Eurobasket 2011 Final - France vs. Spain

by Tim C. on Sep 18, 2011 1:21 PM CDT in Outside the League

Tony and Nando will try to lead France to an unprecedented European Championship today.
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The winner of Eurobasket 2011 will be decided today. On one side, there's the French team, including Tony Parker, Nando De Colo, Nicolas Batum, Joakim Noah, and some others that play high-level European basketball professionally. On the other side will be heavy favorites Spain, including the Gasol brothers, Serge Ibaka, Ricky Rubio, Jose Calderon, Juan Carlos Navarro, and... well, I think you get the idea. This may be the first time that so much NBA talent has met in the final of a European championship, so it bears watching.

This game is LIVE right now. Watch here or follow the box score here.

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25-20 Spain after the first quarter.

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by Tim C. on Sep 18, 2011 1:23 PM CDT reply actions

That was such a cheap foul against Tony

by mcmccaleb on Sep 18, 2011 1:41 PM CDT reply actions

yeah cheap flagrant by fernandez. hope tony’s ok

by i luv this site on Sep 18, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah, what’s the deal with fernandez, is he a maverick or something?

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by the little o on Sep 19, 2011 7:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Batum, makin’ plays. Too bad they’re still down 5.

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by Tim C. on Sep 18, 2011 1:44 PM CDT reply actions

50-41 Spain at halftime. France is going to have to find its defensive footing(i.e. allow less than 60% shooting) if they want to take home the gold.

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by Tim C. on Sep 18, 2011 1:50 PM CDT reply actions

Yikes this got ugly. 84-69 Spain.

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by Tim C. on Sep 18, 2011 2:35 PM CDT reply actions

Well, that’s a wrap – Spain wins Eurobasket. Parker finished the day with 26 pts, 5 rebs and 4asts. De Colo had 2 points, 1 assist, and 2 TOs – ouch.

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by Tim C. on Sep 18, 2011 2:51 PM CDT reply actions

I think the Olympics are gonna be pretty good. Argentina, Spain, France,Turkey and Lithuania look pretty good and might be serious threats to USA. Germany has a good player by the name of Robin Benzing that makes them tough when he is playing solid along with Dirk and Kaman. I know Turkey’s backcourt isn’t that great but if Hedo is playing well they can beat anybody with there big guys being as solid as they are. Kanter looked solid in the tournament for them.

I can’t wait to see how everything works out in the Olympics

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by gunnin' gervin on Sep 20, 2011 12:07 PM CDT reply actions

turkey and germany are oficially out of the olympics. Only France and Spain get a place, and the 3rd, 4th and 5th get to play a qualyfication tournament (Russia, Lithuania and Macedonia).

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by Chilai on Sep 21, 2011 2:30 AM CDT up reply actions