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September
12, 2010 - Day 15 -
Final Day
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USA cruise past
Turkey to end 16-year wait for World Championship crown
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United States of America beat Turkey 81-64 to win the 2010 FIBA World
Championship. The result ended a 16-year wait for the USA, who had not
won this tournament since 1994. In the first official game ever between
the two teams, Mike Kryzewski’s team gradually pulled away as Turkey
looked to be suffering the after effects of their hard-fought win over
Lithuania in Saturday’s semi-final. Read more here.
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Lithuania speed
past Serbia to collect bronze
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The
speed and shooting of Lithuania has powered it to the bronze medal at
the 2010 FIBA World Championship, defeating Serbia 99-88 with an
unstoppable performance. While Lithuania were far from favourites at
the start of the tournament, they finished with an 8-1 record including
victories over Spain, France, New Zealand, Argentina and Serbia. Read
more here.
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Argentina finishes
in fifth place
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Argentina
finished in fifth place of the 2010 FIBA World Championship after
winning over Spain 86-81 to open the last day of competition at the
Sinan Erdem Dome. In the first quarter the Argentinean attack was more
fluid, led from the perimeter by Carlos Delfino and Pablo Prigioni
while Luis Scola and Fabricio Oberto controlled the paint area. Read
more here.
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September
11, 2010 - Day 14 - Semifinals
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Tunceri’s lay-up
sends Turkey through to final
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Kerem
Tunceri scored a game-winning lay-up as Turkey edged out Serbia 83-82
to set up a showdown with the USA in Sunday’s final of the 2010 FIBA
World Championship. Hosts Turkey make it through to the tournament’s
decider for the first time and are assured of taking their first ever
medal in the event. Read more here.
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Durant powers USA
past Lithuania and into final
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The
United States of America beat Lithuania 89-74 to book their place in
the final of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The Americans return to
the Gold Medal game in the biggest international basketball competition
for the first time in 16 years. They last made it to that stage of the
competition in 1994 and went on to win on that occasion. Read more here.
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September
10, 2010 - Day 13
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Argentina outlast
Russia to set up clash with Spain
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Argentina
overcame some free-throw shooting woes to beat Russia 73-61 and will
face Spain in Sunday’s 5th place game at the 2010 FIBA World
Championship. Sergio Hernandez’s team made just 10 of 20 attempts from
the foul line but overcame that thanks to the scoring punch provided
down the stretch by Luis Scola and Carlos Delfino – who combined for 53
points on the night. Read more here.
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Navarro leads Spain
past Slovenia
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Spain
used a near perfect fourth quarter to see off Slovenia 97-80 and book
their place in the 5th place game at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
They will take on Russia or Argentina in Sunday’s last classification
game. Entering the final frame up 64-62, Sergio Scariolo’s side hit
five of seven three-pointers as they outscored their opponents 33-18.
Read more here.
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September
9. 2010 - Day 12 - Quarterfinals Day 2
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Lithuania plays by
the book to stun Argentina in Quarterfinals  |
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Lithuania
stunned Argentina 104-85 to close the Quarterfinals of the FIBA World
Championship at the Sinar Erdem Dome. Now Lithuania plays the USA in
the semifinals on Saturday, September 11. Lithuania was head to head
with Argentina in the first couple of minutes but their sticky man to
man defense, focused on Scola and that didn’t allow any passes inside
nor any comfortable shots, gave them all the confidence to start their
run. Read more here.
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USA turn it on
after break to see off Russia and reach semis
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The
USA pulled away in the second half to see off Russia 89-79 and book
their place in the semi-finals at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Up
44-39 at the break, the Americans came out strong in the third quarter
to take their first double-digit lead of the night, 58-47, on Russell
Westbrook’s breakaway dunk. They then kept their foot on the pedal and
the Russians were unable to keep up with them the rest of the way. Read
more here.
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September
8, 2010 - Day 11 - Quarterfinals Day 1
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An inspired Turkish
team brings down Slovenia
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Turkey
continues to make history in front of their fans as they dominated
Slovenia 95-68 to make it into the semifinals of the 2010 FIBA World
Championship at a packed Sinan Erdem Dome. This is the third time that
Turkey has played in this tournament, and they first time that they
will have a chance to play for a medal as they extended their winning
streak to seven games, including five in the Preliminary Round. Read
more here.
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| Teodosic clutch
three propels Serbia into semi-finals |
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Serbia
beat Spain 92-89 to book their place in the semi-finals of the 2010
FIBA World Championship. Milos Teodosic buried a three-pointer from the
top of the key with 3.1 seconds left to break an 89-89 tie and Spain
could not get off on the next possession. Read more here.
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September
7, 2010 - Day 10 - Eighthfinals Day 4
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| Argentina wins the
South American giants clash |
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It
was time for the South American giants, Argentina and Brazil, to meet
in Turkey, and it was probably the most exciting game of the tournament
so far as the Argentinians won 93-89. Both teams have met many times at
regional and continental competitions, but not at a FIBA World
Championship where they have played 5 times, Argentina winning the
series 4-1. Now they showed the world the quality of games that they
always play. Read more here.
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Lithuania brush
aside China to reach quarter-finals
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Lithuania
used big runs in the middle quarters and held off a late rally by China
to beat them 78-67 and book their place in the quarter-finals of the
2010 FIBA World Championship. Kestutis Kemzura’s team will face the
winner of the last Eight-Final between Brazil and Argentina. Read more here.
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September
6, 2010 - Day 9 - Eighthfinals Day 3
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Russians overpower
gallant New Zealand
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Russia’s
size has worn down New Zealand, 78-56, in a tense Eight Final encounter
at the FIBA World Championship, setting up an encounter with old rival
the USA in the Quarter Finals. Russia broke clear of the Oceania
champions in the third quarter with Tall Blacks stars Kirk Penney (21
points) and Mika Vukona on the bench with four fouls. Read more here.
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USA rout Angola to
reach last final eight
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The
United States dusted off the cobwebs and rolled to another decisive
victory over Angola in a major international competition. Bringing back
memories of the 1992 Olympics and even the Beijing Games from two years
ago when the Americans claimed big wins against the African
championship, Mike Krzyzewski's USA played for the first time since
their big Group B win over Tunisia on Thursday and claimed a 121-66
victory to stay unbeaten in the FIBA World Championship. Read more here.
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September
5, 2010 - Day 8 - Eighthfinals Day 2
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Unstoppable Turkey
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Turkey
and their vaunted zone defense paved the way for another dominating win
at the FIBA World Championship on Sunday night against France. Bogdan
Tanjevic's team scored 13 points off 11 first-half turnovers to take
command and then lowered the boom in the third quarter before pulling
away for a 95-77 triumph. Read more here.
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Slovenia walk into
the Quarter Finals
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Slovenia
have barely raised a sweat in disposing of Australia 87-58 in the Eight
Finals at the FIBA World Championship. It was an ominous performance by
the fourth placed team from last year’s Eurobasket, and they did it
thanks to a full board of contributors highlighted by Jaka Lakovic, who
had 11 first half points on his way to 19 for the game. Primoz Brezec
(12 points) and Goran Dragic (10 points). Read more here.
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September
4, 2010 - Day 7 -
Eighthfinals Day 1
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Defending champions
Spain oust Greece to reach Quarter-Finals
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Defending
champions Spain broke open a close game in the fourth quarter and
continued their mastery over Greece by winning their Eight-Final
showdown at the FIBA World Championship on Saturday. Read more here.
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Serbia hangs tough,
moves into quarter finals
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An
Aleksandar Rasic free throw with one second remaining has delivered
Serbia an incredible 73-72 victory over rivals Croatia to claim the
first place in the 2010 FIBA World Championship quarter finals. Read
more here.
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Eighthfinals, September
4-5-6-7, 2010
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Saturday, September
4:
Serbia (1A) vs. Croatia (4B), Spain (2D) vs. Greece (3C)
Sunday, September 5:
Turkey (1C) vs. France (4D), Slovenia (2B) vs. Australia (3A)
Monday, September 6:
USA (1B) vs. Angola (4A), Russia(2C) vs. New Zealand(3D)
Tuesday, September
7:
Lithuania (1D) vs. China (4C), Argentina (2A) vs. Brazil (3B)
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September
2, 2010 - Day 6
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Russia hold off
Greece to finish second in Group C
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Russia
pulled away in the third quarter to build a substantial lead and held
on in the end to beat Greece 73-69 and secure second place in Group C.
David Blatt’s men will face either Spain or France in the Eighth-Final
Round in Istanbul. Read more here.
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Serbia wins Group A
by winning over Argentina
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A
young but intense Serbian team won Group A of the FIBA World
Championship by beating Argentina 84-82. The Serbians finished with a
4-1 record while Argentina has the same mark to finish second. Serbia
will now wait for the loser between Brazil and Croatia to play them on
Saturday while Argentina plays the winners on Tuesday. Read more here.
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Spain builds
momentum as knockouts approach
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Spain
have recorded their second straight win, 89-67 over Canada, to take
some momentum into their Eight Final clash with Greece or Russia. Rudy
Fernandez was dynamic for Spain with 19 points and 5 rebounds in 23
minutes, while Fran Vazquez (19 points, 5 rebounds) enjoyed his
most extensive court time for the tournament. Read more here.
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Australia comes
from down under to win over Angola
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Australia
came back early in the game and defeated Angola 76-55 to finish third
in Group A of the FIBA World Championship. Now the Australian team, by
finishing third in Group A, will face Slovenia on Sunday in the Eighth
Final Round while Angola plays the United States on Monday. Read more here.
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September
1, 2010 - Day 5
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Lakovic leads
Slovenia home
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Slovenia
captain Jaka Lakovic came to the rescue and fired his side to a vital
Group B win over Brazil at the Abdi Ipekci on Wednesday night. With
Brazil having shaved a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to 70-68
Lakovic, who visited with FIBATV.Com after the win, buried back-to-back
three-pointers that helped the Slovenians keep their noses in front and
record an 80-77 triumph. Read more here.
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Green army rolls on
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A
withering 33-12 run over 11:37 minutes has split open the previously
impenetrable French defence, and delivered a 69-55 win and first place
in Group D for Lithuania and their army of green fans. Read more here.
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Angola makes
history by beating Germany for the first time
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| Angola
made history by beating Germany for the first time 92-88 in overtime as
part of Group A action of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The Germans
dominated the beginning of the first quarter, with a 15-8 lead after a
7-0 run, but Angola reacted with an 8-0 run to get up 16-15 and the
first ten minutes finished tied at 19. Olimpio Cipriano led Angola with
8 points. Read more here. |
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Spain keep title
defence alive
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Spain
have finally secured passage to the Eight Finals in Istanbul with a
comprehensive 91-57 victory over Lebanon. They now face Canada in their
final pool game. Marc Gasol was dominant for Spain with 25 points and 8
rebounds. While for the Asian wildcards, centre Jackson Vroman was
excellent with 22 points and 9 rebounds. Read more here.
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Serbia holds on to
beat Australia
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Serbia
finally had their roster complete and held on to beat Australia 94-79
in day four of Group A in the FIBA World Championship. The addition of
center Nenad Kristic, who came from the bench, gave more options
offensively to coach Dusan Ivkovic who used him right in the first
quarter. Read more here.
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August
31, 2010 - Day 4
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Ilyasova powers
Turkey past Greece in derby
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gradually pulled away to take a convincing 76-65 win over neighbours
and rivals Greece in front of a sell-out crowd at Ankara Arena. The win
meant the Turks remained undefeated (3-0) with Greece suffering their
first defeat (2-1). Turkey’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Ahmet
Davutoglu and his Greek counterpart Mr Dimitris Droutsas were in
attendance. Read more here. |
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Lithuania blow the
roof off in Izmir
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| Lithuania
have produced the comeback of the FIBA World Championship so far,
storming back from an 18-point third quarter deficit to dramatically
overrun Spain, 76-73, and keep their hopes of first place in Group D
alive. Spain’s loss sees them now likely to meet Greece in a thrilling
Eight Final match that highlights the depth of quality teams in this
tournament. Read more here. |
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Puerto Rico notch
first win
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Puerto
Rico registered their first win at the 2010 FIBA World Championship by
getting the better of China 84-76 in a fast pace game.
Angel Vassallo had 22 points and JJ Barea added 13 to go along with
nine assists. Read more here.
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Russia barely hold
off Ivory Coast
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Russia
just about survived a furious late rally by Ivory Coast to register a
72-66 win.
The Russians led 68-55 with 1:40 left to play, but Randoald Dessarzin’s
side charged back to get within 68-66 as Mouloukou Diabate stole the
ball from Sergei Bykov at midcourt and went in for a lay-up with 21
seconds to go. Read more here.
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August
30, 2010 - Day 3
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Brazil upset bid
falls just short against United States
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came, they saw, they survived. The United States got their first real
test of the FIBA World
Championship on Monday night and edged Brazil 70-68 as Leandro
Barbosa’s potential game-tying lay-up at the buzzer stayed out. In
probably the most thrilling encounter between the two countries since
the famous Oscar-inspired upset of the USA at the Pan American Games in
Indianapolis 23 years ago, the Brazilians and USA gave international
basketball a game to treasure. Read
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Australia finally
finds offensive rhythm to beat Germany
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After
three days of offensive struggle, Australia finally found the rim in
order to dominate Germany 78-43 in day three of the FIBA World
Championship. On day one the Australians struggled against Jordan and
had an
offensive burst early in the second game against Argentina, but this
time after falling down 2-0, they made a 12-0 run to be up 12-2 to
start their dominance. Read more here.
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Irrepressible
Slovenia edge Croatia
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hit Slovenia with everything they had and more but there was no
stopping the Green Machine from Ljubljana on Monday.In the frenetic
atmosphere of Istanbul’s Abdi Ipekci Arena with the
Slovenia fans once again creating a spectacle in Turkey at the FIBA
World Championship, Memi Becirovic’s men battled to an 91-84 Group B
victory. The Croatians led by as many as eight points in the second
quarter and took a 44-39 advantage to half-time but the Slovenians kept
the pressure on. Read more here. |
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Serbia dominates
Jordan as Teodosic makes his comeback
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Serbia
dominated Jordan 112-69 as their guard and captain Milos Teodosic
returned to action to open day 3 in Group A of the FIBA World
Championship. Teodosic quickly went to work as the Serbians dominated
from the start
and took off with a 9-0 run to be up 19-7 after a basket by Milenko
Tepic with 5:40 left. The first quarter ended 33-20 as Teodosic
accumulated 5 points and 4 assists. Read more here.
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August
29, 2010 - Day 2
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Turkey brush aside
Russia to remain undefeated
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Turkey
saw off Russia 65-56 in front of more than 10,000 fans at Ankara Arena
to stay undefeated in Group C of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Both
teams had the hot hand early as the game looked more like a
three-point shootout. The score was tied at nine with all points coming
from behind the arc. Read more here.
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Germany wins double
overtime thriller against Serbia
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Germany
needed two overtimes to beat Serbia 82-81 in the second day of
competition in Group A of the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
The game was well contested from the start, where the Serbaisn started
the game by going strong in the paint and had a balanced attack. The
first quarter ended 17-14 in favor of Serbia as Kosta Perovic, Novica
Velickovic and Milan Macvan scored 12 of those points. Read more here. |
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Croatia hold off
never-say-die Iran
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Croatia
bounced back from their opening-day mauling by the United States and
defeated a resilient Iran 75-54. In Sunday's second Group B encounter
at the Abdi Ipekci in Istanbul,
the Croatians only led 12-11 when their impressive young center Ante
Tomic buried a jump shot and Marko Tomas followed with a three-pointer.
Read more here.
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Durant dazzles and
it’s another Love affair as USA down Slovenia
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Team
USA passed another test with flying colors on Sunday at the FIBA World
Championship in Turkey with a 99-77 triumph over Slovenia. In front of
a raucous, festive Abdi Ipekci crowd - the majority of them
Slovenians - the Americans prevailed in Group B after getting
excellent performances from several players. Read more here.
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Angola gets hard
earned win over Jordan
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Angola
got their first win in the 2010 FIBA World Championship over Jordan
79-65 in the first game of day two as part of Group A in Kayseri.
Angola started the game with a 7-2 run and dominated most of the first
quarter, but Jordan came back thanks to their effort getting second
chance opportunities. A basket by Mousa Alawadi gave them a 17-16 lead
to finish the first quarter. Ayman Idais had 7 of the 17 points by
Jordan. Read more here.
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Lithuania lock down
Canada
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Lithuania
has secured a controversial and dramatic 70-68 win over Canada.
Jermaine Anderson had a chance to win the game for Canada on the final
buzzer but his three pointer lipped off the rim.
Canada appeared to have the game secured midway through the third
quarter when they led by 17, but the physicality of Lithuania at both
ends of the court literally locked the Canadians down and set up the
dramatic run that brought the 2000 travelling Lithuanian fans to fever
pitch. Read more here.
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August
28, 2010 - Day 1
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Argentina holds
down a tough German team
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Argentina
closed the first day of competition in Group A of the 2010 FIBA World
Championship by winning over Germany 78-74 at Kadir Has Arena. The
Argentinian team felt right at home, despite being very far from
their country as over 1,000 fans showed up to support them from start
to finish. Read more here.
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Gelabale, Albicy
spark famous victory
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France
has shown that practice match form counts for little with an amazing
72-66 upset victory over defending champion Spain in Izmir.
The Spanish defence had France in handcuffs for much of the first half,
but a late second quarter rally led by Mickael Gelabale and 20 year old
debutante Andrew Albicy (13 points) set up Les Bleus for a most
improbable victory. Read more here. |
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Americans rout
Croatia in opener
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The
United States broke open a close game in the second quarter and stormed
to a 106-78 victory over Croatia in the second Group B game of the day
in the Abdi Ipecki. The Croatians, on the back of excellent efforts
from the youngsters
Ante Tomic, Bojan Bogdanovic and Luksa Andric in the first quarter,
out-rebounded the USA 12-9 in the first quarter and only trailed 22-20.
Read more here.
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Serbia blows out
Angola 94-44
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Despite
losing two of their main weapons to a suspension, Serbia dominated
Angola 94-44 in the second game of Group A action in Kayseri. An
impressive shooting performance by Serbia early on, led by
Aleksandar Rasic, gave them a 20-6 lead after a 13-0 run. Rasic scored
14 points and shot 4-5 from three point range in the quarter. Read more
here.
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Emotional Lebanon
storm home
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A
disciplined 24-13 final quarter and the brilliance of stalwart Fadi El
Khatib have delivered an emotional 81-71 victory over Canada in Izmir,
which they celebrated with their vocal fans. For much of the game
Canada looked the better team, but a stunning
second half display by El Khatib (31 points, 8 rebounds) and strong
support from point guard Rony Fahed (17 points) and Matt Freije (12
points, 4/7 three pointers) allowed Lebanon to record their
come-from-behind victory. Read more here.
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Australia makes a
late run to avoid upset against Jordan
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Australia
avoided an early upset in the 2010 FIBA World Championship by beating
Jordan 76-75 in the opening of Group A action at Kadir Has Arena in
Kayseri. Jordan dominated most of the game led by the fine touch from
outside
from Zaid Abbas, who took control of the offense right at the start as
his team dominated 18-12. Abbas had 9 of the 18 points scored by his
team. Read more here.
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Greece survive
China’s second half rally
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Greece
used a three-point shooting barrage to take a comfortable lead early on
but were made to fight hard in the second half to edge out China 89-81.
Ioannis Bourousis hit two attempts from beyond the arc for a 14-5
advantage and the Greeks had their first double-digit lead, 23-12, on
Nikos Zisis’ three-point play with three minutes left in the first
quarter. Read more here.
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Slovenia blow out
Tunisia
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Slovenia
got their noses in front of tournament debutants Tunisia in the first
half and tore them apart in the second in the opening game of Group B
at the FIBA World Championship. Roared on by an estimated 3,000 of
their own fans at the Abdi Ipecki, Slovenia pulled away for a 80-56
triumph. Mehmed Becirovic's men encountered stiff resistance in the
early going
with Tunisia clawing back a double-digit deficit to just six points
late the second quarter. Read more here.
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