Overview
- Argentina fell 84–72 to Italy in Bologna, closing its European warm-up tour with a 4–2 record in friendly matches.
- Gonzalo Corbalán paced the offense with 17 points and Juan Pablo Vaulet added 12 in the final rehearsal.
- Coach Pablo Prigioni deployed 13 of the 14 available players, holding out Santiago Trouet as part of ongoing roster cuts.
- Italy’s Simone Fontecchio scored 19 and Matteo Spagnolo delivered 18, while naturalized guard Darius Thompson debuted for the Azzurri.
- Starting August 17, Argentina will face Panama, Brazil and Uruguay in a quadrangular in Panama City before naming its 12-player AmeriCup squad.