Overview

• Pablo Prigioni rested Facundo Campazzo and Nicolás Laprovittola and saw his young Argentine side fall 82-86 to Ivory Coast in its third warm-up match.
• Argentina followed wins over Angola with a schedule that now includes South Sudan, Portugal, Italy and a Panama quadrangular before its AmeriCup debut in Nicaragua on August 22.
• The coach added Nicolás Brussino and Juampi Vaulet to his AmeriCup roster to evaluate depth for the FIBA World Cup 2027 qualification window.
• Sergio Scariolo unveiled a 15-player senior roster featuring five Valencia Basket members and opened Spain’s EuroBasket build-up with a narrow 74-76 defeat by Portugal in Málaga.
• Spain will press on with friendlies against the Czech Republic, Italy, France and Germany and run a 16-man Spain B squad under Jaume Ponsarnau before the tournament kicks off on August 27.