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ISTANBUL -- While Manu Ginobili is busy tweeting 6,000 miles away, a new superstar is emerging in Argentine basketball.Yes, Luis Scola has been around the national team for years, including being part of the 2004 Olympic gold-medal winning outfit. But this is the first time "Senor LScola,'' which is what he was dubbed in one of Ginobili's retweets, truly has been "El Hombre'' for Argentina.
Ginobili, the star guard for the Spurs, is back home in San Antonio and not playing here in the FIBA World Championship. Instead, he's tweeting about the event to his 308,000-plus followers, and Scola is giving him plenty to write about.
The Houston Rockets forward scored 37 points Tuesday and took charge down the stretch as Argentina beat archrival Brazil 93-89 at the Sinan Erdem Dome to earn a berth in the quarterfinals. Next up is Lithuania on Thursday, with the winner in a Saturday semifinal to face the victor of Thursday's Team USA-Russia quarterfinal.
Scola made all four of his field-goal attempts and scored 10 points in the final 3:06 as Argentina held off Brazil and his former coach. Brazil's Ruben Magnano had coached the nation to the south to that 2004 gold medal.
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