ballerblogger.com - 8/11/2008
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On December 6th, 2000, Antawn Jamison and Kobe Bryant engaged in an overtime duel that saw both players score over 50 points. Bryant scored 51 points on 18-of-35 from the field, 2-of-7 from the 3-point line, and 13-of-13 from the free throw line. Jamison responded with 51 points of his own on 21-of-29 from the field, 2-of-5 from the 3-point line, and 7-of-8 from the free throw line. It was ...
Yao vs. Team USA at the Nike "Commitment" Gallery
aloneconformist.blogspot.com 8/11/2008 — I had the pleasure of watching what may go down in history as the most-watched game in basketball history at the Nike Team USA "Commitment" Gallery in Harlem, NY. 94x50 project manager, Matt Donahue, invited me to the screening and asked me to organize local Chinese American youth groups and basketball teams (mostly from NY/NJ based AAU program the USAB Warriors ) to complement his own ...
Thoughts following Yao v. the United States
thedreamshake.com 8/11/2008 — I actually woke up at 8am yesterday to watch Yao take on the United States... aka "the Redeem Team" (which just may be the dumbest moniker ever). Not that I expected China to compete with the U.S. team - I just wanted to see how Yao looked in his first real, true game action since February. How'd he look? Pretty good for a guy playing at 60%!! Yao even buried a 3 to start the game! (link is ...
Globalization of Culture through Olympic Basketball
basketballnonsense.blogspot.com 8/11/2008 — So the 2008 Beijng Olympics begins and a lot of questions about USA Men's Basketball Team capability to bring back their lost glory in International Basketball after being defeated by other...
Gay awestruck during chat with Kobe
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reuters.com 8/11/2008 — BEIJING (Reuters) - He is a world champion sprinter and among the favorites to strike gold at the Beijing Olympics yet Tyson Gay was awestruck during a brief chat with American basketball player Kobe Bryant. "I was very surprised. We were in the gym I ...
Baron Davis Vs. Chauncey Billups —
Bleacher Report - NBA 8/12/2008
Note: this article first appeared on NBA Gauntlet on 8/03/08. In the poll there, Chauncey has 53% of the vote.
Boom Dizzle vs. Mr. Big Shot
In this gauntlet match-up, we have the point guard who left his Warriors at the altar for the ...