France Beats Italy In OT - A Eurobasket Game Thread

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:01 PM CDT

For those who care, the Tony Parker-less French beat the Italians by 3 in overtime.

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Diaw and Batum are leading the French team in scoring.

Nando has 4 points in 13 minutes.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:01 PM CDT reply actions

SpurNANDO with the 3-ball to take the lead.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions

Question for Chilai: Is following a EuroBasket qualifying tournament more or less pathetic than talking about the schedule?

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions

More.

In other news, Argentina spanked Brazil last night and Scola played well.

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by LatinD on Aug 5, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Did Splitter play?

by BlaseE on Aug 5, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Nope. Brazil is using unknown players that suck. So many airballs…

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by LatinD on Aug 5, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions

It looks like overtime.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:26 PM CDT reply actions

Your link… not so good…

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Try this:

http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/

Then click on the ‘Live’ above the game on the right.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks… Here is the quick version of it.

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope France pulls it off. If they win the whole issue with Parker dissipates faster

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:37 PM CDT reply actions

looks pretty good for them.

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by Tim C. on Aug 5, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions

France up 3 with 20 seconds left in OT.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:38 PM CDT reply actions

Italy turned it over. France ball with 14 seconds left. I’d say that’ll do it, but I remember Celtics-Spurs this past season…

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by Tim C. on Aug 5, 2009 3:39 PM CDT reply actions

Is Manu playing for the Italians??

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions

France wins 80-77. Batum was a monster.

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by Tim C. on Aug 5, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions

Pietrus was a similar kind of monster according to the numbers

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Different Pietrus.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions

ah..

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Belinelli had 26 for the Italians.

Batum and F. Pietrus had 20 for the French. A lot of Batum’s points came late.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:42 PM CDT reply actions

Changing topics…. does anybody know who Renaldo Balkman is?

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:43 PM CDT reply actions

Im glad you asked LE… He plays for the Nuggets… and I bet the name sounds extremely familiar to you doesnt it?

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Well yes it does but I cannot put my finger on it…

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Let me help you with a quote from Manu’s wikipedia:

He is also the first non-U.S. player to win both the NBA championship ring and the Olympic gold medal, and only the second Latin American to be selected to play in an NBA All-Star game (after Panama’s Rolando Blackman).

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions

WoWOOWOW a Panamanian basketball player played in the NBA’s all-star game!!! Why did nobody in Panama take the trouble of letting me know?

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions

What do Renaldo Balkman and Rolando Blackman have to do with each other?

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions

The name sounds the same in my head

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions

I know.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I was just messing with you for the shameless promotion of your Panamanian heritage. Do you guys have any identifying socialization characteristics we can mock like writing in ALL CAPS?

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions

The last generation actually does. For example my mother insists on writing many official documents in her business in all caps. Now that she has some American clients I promptly suggested to change the bad habit.

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions

And even though I heard the name before I never realized that he was actually a good NBA player. During my childhood I dont remember anyone being excited about him. It turns out I could have been a Maverick fan if people in Panama were a little more proud. It was just shocking to finally figure all this out.

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 5, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Rolando had an exceptional NBA career. He wasn’t just a borderline guy. I’d say he was about like Ray Allen. A very good shooting guard.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Aug 5, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I remember watching a late game when I was a kid (must have been a Friday or Saturday night, otherwise, I’d never have been allowed to be up so late) Houston at Dallas, and he was just killing the Rockets from all over the court — but what stands out is a couple of shots he nailed from the corner. I was way too young to comprehend offensive & defensive tactics. I just remember wondering how he could get open over and over for those shots, and how they all seemed to go in.

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by J.R. Wilco on Aug 6, 2009 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Thanks for the stories. I feel like you are feeling a dark void in my heart.

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 6, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Filling

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by LasEspuelas on Aug 6, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions

When I was writing the above, it made me remember another Rockets game I watched on TV in grade school. An overtime game in Denver, back when they had the old jerseys . First time I ever heard Rock and Roll Part 2. And they played it at every timeout (of which there were many) to the point that I thought that it must be the Nuggets’ fight song or something.

The main recollections are of the crowd going nuts as they waited to shout during the pauses in the song, and I remember English hitting all these jumpers while I was just tied up in knots over whether or not Houston would pull the game out.

I don’t think they did, but I sure remember that song

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by J.R. Wilco on Aug 6, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions

this reminded me of strangers with candy for some reason….I think I thought that was the principal’s name but he was Onyx Blackman and her friend was Orlando which just has the first two letter switched from Rolando….

sorry for the bad picture…all the good ones were blocked from work…

by BlaseE on Aug 6, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions

Hipuks is contagious, apparently.

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by Tim C. on Aug 5, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I’ve caught streptococcus hipuksicus a time or two, but it’s usually just the 12 hour version that clears up before you can even get in to the dr’s office.

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by J.R. Wilco on Aug 6, 2009 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions