2013 Eurobasket (September 4-22)

[velik_m]

Greece leads at half 41-38

[mountainballer]

Is RC scouting a Greek PG?

No. he is scouting Victor Claver and somehow the guy is delivering his first good game.

[velik_m]

Greece wins 79-75 :/

[xmas1997]

Who was the leading scorer?

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Spanoulis, Fernandez and Gasol had 20 points

[Mal]

No. he is scouting Victor Claver and somehow the guy is delivering his first good game.

And how would Spurs land him ??

[Raven]

Seems like the FNT coach makes Vinny del Negro look like Pop from your description.

And Batum's great in the NBA. Why does he falter in FIBA play?

less running, less open threes basically.

[Raven]

imho france really misses M. Pietrus.

[Bruno]

Eurobasket second round is the perfect setting for NBA FO people to watch best European players. The 12 teams qualify are all playing in the same arena with 3 games by day. For RC, another incentive of this trip is to watch the french Spurs players.

[xmas1997]

Didn't the Spurs once hold the rights to Spanoulis, or do they still?

[spurs10]

Eurobasket second round is the perfect setting for NBA FO people to watch best European players. The 12 teams qualify are all playing in the same arena with 3 games by day. For RC, another incentive of this trip is to watch the french Spurs players.

Just looked on espn3, saw Italy scheduled for 2:45 this afternoon (central time/USA). Thought France was playing at 2:00, but didn't see it listed.

[ace3g]

Italy vs Slovenia

http://live.fibaeurope.com/www/Game....D=31117&lng=en

[spurs10]

Just saw France is tomorrow...thanks Bruno and ace3g for the updates! Very cool of ya....

[velik_m]

Belinelli causing all sorts of troubles to our defense...

[ace3g]

Looks like Belinelli is in PG mode: 4 assists and 5 points at end of 1st quarter; Italy 21-18

[look_at_g_shred]

Looks like Belinelli is in PG mode: 4 assists and 5 points at end of 1st quarter; Italy 21-18

Thanks for the update! Do you know if highlights can be found like on Youtube after the game?

[velik_m]

Italians have better shooter, we have better bigs, pretty even so far. I expect an Italian zone in the second half...

[ace3g]

Thanks for the update! Do you know if highlights can be found like on Youtube after the game?

No problem and yes they post the highlights here for the tournament:

http://www.youtube.com/user/FIBAEuropeTV/videos

[velik_m]

Slovenia leads 45:39 at half

[look_at_g_shred]

No problem and yes they post the highlights here for the tournament:

http://www.youtube.com/user/FIBAEuropeTV/videos

Thanks man.

[ace3g]

Belinelli didn't have a good 2nd quarter, ended up with the same stats he had from the 1st

Statistics	2P FG	3P FG	FT	REB (O/D)	AS	TO	Pts
Game	0/4 0.0%	1/3 33.3%	2/2 100.0%	1 (0/1)	4	0	5

[velik_m]

This will go down to the wire...

[ace3g]

Italy has no rebounding.

[Dex]

Beli is 1/11 right now.

I'm not a huge follower of Belinelli, but from what I have seen, that seems to be one of his problems. He's a Jekyll/Hyde type of player. He'll go and put up 20 one night, and then put up 2 the next. His consistency leaves something to be desired.

While I'm sure Pop is going to give him the green light to shoot, we'll see how he manages the new rotations and minutes which, as we all know, can be sporadic at best.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Slovenian crowd is great! And the Dragic brothers took over the game late.