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they won by 10?
against probably the easiest team to beat?
Manu Ginobili scored 15 points ,which included two explosive dunks, to help lead Argentina over Iran 81-71 on Tuesday
By Fiba.com
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
NANJING (Olympics) – Luis Scola scored 23 points and Carlos Delfino 18 to power Argentina past Iran on Tuesday at the FIBA Diamond Ball for Men.
But the defending Olympic champions showed in their 81-71 win they still have plenty of cobwebs to get rid of before the start of the Beijing Games.
The South Americans also got 15 points – including four on a pair of explosive dunks – from Manu Ginobili.
“I’m happy that I was able to dunk a couple of times, the first time in a long while,” said Ginobili, who was a big doubt with an ankle injury earlier this summer after getting hurt in the NBA play-offs.
“I’m still lacking the rhythm of the team and I’ve still got a long way to go.”
Argentina coach Sergio Hernandez has been encouraged by the progress made by Ginobili this summer, but he has real concerns about the point guard spot.
Tau Ceramica star Pablo Prigioni led the team to a silver medal last summer at the FIBA Americas Championship with his backup Antonio Porta, but the latter missed most of the 2007-08 season with a knee injury and against Iran he went down in agony in the fourth quarter after turning his ankle.
Argentina’s team doctors called the injury a minor sprain.
Iran have found the going tough all summer but Rajko Toroman’s team have clearly improved and they battled from start to finish against Argentina.
They led for much of the first half before falling behind midway through the second quarter and went to the changing rooms behind 42-35.
Argentina went up by as many as 17 points but Iran refused to go away and managed to cut the deficit to 72-62 with five minutes remaining.
They would end up closing the gap to nine but got no closer.
The Iranians got 20 points from center Hamed Ehadadi and 18 from Samad Nikkhahbahrami.
Javad Davari scored 14 and came up with three steals for Iran but the Asian champions were undone by 24 turnovers compared to just 17 for Argentina.
For Argentina, Scola scored 13 of his 15 first-half points in the opening quarter.
Fabricio Oberto had eight points but fouled out in the third quarter while Andres Nocioni scored five and grabbed four rebounds.
Nocioni guarded Samad – the toughest defensive assignment on the night.
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they won by 10?
against probably the easiest team to beat?
they suck this year
I dont' get it.
They only won by 10 points??? Was this 1 on 5 ball?
Manu is a selfish prick for risking further injury.
Iran would have won if they were able to use their camels
And Argentina would have lost if it wasn't for their big noses.
Yeah, wanting to play for your country in spite of injury is kind of selfish.
Well Iran would have won if half their fans weren't stuck at security checkpoints for the entire game
Hamed Ehadadi is sick, I love him. He defends quite badly, but I guess that's because he plays in a crappy league, he should be able to defend better with more compe ion. The guy is 7'2, 23 years old, athletic, with smooth offensive movements and a nice mid-range.
The guy got 20 pts and 20 rebounds against Serbia yesterday (btw, Iran won that game).
were there camels??
It is. How much is his "country" paying him as opposed to his job?Yeah, wanting to play for your country in spite of injury is kind of selfish.
And didn't he buy a house here in SA? If so wouldn't that make his new home San Antonio? And if San Antonio is his new home, shouldn't he be loyal to his new city and not play at all for Argentina?
I'm sorry if I don't base pride on nationality. I know that concept may be stupid to most of you. I believe in don't bite the hand that feeds you.
When the Argentinian national team can give him a 40+ million dollar contract, then he can risk injury to play for them. But when they aren't he should sit his ass at home and rest his ed up ankle.
It's that kind of foolish pride that makes me wish they trade him soon.
I honestly didn't know they really played basketball in Iran
Persians aren't known for herding camels, Arabs are.
There's a ing desert so there's probably camels. Argentina no desert so no camels. Advantage Iran
Yeah your point? All I'm pointing out is you got the stereotype wrong. It's like calling a Brasilian a or mexican.
For christ sakes the goddamn silk road ran through persia, do you think that the guys with their camels got off and said hey they don't herd camels in persia so lets get off and walk the rest of the way
That's true. I'm not saying there are no camels in Iran. All I'm saying is that Arabs are known to be camel jockeys. Can't you agree with that?
I'm not saying they are all camel jockeys, i'm just saying that if they were allowed to use the camels that they probably own, they would have won.
Google "patagonian desert".
Who would use Camels in a basketball game? Polo? maybe. Baloncesto? No.
This is comical.
ain't that llama country?
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