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2008 Olympic Basketball Men on fiba.com - Boxscores
SPAIN FG 2pts 3pts FT Rbds Name Min M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % O D Tot As PF To St BS Pts 4 P. Gasol 28 9/18 50 9/18 50 0/0 0 3/5 60 4 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 21 5 R. Fernandez 18 7/13 53.8 2/4 50 5/9 55.6 3/3 100 0 2 2 2 5 1 1 0 22 6 R. Rubio 29 1/3 33.3 1/2 50 0/1 0 4/4 100 1 5 6 3 3 2 3 0 6 7 J. Navarro 25 6/14 42.9 6/12 50 0/2 0 6/8 75 0 3 3 4 1 3 0 0 18 8 J. Calderon 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 ...
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Skip Pass - Get Your Asses to Church Edition (8/24/08)
World Hoops Blog — ... , you're covering that ogre looking dude wearing the Lambeer throwback. It's time for the Skip Pass. :: Coverage of the USA v Spain Gold Medal Game, AKA: Match of the Year Candidate Redux FIBA: Box score ...

Thoughts From The Olympic Hoops
JR, On Fire — This is for you DJ Leon Smith! The world of basketball is back to normal with the USA winning both the men (boxscore)and the women (boxscore). Why I say this is, the state of basketball is better off when the rest of the world is trying to hunt down the USA. All countries can go home now and figure out how they are going to beat the might of the Red, White and Blue in London. Everyone thought playing zone would help but it didn't. ...

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