<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spain defeated Lithuania in Sunday\u2019s&amp;nbsp;EuroBasket&amp;nbsp;gold medal game and Bulls forward&amp;nbsp;Pau&amp;nbsp;Gasol&amp;nbsp;took home MVP honors.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI think it has special meaning and significance for sure,\u201D Gasol told reporters, according to the tournament\u2019s website. \u201CTo be able to play at this level at this point in my career, after all I've accomplished and this team has accomplished, it's something I'll always be proud of.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gasol had 25 points and 12 rebounds in Spain\u2019s 80\u201363 win over the Lithuanians in Lille, France. A European-record crowd of 27,372 watched the game at the&amp;nbsp;Stade Pierre-Mauroy, a soccer stadium.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spain has now won three EuroBasket titles. This year\u2019s victory earned the team a spot in the 2016 Olympic tournament, which Gasol says he will participate in.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Gasol dunks against France; Ricky Rubio responds to Rudy Gobert tweet&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Dan Gartland&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.si.com/nba/2015/09/20/eurobasket-spain-lithuania-gold-medal-pau-gasol>