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Sarunas Jasikevicius was raining treys on Wednesday as the Lithuanian point guard went 5-6 from outside the arc, and led his team past China 94-68. The victory puts Lithuania in the Beijing Olympics semi-finals as they will match up against Spain. Jasikevicius to this observer will always be the one that got away from the NBA. He played for the Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors, ...
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Sarunas Jasikevicius
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Yao Ming
Pau Gasol led all scorers Wednesday as he recorded a double-double, and Spain hung on to defeat Croatia 72-59. The win will send Spain on to the semi-finals where they will face Croatia. Spain basically won the game by building a substantial lead in the first quarter, and playing well enough the rest of the contest to keep the lead and get the victory. The Croatians trailed at the end of ...
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Greek starting guard Vassilis Spanoulis had the chance to be the last second hero, but his attempt at a trey to win the game rimmed out of the hoop and Argentina went on to win Wednesday 80-78 in the Beijing Olympics quarter-finals. Argentina advances to the semi-finals as they face off against Team USA Friday.
This was one of the most competitive contest in the 2008 Games, as the two ...
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Vassilis Spanoulis
The Australian National team played Team USA tough for the first quarter Wednesday. But the Americans pulled away in the second and third periods, and it led to another pretty easy win for Team USA Wednesday as they defeated Australia 116-85. Team USA is now 6-0 in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and their next task will be to take on 2004 Gold Medal winners Argentina in the semi-finals.
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The swagger is back, the look of confidence is back in all of their eyes. During the last week Team USA has put on such an exhibition of basketball played at the highest level, that they have removed all doubt. The United States, still is the standard on this planet for the best in hoops. Yes there were questions after the Olympics in Greece in 2004, and the World Championships in Japan ...
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The “ Chicago Tribune ” has reported that Chicago Bulls restricted free agent guard Ben Gordon has stated that he will not sign a one year qualifying offer with the team. Gordon also said that he believes his days being a member of the team from the “Windy City” have come to an end.
A year ago at this time Gordon was a core member of a team that was expected to ...
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“ESPN.com” reported Sunday that veteran free agent guard Jannero Pargo has signed a one year deal to play for Russian team Dynamo Moscow. According to the report Pargo will earn $3.5 million, after taxes for the upcoming season. He will also be anm unrestricted free agent if he wants to return to the NBA in the following season. Pargo was a key component of the New Orleans ...
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ESPN.com reported Sunday that Italian team Premiata Montegranaro made public Sunday that they have signed a well known former NBA player. The team’s head coach Alessandro Finelli told reporters that the team has signed 38 year old former All-Star Shawn Kemp. Kemp has not played since the 2002-2003 campaign with the Orlando Magic. Kemp was at one time one of the most dominant players ...
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This was not what you would call an offensive masterpiece! When the winning team shoots 32.8% (20-61) from the floor for the game you realize there was not a whole lot of scoring going on! But it was just enough for host team China to defeat Germany 59-55 Saturday. The victory now puts China at 2-2 in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. To say the game started out slowly would be a severe ...
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“Manu The Magnificent” aka Manu Ginobili scored a game high 32 points, and led Argentina over Iran 97-82. Argentina is now 3-1 in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They shot a very impressive 55.4% (36-65) from the field for the contest. The Argentinians led at the end of the first quarter 19-14, Iran trailed at the half by a score of 42-33. The lead increased to 72-57 at the end of ...
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Mindaugas Lukauskis led Lithuania with 20 points, as his team is now 4-0 in the Beijing Olympics after defeating Croatia 86-73 Saturday. Lithuania shot an impressive 60% (30-50) from the floor for the game and 57.9% (11-19) from outside the arc. Croatia led the contest for the first three quarters but Lithuania took the game in the fourth as they outscored the Croatians 28-11. Denver ...
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Linas Kleiza
Roko Ukic
As I have written many times on these pages; cliches are cliches for a reason, they are true! Take for example “that’s why they play the games.” As any long time observer of sports can tell you, there is no such thing as a guaranteed victory. There are far too many variables, injuries, illness, an off game by a key player, or a crucial mistake down the stretch, can ...
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ESPN.com reported Friday that the San Antonio Spurs have reached an agreement with veteran free agent forward Michael Finley. Terms of the contract were not available, and the deal is subject to approval by the Association. Finley reportedly had explored options with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the New Orleans Hornets, but according to the report his decision came down to the Spurs, or ...
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