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Montenegro qualified.

 

Latvia was very close. One of their players scored a silly double  when they only needed 3 near the end. There was no hurry either as they had plenty possession time left.

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hace 1 hora, intoronto said:

If they use the World Rankings, Canada will most likely be in the group of death 

 

I mean, if you land in a group with Argentina and Brazil that would be the best thing that could happen to Canada, with the olympics in perspective.

 

I know it will probably be not possible due to rules or sth though. 

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Finland entered the last quarter winning by 7 and got destroyed by 22 points in it Russia in.

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Wow interesting results today.

 

Now we have Russia-Finland, Serbia-Israel "mano a mano".

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Well, fortunately in the other group Philippines has still to play weak KAZ & QAT. JPN has QAT as well but tough away match with IRN. I would say both can reach 7 victories and "beat" the other pool 4th (5th?) placer.

 

I really hope we don't see both of those garbage teams qualifying. At the very least I don't see Jordan winning both matches and ending with 7-5 record.

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It's just two good teams that won't qualify though... You make it seem like USA, Spain, Lithuania, etc failed too.

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^must be the Wilfredo León of basketball.

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1 hour ago, thepharoah said:

Men's African teams have full Squads from Europe and even 1 or 2 in NBA but they always suck , the Girls rule 

 

Because it's easier to "climb the ladder" in women's sport (since it's less developed) than it is in men's, it's the same in all team sports.

 See for example Brazil handball national teams: both have almost all players in european leagues since a few years but the women have reached a higher level in less time.

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Victory over puerto rico and virtual qualification for WC. Only need one more win, but maybe not even that would be needed.

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And finally... the day came: Ginobili retires from basketball.

 

Euroleague, Olympic and NBA x 4 champion, NBA All-Star x2. Up there with Gasol as the most succesful non-american basketball player ever.

 

Even though I'm not a huge basketball fan he was protagonist of some of the fondest childhood memories I have about sport.

 

Farewell Manu  

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We lost the americup after leading by 20 pts against a USA team with majority of D-League players

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Ok, I have lost any respect for lithuanian basketball today. Hope they get smashed by Australia

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hace 3 minutos, Milan said:

 

I wasn't aware of this too. In this case there is quite much on the line tonight for Argentina. They certainly don't want to be in danger of ending 4th in this group.

 

 

Well, to be honest I think we would lose to any team from the other group  but we already won our "gold medal" against Brazil, in a sense.

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hace 2 minutos, crovitlaci said:

 

Yes. Plus there's a link on Spanish in which you are apparently accusing us and Lithuanians of fixing the match (I don't know Spanish so you can clarify me even more):

 

http://masdeporte.as.com/masdeporte/2016/08/14/juegosolimpicos/1471202612_831983.html

 

 

Well, the guy is right. I don't know if Croatia is into this, but with Lithuania is very evident that they tried to "cover all the bases".

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hace 8 minutos, crovitlaci said:

 

No. If Spain wins and if we win you are 4th 

 

If that happens we would have 4 teams with 3-2 record, and matches amongst those teams would be considered:

Spain 2-1 (win against Lithuania and Argentina)

Croatia 2-1 (win against Lithuania and Spain)

Lithuania 1-2 (win against Argentina)

Argentina 1-2 (win against Croatia)

 

Lithuania would be ahead of you because of h2h.

 

Are you sure? so the head to head is "subdivided"? I thought that if all have the same record and same points between the tied teams the following to break tie is goal difference (which Lithuania clearly loses).

 

If it's not like that then Lithuania lowering their pants vs Spain now makes sense...

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So if Spain wins Croatia-Lithuania basically play to see who avoids 4th place.

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hace 1 minuto, crovitlaci said:

 

?

 

If we lose to Lithuania we are 4th.

 

oooh right I forgot you are 2-2, I took for granted that every team beat Nigeria

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We'll lose to Spain 99% sure, so Brazil won't make it sadly. I hope Croatia beats Lithuania later though, so we avoid 4th place.

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There is something very strange about this result... I mean, 50 point difference? Lithuania?

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oh great, now Spain will lose to someone on purpose to finish 3rd in case they can't get 1st

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Super 4 Tournament - Day 3 Results

 

 86 - 77      

 86 - 79     

 

Final Standings

 3-0

 2-1

 1-2

 0-3

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Super 4 Tournament - Day 2 Results

 

 76 - 70   

 74 - 79   

 

Standings

 2-0

 1-1

 1-1

 0-2

 

 

I have to say that Delfino is playing exceptionally well for someone who hasn't played a single match in 3 years.

 

Also, Teodosic got injured in a finger in the last quarter and didn't play the last minutes. Hope it isn't serious.

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Super 4 Tournament - Day 1 Results

 

 105 - 88  

 97 - 78  

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All Argentina friendlies so far:

 

 92 - 96  

 101 - 79  

 74 - 111  

 83 - 84  

 86 - 85  

 

Today starts friendly tournament in Cordoba with  

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Argentina Team   

 

PG- Facundo Campazzo

PG- Nicolás Laprovittola

SG- Emanuel Ginóbili

SG- Nicolás Brussino

SG- Patricio Garino

SF- Carlos Delfino

SF- Andres Nocioni

SF- Gabriel Deck

PF- Luis Scola

PF- Leonardo Mainoldi

C- Marcos Delía

C- Roberto Acuña