Eurobasket '09: France and Spain Get It On

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Sep 17, 2009 9:08 AM CDT

What a tough draw for a France team that has dominated the tournament. This should be a hell of a war. Tip off is 2:00pm Spurs time (I think).

You can find links to the box score and updates for the game at EuroBasket's home page.

I don't have time to give you a proper LatinD style preview, but I can tell you this: there are a lot of NBA players in this game. France, as we know, has Tony Parker, Rony Turiaf, Nicolas Batum, Boris Diaw, Ian Mahinmi (if he's healthy yet), and SpurNando. Spain has the Geico cavemen (Marc and Pau), Rudy Fernandez, former NBA-baller turned I'm-getting-the-hell-out-of-Memphis Juan Carlos Navarro, former NBA-baller Jorge Garbajosa, Raul Lopez (who I think played a couple years in the NBA, but it could be a different Raul), and three young guys who were all drafted this last year. Sergio Llull, Victor Claver, and some dude named Ricky Rubio.

You can bet the BlazersEdge guys will be watching this one with both Batum and Fernandez playing.

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Thanks, Wayne. I was making a preview yesterday, but didn’t have time to finish it. But yeah, France drew the one low-seeded team nobody wants to play – should be a really tough game.

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by Tim C. on Sep 17, 2009 12:17 PM CDT reply actions

Wow France is getting the crap kicked out of them it looks like. Down 32 – 47 at the half . Parker and de Colo both have 4…

by joe20 on Sep 17, 2009 2:54 PM CDT reply actions

And still no Yawn

Yup, they’re getting tore up and Yawn still hasn’t seen entered the fray!

"Some defeats are only installments to victory." Jacob Riis.

by tiagocometh on Sep 17, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Woops!

hasn’t ~~seen~~ entered the fray!

"Some defeats are only installments to victory." Jacob Riis.

by tiagocometh on Sep 17, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions

France is making a spirited run with TP on the bench. Still don’t have muchof a chance . . . now TP is back in.

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by pollackj on Sep 17, 2009 3:27 PM CDT reply actions

Spain got it on. France got it put on them. 86-66.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Sep 17, 2009 3:55 PM CDT reply actions

Poor Frenchies.

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by silverandblack_davis on Sep 17, 2009 6:45 PM CDT reply actions

Damn. I was hoping Mr. Gasol would lose and then be able to get a little rest before camp. We got some serious ass to kick this season – in the West especially. We’re gonna need him to be fresh.

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by olf on Sep 17, 2009 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions