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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. 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The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. MILWAUKEE -- Less than 48 hours after falling just short of a triple-double in a Milwaukee Bucks victory at Brooklyn, Giannis Antetokounmpo will get another crack at Brooklyn when the Bucks play the back end of a home-and-home series Saturday afternoon at the Bradley Center.Antetokounmpo scored 23 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out eight assists in 30 minutes of work. Milwaukee was in such control of the contest -- ultimately, a 19-point victory -- that he didnt take the floor in the third quarter.Its a long season, Antetokounmpo said. It doesnt matter for me. The only thing that matters is to get the win. We play them (the Nets) again in two days so they made a great decision sitting me in the fourth quarter because weve got to get the win again in two days. Its a must-win game again.Its no coincidence that as Antetokounmpo gets hot, so have the Bucks. Milwaukee has won three in a row and four of its last five games.The Bucks are averaging 111.0 points, 48.0 rebounds, 24.7 assists, 9.7 steals and 7.3 blocks per game over that stretch and shooting 48.8 percent from the field and knocking down an average of 10 3-pointers per contest.I think we got the ball moving, but it all starts with our defense, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said.The Bucks held Brooklyn to 38.2 percent shooting and a 12-for-40 showing from behind the arc.We couldnt pierce their defense, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. They kkept us in front and they would switch it and keep you there and kept us on the perimeter.dddddddddddd I would like to see how many rim attempts we got, but I dont think we converted at a high rate. So credit to their defense, they are a good defensive team and they were tough to score on tonight.Brooklyn also committed 17 turnovers in the loss to Milwaukee, continuing a season-long problem. The Nets are third in the league in turnovers this season, averaging 16.5 per game.There is not one player where we are saying, Hey, you are turning it over all the time, Atkinson said. Its equal distribution, so our offense has to get better. Our execution has to get better.Milwaukee has won 13 of the last 17 meetings, dating back to Jan. 9, 2013, and the first two meetings of this seasons series.Isaiah Whiteside wants to see that streak come to an end Saturday afternoon.I think they just wanted it more than us, said Whiteside, who scored 14 points with six rebounds and four assists against the Bucks Thursday. We just have to come out with more of a sense of urgency on defense and get stops instead of leaving easy buckets, and I think they basically did what we were supposed to do.We need go to their place and we really just play with a chip on our shoulder and come out with a win. ' ' '