Twitter reactions to Spain winning Eurobasket: ‘Juancho turned into Bo Cruz for this game’
Spain won Eurobasket 2022 by defeating France, and the performance of Juancho Hernangomez in the final game was reminiscent of Bo Cruz of the movie ‘Hustle’.


Spain conquered France to become the champions of FIBA Eurobasket 2022, and the stars of the night were the Hernangomez brothers: Juancho- star of the Netflix movie ‘Hustle- who led Spain to a dominating victory with 27 points including seven three pointers; and Willy, who was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
Due in part to the siblings’ Netflix fame (Willy had a cameo in the film as well) and their being NBA players (Willy for the New Orleans Pelicans and Juancho for the Toronto Raptors), Twitter went abuzz after the Spanish victory, many referencing the Adam Sandler starrer.
WILLY, WILLY, WILLY
— NBA Spain (@NBAspain) September 18, 2022
MVP del @EuroBasket @Eurobasket / @Eurobasket pic.twitter.com/e15XfjShwA
Bo Cruz’s sequel just wrapped filming.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 18, 2022
Bo Cruz.
— Gerard Solé (@gsole14) September 18, 2022
Hustle II.
Juancho Hernangomez looking like Bo Cruz right now…
— Dionysis Aravantinos (@AravantinosDA) September 18, 2022
JUANCHO WENT CRAZY WHEN IT MATTERED THE MOST 💥
— FIBA (@FIBA) September 18, 2022
🪣 27 PTS
✊ 5 REB
🎯 7/9 3FG
⚙️ 30 EFF
Bo Cruz is jealous of Juancho 🤤#EuroBasket pic.twitter.com/serFfUt4ms
When the @sixers Stanley Sugarman discovered Bo Cruz in Mallorca & gave me the heads up, I did not think he was an NBA player. Stanley insisted & he was right. Today Bo Cruz is a #EuroBasket2022 Champ, too! @AdamSandler @juanchiviris41 pic.twitter.com/ixG3FYRTd1
— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) September 18, 2022
The man largely responsible for Juancho’s surge in popularity also took to Twitter to congratulate the new champions.
Bo Cruz! Getting it done. Love you Juancho. And Willie! Congrats to the whole Spanish team. pic.twitter.com/TGIY2OYZJC
— Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) September 19, 2022
Though the Hernangomez brothers got a lot of airtime for what they deivered, winning the Eurobasket championship was a team effort and congratulations were in order for the whole Spanish team for their achievement.
Spain beats France once again, wins the gold medal at the Eurobasket for the fourth time.
— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) September 18, 2022
You just can’t kill them off. pic.twitter.com/pfZmkHm74L
Basketball is a simple game. 10 men chase a ball for 40 minutes and at the end, Spain always win.#EuroBasket x #BringTheNoise pic.twitter.com/jIeftfRmCI
— #EuroBasket 2022 (@EuroBasket) September 18, 2022
One of the highlights of 🇪🇸 Spain’s #EuroBasket campaign was Usman Garuba’s passing 🥵
— FIBA (@FIBA) September 19, 2022
Rockets forward displayed sensational vision all tournament long 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WFhIac9dbc
Like a well-oiled machine 🤖
— FIBA (@FIBA) September 18, 2022
Lorenzo Brown was once again a huge contributor to 🇪🇸 Spain with 14 points and 11 assists in the final!#EuroBasket pic.twitter.com/6TzgOVlwga
RESPECT!
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) September 16, 2022
Dennis Schröder after scoring 30 Points in a loss to Spain #EuroBasket pic.twitter.com/x4uOE1P4ho