PARIS, France — Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama put up 27 points in Spain's 92-80 loss to Australia in game one of the Olympics.
Aldama is currently at the 2024 Summer Paris Olympics competing for his home country of Spain.
The Spaniard led all scorers in the game and also had six rebounds and two steals. His six made-three pointers set a Spanish record for most threes made in a game.
Spain is competing in Group A, which has been nicknamed the 'Group of Death' at the Olympics because of the quality of the other teams - Greece, Canada and Australia.
Spain will continue group play on Tuesday at 4:30 a.m. CT when they play Greece who lost 86-79 to Canada on Saturday.
