Raul Lopez of Spain is closed down by Dirk Nowitzki of Germany. （Photo credit： Getty）Photo Gallery%26gt；%26gt；
（BEIJING， August 14） -- The World champion Spanish Men's Basketball team reversed a setback by beating Germany 72-59 in an exciting group B preliminary match on Thursday， August 14.
World No. 3 Spain's Jose Manuel Caldergon and Germany's Steffen Hamann were the game's high-scorers， netting 15 points apiece.
Alex Mumbru of Spain contributed 14 points and made all of his three three-pointers. His teammate Pau Gasol took 13 points and grabbed five rebounds.
Germany's backbone player Dirk Nowitzki got 11 points and five rebounds.
Germany led throughout the opening quarter， reaching its biggest lead of six points and closing 15-12. Spain was not in top form， finishing with a low shooting percentage. Germany managed to lead for most of the second quarter， but Spain caught up and grabbed the lead in the last two minutes， ending 39-36.
The third quarter saw Spain widen the gap over ten points and hold it through the remaining ten minutes. A last second two-pointer from Germany's Patrick Femerling cut the deficit to 11 points. Germany made tough resist in the last quarter， but was effectively contained by Spain， losing the game 72-59.
"They are a good team and they just made better offensive plays than us. We could have beaten them if we had played better." Said center Christopher Kaman （GER）.
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