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Canada's Scrubb Proving to Be a Winner

CHALON-SUR-SAONE (2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments) - Canada guard Philip Scrubb does not seek the spotlight. He's about as humble as they come in professional basketball.

Yet the Vancouver-born player often finds himself in the big games at important moments, be it for club or country. He enhanced his prospects of being in Canada's national team this summer when he played significant minutes for Fraport Skyliners over the weekend in France at the FIBA Europe Cup.

After shining in a win over BC Enisey on Friday night, Scrubb, who joined the German team at the start of the year from AEK Athens, came off the bench and injected pace, tough defense and timely shooting in a narrow title triumph over Pallacanestro Varese.

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