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I managed to find the France-Spain game on sopcast, but would be nice to have a website with the (live) boxscore.
And Greece had an hard time beating China. Some small teams are doing well.
I managed to find the France-Spain game on sopcast, but would be nice to have a website with the (live) boxscore.
If you register with the site, live stats are available on FIBA.com
lol, Argentina is struggling against Nowitzky-less Germany. Tied with a minute to go.
Good win for France !!! Albicy played a very solid game offensively but also on D. Good coaching also with Ian and Albicy to begin the second half.
Now be ready for a loss against Lebanon which would be typically french.
Day 1 highlights and interviews:
http://www.fibatv.com/page/Video?tabb=highlights
The qualification tournament for the 2011 Eurobasket finished yesterday.
Montenegro, Israel, Great Britain, Macedonia and Belgium are qualified.
There is still one spot for the Euobasket available, remaining teams will have a tournament next summer. If Italy failed again to get it, it will be disaster.
Georgia missed the qualification by very little. Sanikidze played well with 1.6 ppg and 9.4 rpg. His best game was the last one against Bulgaria with 27/11.
Spain lost again at the Eurobasket. It will make the situation damn tricky in group C and D. Some teams will likely try to lose games on purpose. The Russia/Greece game of the last day could be a must lose for both teams.
FNT got crushed by Lithuania.
Tomorrow is going to be a weird day with some teams trying to lose on purpose.
Huge props also to Angola for they qualification. Their game against Germany was just amazing.
Ex-yu is ballin'
and lol Italy
Say what?
Yeah, I'm always amazed that this used to be one country.Ex-yu is ballin'
and lol Italy
Last edited by Pero; 09-01-2010 at 03:59 PM.
France sucks badly. They were running without any idea what to do with the ball. 31 pts in 3q is just ridicilous.
FNT is bad this year. A lot of players are out and, since France isn't country with a great basketball culture, there isn't a lot of depth.
I found that this whole WC sucks. The level at the 2009 Eurobasket was significantly better. I can't wait for the start of the NBA season to see again some good basketball.
If France beat New Zealand tomorrow which is quite likely even if you never know wit FNT, the scenario for the Greece/Russia game is:
The winner will face Spain in eight finals and USA in quarter finals.
The loser will face France in eight finals and Argentina or Serbia in quarter finals.
I can see both teams trying hard to lose the game.
The only problem with that is that the New Zealand/France game will happen after the Greece/Serbia game. If Greece lose against Russia, I can see France tanking to avoid Greece and play against Russia who is way less strong than Greece.
Greece/Russia is hilarious to watch.
France should let New Zealand win and send Greece right into that game with Spain that they are trying so laughably to avoid.
LMAO Greece trying to lose on purpose. LMAO Russia trying to lose on purpose. Sportsmanship? The FIBA system needs to be changed.
Decent game going on.
Halftime: Serbia 40 - Argentina 39
Between the fight against Serbia, the Pana/Oly fight and their pathetic showing today, Greece is hurting a lot FIBA basketball. Sad, really sad...
Even if losing was the smart thing to do but it's also some serious lack of pride and lack of respect for the game.
Hopefully France will kick their asses
France is loosing by 14 at half game Q1 17 20 / Q2 22 5
we are quite pathetic tbh
France lost by 12 and will face, and lose, against Turkey. It's unreal how this team lack of basketball fundamentals.
And
USA road to the final is a cakewalk.
Angola in eight final
Russia in quarter final
Lithuania, Argentina or Brasil semi final
This tournament is a joke. Half the teams trying to lose on purpose.
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