Three-time NBA champion Ginobili top-scored with 24 points but it was his coolness in a crisis that the 2004 Olympic champions were most indebted to after a difficult opening period.
Tunisia, the second-lowest ranked nation at the Games, had threatened a major upset when they raced into a 28-14 lead after the first quarter.
But any potential danger was almost immediately averted as Ginobili took control of the game, and Argentina ran out comfortable winners in the end.
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