kirilenko during their men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters

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Russia's Andrei Kirilenko (R) blocks the shot of Spain's Fernando San Emeterio during their men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters

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Spain's Pau Gasol, center, scores between Russia's Timofey Mozgov (5) and Andrei Kirilenko (15) during a semifinal men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London.Eric Gay/The Associated Press

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Spain's Pau Gasol, center, hauls down a rebound between Russia's Victor Khryapa, left, and Sergey Monya during a men's semifinals basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London.Charles Krupa/The Associated Press

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Spain forward Pau Gasol, left, challenges Russia center Timofey Mozgov during their men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012.Mark Ralston/The Associated Press

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Spain's Jose Calderon celebrates victory against Russia after their men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.SERGIO PEREZ/Reuters

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Spain's players celebrate victory against Russia after their men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters

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Russia's players sit on the bench during their game against Spain at the men's basketball semifinal match at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012.SERGIO PEREZ/Reuters

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