EuroBasket

[Blazer4ever]

France beat Latvia, 10 Points and 4 rebounds for Batum. Will play Israel in a few hours - A game I will watch on TV!

Finland almost upset Croatia but couldn't. Pettery with 14 points and 6 assists.

Spain beat Poland by just 5 Points, Claver was non-factor (no points, 3 TOs, 1 rebound). Rudy played just 12 minutes, not taking a 3 pointer and making 2/3 from 2-point range.

Joel Freeland had 14 points and 4 rebounds in a loss against Lithuania. Luol Deng led the team in almost every category; a guy named Daniel Clark was the other big-man starting and had 8 rebounds. Deng had 10 (rebs) and 25 Points.

http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/default.asp

 

[jlprk]

Good all-inclusive summary.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

France beat Latvia, 10 Points and 4 rebounds for Batum. Will play Israel in a few hours - A game I will watch on TV!

Finland almost upset Croatia but couldn't. Pettery with 14 points and 6 assists.

Spain beat Poland by just 5 Points, Claver was non-factor (no points, 3 TOs, 1 rebound). Rudy played just 12 minutes, not taking a 3 pointer and making 2/3 from 2-point range.

Joel Freeland had 14 points and 4 rebounds in a loss against Lithuania. Luol Deng led the team in almost every category; a guy named Daniel Clark was the other big-man starting and had 8 rebounds. Deng had 10 (rebs) and 25 Points.

http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/default.asp

You're now the anointed S2 Euro correspondent.

 

[illmatic99]

Nic has played the whole half against Israel and has 7 pts and 3 steals. Parker leading the way with 12. France up 7. You can follow PbP here: http://live.fibaeurope.com/www/Game.aspx?acc=1&gameID=9608&lng=en

You can also watch it on espn3.com.

 

[illmatic99]

Nic now has 6 steals.

 

[illmatic99]

Nic finishes with 15pts, 6 stls, 2 rebs in about 33 mins.

 

[Blazer4ever]

Nic with his usual game. The perfect role-player. 6 steals, some rebounds, some assists. A dunk from a baseline-out-of-bounds pass, a beautiful alley-oop lay-in, a fast-break dunk after a steal going all the way by himself, a couple of 3 pointers. Didn't catch the %'s but from what I've seen (missed about half of the 2nd quarter) they should be very good.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Meanwhile Claver is getting zero burn against poor opponents, but is still managing to shoot 0%.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Britain just has too little talent and Freeland was very frustrated against Turkey. Deng looks slow but is still their only good player and is trying to do it all himself.

Meanwhile, an ex-Blazer who is actually looking pretty good is Sergei Monia. After Khryapa's injuries he's probably Russia's second-best player (or third, because in international play Mozgov is pretty valuable) and he's a great wing defender.

 

[illmatic99]

Didn't catch the %'s but from what I've seen (missed about half of the 2nd quarter) they should be very good.

6/9 FG, 2/4 from 3.

http://live.fibaeurope.com/www/Game.aspx?acc=1&gameID=9608&lng=en

 

[illmatic99]

France vs. Germany today @ 2pm EST on espn3.

Nic or Diaw will guard Dirk probably, with Noah taking Kaman. This should be the best game of the tournament so far.

 

[THE HCP]

Just updated my flash player........ let's roll.

 

[THE HCP]

just started fams!

 

[THE HCP]

I have mad respect for wherever this game is being played! They are actually warming up to the Wu-Tang Clan! Basketball and the Wu!!!!!!! All things in the world are right!

 

[THE HCP]

Nic is guarding the Nazi's PG.

 

[THE HCP]

Nic with a sick dunk........ didn't count!

 

[THE HCP]

Nic from downtown....... BAM!

 

[THE HCP]

Is it me... or am i the only one posting in this game thread?

 

[THE HCP]

Nevermind...... now they are playing MC Hammer! I'm out!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The French team rely on Parker almost as much as GB relies on Deng. Parker is better, though. Weren't we supposed to be getting him? He's so much quicker than, basically everyone else. If the final isn't France-Spain then there was a major upset somewhere. (Or Parker got injured.) Noah has really improved the French team. Now they can just clamp down.

I watched Spain-GB. It was painful. Freeland looked depressingly scrub-like. Ben Gordon should be kicking himself for not playing for GB - he would RULE in this environment. It would be the NCAAs all over again.

 

[illmatic99]

France vs Italy about to start in about 10 mins.

 

[jlprk]

Thanks for keeping everyone up to date, Yuyuza. I don't get ESPN3 so the best I have is

http://live.fibaeurope.com/www/Game.aspx?acc=1&gameID=9628&lng=en

but for some reason that overfills my screen and I can't see the bottom portion.

 

[illmatic99]

You can also watch here: http://mumbojumbo-040911.blogspot.com/p/channel-2.html

Nic has 3 dunks in the first 2 mins. Horrible D by ITA.

 

[illmatic99]

Nic is tearing these fools apart. 8 out of France's first 10 pts.

 

[jlprk]

Fantastic. I have video. Thanks. I barely hear it at maximum volume, but this is sure better than a box score. Italy up by 7 because of Bargnani.

 

[illmatic99]

OH SHIT. NIC is involved in some sort of altercation.

 

[illmatic99]

You can find other links here: http://www.lshunter.tv/basketball-live-streaming-video.html

 

[illmatic99]

Italy has some greasy looking mfers in there.

 

[jlprk]

I checked 9 of the 11 sites (2 required registration) but none were in English, so I'll stick with your original one in English and keep my ear next to the speaker.

That argument involving Batum and others lasted only about 10 seconds. If Stern were in charge, everyone would be suspended a game, but in the rest of world, it's no problem.

The Italian coach is the stereotype of Italian arm gesturing.

 

[jlprk]

Batum dribbles fullcourt fast, has to be fouled on the way to the layup. If McMillan tried the fast break, it would generate opponent fouls like that. France has come back and is down 2.

Italy has the big men and France has the other positions. If these teams merged it would be a good balanced NBA team. 56-53 Italy.