Official FIBA World Championship Thread (and long preview)

[Theo Papaloukas]

Croatia-Germany 77:76
Croatia: Roko-Leni Ukic 18, Marko Banic 14, Marko Tomas 10, Ante Tomic 7, Luka Zoric 7
Germany: Demond Greene 11, Lucca Staiger 9, Benzig 9, Steffen Hamann 8, Tibor Pleiss 8, Harris 8, Jan-Hendrick Jagla 8

Greece-Russia 101:63
Greece: Antonis Fotsis 20, Ioannis Bourousis 16, Nikolaos Zisis 12, Stratos Perperoglou 11
Russia: Sergey Bykov 17, Alexey Shved 10, Timofey Mozgov 9

Spain-Lithuania 97:76
Spain: R. Fernández (7), J. Navarro (17), J. Calderón (10), M. Gasol (14), J. Garbajosa (0), R. Rubio (8 and 8 assists), F. Reyes (11), V. Claver (4), F. Vázquez (6), A. Mumbrú (8). F. San Emeterio (8), C. Suárez (4)

Lithuania: M. Lukauskis (3), S. Jasaitis (11), L. Kleiza (15), R. Javtokas (4), A. Eitutavicius (2), J. Maciulis (12), G. Gustas (0), T. Delininkaitis (14), T. Klamavicius (2), P. Jankunas (2), M. Gecevicius (2), M. Pocius (9), M. Andriuskevicius (0)


Brazil-Venezuela 92:50
Brazil: Guilherme Giovannoni (13), Marquinhos Vinicius (13), Anderson Varejao (13), Murilo Backer (11), Marcelinho Machado(11), Leandro Barbosa (1)
Venezuela: Romero (8), Urbina (8)
Nene didn't play, and no one played more than 23 minutes.

France-Tunisia 77:44
France: Batum (14), Ajinça (10), Pietrus (8), De Colo (8)
Tunisia: Mejri (10, Maoua (8)

Turkey-New Zealand 87:65
Turkey: Ersan Ilysaova (14), Hedo Turkoglu (12), Kerem Tunceri (12) New Zealand: Kirk Penney (13), Phill Jones (13)

Serbia beat Iran 96-68 but no stats for that yet.

[Despot_Stefan]

Stats from Serbia - Iran:

Iran: Bahrami (24), Haddadi (16), Kamrani (10)

Serbia: Rasic (16), Raduljica (14), Keselj (13), Tepic (12), Krstic (12)

[Vin20]

Spain vs. Slovenia at 8pm (spain).

[BarbaGrizz]

Brasil 89 x 59 Angola
Both Nene and Splitter didn´t play
stats coming soon

[AdamTheGreek]

Surprised we absolutely raped Russia like that. Diamantidis, Zisis, and Calathes all got hurt though. Hopefully nothing too serious.

[The Skyhook]

Spain vs. Slovenia at 8pm (spain).

Nice Rubio vs Dragic. Should be a good match up.

[GloriaJames]

Where can I watch these games?

[RipCityLives]

Where can I watch these games?

LOL "gloria james" hahaha. Spain beat Slovenia 88-68. No more games now.

[Theo Papaloukas]

Greece d. Croatia 90-81
Greece: Nick Kalathis 22 and 9 assists, Antonis Fotsis 17, Ioannis Bourousis 13, Costas Tsartsari 12, Dimitris Diamantidis 10
Croatia: Roko-Leni Ukic 19, Davor Kus 14, Luksa Andric 14, Bojan Bogdanovic 13   
Calathes and Tsartsaris have been killing it in the friendlies. They look like locks. Calathes was 8-10 from the field and hit 3/4 3s.

Germany d. Russia 76-73
Russia: Timofey Mozgov 17, Sergey Bykov 11, Andrey Vorontsevich 10
Germany: Robin Benzing 20, Jan-Hendrick Jagla 20, Christopher McNaughton 10

Spain d. Slovenia 88-68
Spain: Rudy Fernandez 19, Marc Gasol 18, Victor Claver 10
Slovenia: Goran Dragic 16, Primoz Brezec 9, Jaka Lakovic 9

Brazil d. Angola 86-59
Brazil: Leandro Barbosa 15, Marcelo Machado 13, Anderson Varejao 11 and 8 rebs, Marcus Vinicius 11 and 7 rebs
Angola: Carlos Morais 19, Eduardo Mingas 8

Puerto Rico d. Argentina 96-89
Puerto Rico: PJ Ramos 21, Nathan Peavy 19, Ricky Sanchez 11
Argentina: Luis Scola 22, Carlos Delfino 10

Iran (B Team) d. Japan 72-68
Iran: Davoudichegani 14, Asghar Kardoust 14 and 13 rebs, Zadeh 13
Japan: Takumi Ishikazi 20, Kosuke Takeuchi 17  

Eurobasket 2011 Qualifying

Israel d. Latvia 110-88
Israel: Omri Casspi 21 and 8 rebs, Yotam Halperin 18, David Bluthenthal 17, Lior Eliyahu 16
Latvia: Rihards Kuksiks 24 (7 3s), Janis Strelnieks 17

Italy d. Finland 82-73
Italy: Andrea Bargnani 24, Marco Bellinelli 15, Andrea Maestranzi 10
Finland: Teemu Rannikko 27, Petri Virtanen 13

United Kingdom d. Macedonia 104-96
UK: Luol Deng 23, 11 rebs, 9 asts, Pops Mensah-Bonsu 27 points and 9 rebs, Andrew Sullivan 17 and 9 rebs
Macedonia: Bo McCalebb 30, Pero Antic 16

Hungary d. Bosnia 74-70
Hungary: Adam Hanga 18, Akos Horvath 17
Bosnia: Nemanja Gordic 15, Edin Bavcic 14

Bulgaria d. Poland 74-70
Bulgaria: Filip Videnov 26, Earl Calloway 12, Stefan Georgiev 12
Poland: Maciej Lampe 18 and 11 rebs, Thomas Kelati 17, Marcin Gortat 10 and 12 rebs

Belgium d. Portugal 78-69
Belgium: Beye Tabu-Eboma 23, Alex Hervelle 15, Roel Moors 15
Portugal: Heshimu Evans 19, Joao Santos 13, Miguel Miranda 12

Sweden d. Belarus 75-66
Sweden: Jonas Jerebko 22 and 11 rebs, Rudy Mbemba 14
Belarus, Alex Kudryavtsev 16, Pavel Ulyanko 13

[AdamTheGreek]

Greece took down Croatia 90-81. Calathes led the way with 22 points and 9 assists.

[ahonui06]

No Carl English for Canada. He's not in camp and will not be available for the WC due to injury.

I remember going to the University of Hawaii games and watching Carl English play.

[ahonui06]

Rubio vs Rondo is gonna be great.

Great if you're a Rondo fan. Rubio has nothing on Rondo.

[almatic]

Rubio vs Rondo is gonna be great.

Great if you're a Rondo fan. Rubio has nothing on Rondo.

Oh please.

[ahonui06]

Rubio vs Rondo is gonna be great.

Great if you're a Rondo fan. Rubio has nothing on Rondo.

Oh please.

Rondo plays in the NBA, won a championship as a starting PG, is an excellent defender.

Rubio doesn't play in the NBA.

[linged]

Rubio is 4 years younger. We can judge in 5 years what Rubio has on Rondo and what not.
That is simply not a debate for the next 3 years.

[UGA Hayes]

Interesting about Calathes. When he entered the draft Hollingers draft rater thing, which I think is pretty good for non-freshman rated him really high and he went on record saying he is absolutely an NBA talent. How did he do in Europe this year.

Also Maciej Lampe played in a summer league game for the CAvs this year and I was sort of impressed. He was in much better shape and more mobile than I remember in his first go around. Seemed to me like he could stick in the right situation

[ahonui06]

Interesting about Calathes. When he entered the draft Hollingers draft rater thing, which I think is pretty good for non-freshman rated him really high and he went on record saying he is absolutely an NBA talent. How did he do in Europe this year.

Also Maciej Lampe played in a summer league game for the CAvs this year and I was sort of impressed. He was in much better shape and more mobile than I remember in his first go around. Seemed to me like he could stick in the right situation

Maciej Lampe just dropped 18 and 11 while his Polish Hammer teammate, Marcin Gortat had 10 and 12. I think Lampe could definitely find a roster spot somewhere when people like Kwame Brown still manage to stay in the league.

Calathes definitely is developing well in Greece for the Mavs. He would be a great option for Dallas once his contract is complete overseas.

[Greek]

Interesting about Calathes. When he entered the draft Hollingers draft rater thing, which I think is pretty good for non-freshman rated him really high and he went on record saying he is absolutely an NBA talent. How did he do in Europe this year.

Also Maciej Lampe played in a summer league game for the CAvs this year and I was sort of impressed. He was in much better shape and more mobile than I remember in his first go around. Seemed to me like he could stick in the right situation

Every player who is playing for coach Obradovic, has 2 options. Be great or be lost. Well looks like that Calathes and Tepic are the recent bets of him. I guess that we will not miss Papaloukas at all after all...

[ahonui06]

Interesting about Calathes. When he entered the draft Hollingers draft rater thing, which I think is pretty good for non-freshman rated him really high and he went on record saying he is absolutely an NBA talent. How did he do in Europe this year.

Also Maciej Lampe played in a summer league game for the CAvs this year and I was sort of impressed. He was in much better shape and more mobile than I remember in his first go around. Seemed to me like he could stick in the right situation

Every player who is playing for coach Obradovic, has 2 options. Be great or be lost. Well looks like that Calathes and Tepic are the recent bets of him. I guess that we will not miss Papaloukas at all after all...

Good job Greece, but why is Calathes playing on the Greek National Team?

[AdamTheGreek]

Because of one of his parents being Greek. Wasn't good enough to make the U.S. team. Simple as that really. Wasn't a fan of him at all, but he's coming along really well.