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Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall hold the NBA record for more three-pointers hit in one NBA game. Both Bryant and Marshall recorded 12 three pointers in a single NBA game. Bryant accomplished the feat when the Lakers played Seattle on January 7, 2003. Marshall did it even more recently, when his Toronto Raptors took on [...]
Posted by Basket-Spot on 13 Mar 2010 at 12:04 pm under Mexico
Two Halcones (falcons) met yesterday in the Mexican LNBP playoff finals, but only one of them is getting used to collecting titles. (Discuss Mexican Basketball in our forum) Halcones Xalapa downed Halcones Rojos Veracruz 89-79 in game five of the best-of-seven series and claimed their third consecutive championship and the fourth in the history of [...]
Romel Beck, a 6’8, 195lb guard/forward who has played with the Mexican National Team the last several years, has signed on with the Houston Rockets. The 27-year old Beck will compete with Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and summer-league guards Will Conroy and Garrett Temple for the final roster spot. The spot opened up when the Rockets decided [...]
Posted by editor on 31 Aug 2009 at 11:15 am under Mexico
After a loss to Puerto Rico, 81-66 in Mexico‘s first game of the FIBA Americas Championships, there was bickering about that the teams leading scorer, Romel Beck, was being too selfish. “There’s some unrest within the team,” Mexico’s head coach Arturo Guerrero admitted. “Beck started taking shots against five defensive players. That clearly bothered our guys.” Hearing these complaints [...]
Posted by Stuart Leung on 30 Aug 2009 at 9:29 am under Mexico, Uruguay
San Juan, PR – Mexico and Uruguay, two teams that got into a bench-clearing fight leading up to the FIBA Americas, will face off again today. The match will kick off the fifth and final day of the preliminary round of the 2009 FIBA Americas tournament. Coming into the game, Mexico (1-2) and Uruguay (2-1) [...]
Canada just laid down a beat down on Mexico in the 2009 FIBA Americas Tournament. Canada won their first match of the tournament, laying an emphatic 95-40 win over Mexico, a victory margin of 55 points. Coming into the game, Canada was favored to win, but no one expected the slaughter we saw today. Five [...]
Posted by Stuart Leung on 24 Aug 2009 at 6:51 pm under FIBA, Mexico
After holding a glimmer of hope that Eduardo Nájera may don the green and red for Mexico, that hope crashed when the NBA ruled that it wasn’t in their best interest. It was announced today that the 10-year NBA veteran will not participate in this year’s FIBA Americas Championships. Najera was unable to receive clearance [...]
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