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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Spains two losses to open the Olympics seem like a distant memory after three straight wins has put the Spanish mens basketball team back into medal contention.Spain advanced to the quarterfinals with a 92-73 win against Argentina on Monday and suddenly is playing as well as any team in the tournament.We had a distracting situation during our training camp and many players missed many, many practices, Spain coach Sergio Scariolo said. We couldnt really get 100 percent prepared and it showed.We have been in this situation before. We know how to play under pressure. There are a lot of players who know what it takes to win, especially with a lot of self-confidence. We know each other really well. .... Were not a team (that will) get crushed after the second loss.The two-time defending silver medalists (3-2) are the No. 2 seed in Group B and face France (3-2), which finished third in Group A. With Spains win, Brazil was eliminated.France and Spain have meet in some pivotal games in big tournaments.Spain knocked France out in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Olympics, but France exacted some revenge in 2014, beating Spain in the World Cup -- in Spain. But Spain returned the favor last summer, beating France in the semifinals of the EuroBasket to clinch an Olympic berth.Every matchup is so close and we know each other too good, Spain guard Jose Calderon said. So, lets see what happens in two days. I think were ready for that fight, I think that theyre ready as well and well see.Spain fell behind 8-0 to start the game, but regrouped to take a 22-11 first-quarter lead that it never gave up. Rudy Fernandez scored 10 straight during the 22-3 scoring run and finished with 23 points.The Argentines (3-2) seemed to play with a sense of urgency only in spurts and never got within 10 points in the second half. Previous starters Andres Nocioni, who played for the Chicago Bulls for five years, and point guard Facundo Campazzo both came off the bench.We needed our full energy to play against Spain, Argentina coach Sergio Hernandez said. It was our fifth game, we played 48 hours ago, two overtimes. ... Was not a good day for us to play a team like Spain. Theyre more athletic, bigger than us. They (have) NBA experience and they know how to play these games. They need to win because if not they go home.Argentina already had a quarterfinal berth in hand. Its seed wont be determined until after the last game of pool play, Lithuania-Croatia.Nicolas Laprovittola paced Argentina with 21.We were lacking a little bit of juice after the tough, tough game against Brazil, Argentina guard Manu Ginobili said. And to add, theyre a great team. Theyre a great team that started the tournament struggling, losing two games they shouldnt have lost. So they ended up needing this game a lot. They wanted it more. They were more aggressive and they played sharper than us.We wanted to win, too. Its not that we didnt care. Balenciaga Shoes Sale .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. Wholesale Balenciaga . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. https://www.fakebalenciaga.com/ . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. Fake Balenciaga . Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. Fake Balenciaga For Sale . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. SEATTLE -- Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano put a charge into Safeco Field in the eighth inning, and then reliever Edwin Diaz got to shut it all down for the first time.Cano hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run eighth, new closer Diaz got his first major league save and the Mariners overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night.Cano capped the comeback with his 24th homer, off newly acquired Red Sox reliever Fernando Abad (1-5). It spoiled what had been a dominant performance by Boston left-hander David Price.Thats baseball. You cant explain it, you really cant, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. Thats what makes baseball great.The fans ride the roller coaster with us. At times, we are tough to watch. I get it, he added. But you have to keep watching because our guys dont quit and they believe something good is going to happen and tonight it did.The Mariners had three hits off Price through seven innings and trailed 4-0. Then Mike Zunino opened the eighth with a home run to left off Price, and Leonys Martin, Sardinas and Guillermo Heredia followed with consecutive singles to chase the lefty.Matt Barnes struck out pinch-hitter Seth Smith. Abad came in and tried to get a curveball past Cano, who hit it 394 feet for a one-run lead.I was just looking for something over the plate, said Cano, who was 1 for 11 in his career against Abad. Hes one of the toughest lefty relievers in the game right now. The guy has got me out a lot of times. I just try to put it in play.Red Sox manager John Farrell said Abad, had such good success against Cano. Hes working the at-bat in good shape. He got him to chase a couple breaking balls, missed one over the middle of the plate and that was the difference in this one.Diaz replaced struggling Steve Cishek as closer after Cishek blew a three-run lead in a loss Sunday night to the Cubs and allowed a go-ahead homer in the ninth during a 2-1 defeat to Boston on Monday night. Diaz is a 22-year-old rookie only two months out of Double-A but has a 1.73 ERA in 25 appearances for Seattle. He struck out three in a scoreless ninth Tuesday.Diaz gave up a one-out walk to Travis Shaw, but Cano came up withh the assist.dddddddddddd.When Cano came to (visit) me, I started to relax, Diaz said. He helped me a lot on the mound. Every time he comes to talk to me, I do everything good. I appreciate it. My first save.Donn Roach (2-0) pitched two innings for the win.Top Red Sox prospect Andrew Benintendi entered as a pinch-hitter for his major league debut and went 0 for 2, striking out to end the game. Benintendi is expected to start in left field on Wednesday night.David Ortiz doubled and had two RBI. The 40-year-old has the most doubles (36) in a season ever for a player 40 or older, eclipsing Sam Rice, who had 35 in 1930.He also has 62 extra-base hits, tying Dave Winfield (1992) for most in a season for a 40-or-older player.Hanley Ramirez crushed a 454-foot home run off Wade LeBlanc in the third. Aaron Hill had an RBI single in the same inning, scoring Jackie Bradley Jr. from second.ROTATION ADDITONSThe Mariners will add two starters to the rotation this next turn. LHP Ariel Miranda, a Cuban defector acquired in a trade with Baltimore on Sunday, will make his debut Thursday against Boston. RHP Taijuan Walker, on the DL with a right ankle strain, will likely return this weekend. He threw 69 pitches over 4 1/3 innings Monday for Triple-A Tacoma in a rehab start.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: RHP Nick Vincent (back strain) threw 20 pitches in a simulated game Tuesday. He will be sent out on a rehab assignment, as will SS Ketel Marte (mono).UP NEXTRed Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (14-2, 3.47) is riding a six-game winning streak and is 7-0 with a 2.73 ERA over his past nine starts. Hes tied for the league lead with 14 victories. He beat Seattle on June 18 at home, going six innings while allowing two runs on eight hits.Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (11-7, 4.21) is coming off his shortest outing of the season, just three innings, in a 12-1 loss to the Cubs last Friday. It was just his third career start of three innings or fewer. He has had some shoulder stiffness recently. He beat the Red Sox on June 17, allowing four runs and nine hits in seven innings. ' ' '