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Barcelona star Lionel Messi was in the crowd with his Argentina teammates as they watched the Indiana Pacers defeat the Washington Wizards 103-101.

The Argentina team have been in Washington preparing for their friendly against El Salvador and visited the Wizards’ practice facility ahead of the game where the likes of Marcos Rojo, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero and Javier Mascherano practiced their basketball skills.

The team cheered on fellow Argentinian Luis Scola as he helped the Pacers to a two point victory and met both Scola and Wizards star Kevin Seraphin after the game.

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