Found August 13, 2012 on Olympic Basketball Blog:

Not many people and some players at the Olympics were very fond of the Spanish team and their flopping ways during the 2012 Olympic Games. It all come to a boil in Spain's matchup against Team France where Rudy Fernandez led a flop-fest which led to France's Nicolas Batum giving Juan Carlos Navarro a shot to the groin out of frustration.

But if you think Spain and in particular Fernandez maybe learned a lesson about obvious flops, think again.

During Spain's loss to the U.S. in the gold medal game, Fernandez gave one of his greatest flops ever! Check it out. It's Oscar-worthy!

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