Interbasket

FIBA’s Olympic World Qualifying Tournament is coming to a close tomorrow and there are only four national teams remaining; Croatia, Germany, Greece and Puerto Rico, and only three of those four teams will make the Olympics.
The four teams will play in semi-final action today, and the final game between the today’s losers semifinals will [...]

It’s hard to keep up with basketball news when your niche is to cover the world.  I know we could do more in covering the world’s basketball news, but sometimes time doesn’t permit.  In response to that, we have started the Global Run-On Sentence which will serve to give quick hits and shotd of global [...]

USA 113: Brazil 76
What was supposed to be the United State’s toughest test turned into another blowout. Team USA continued their dominance of group B by manhandling Brazil last night 113-76.
Brazil did hang tough for about one quarter and a half, but was eventually overwhelmed by Team USA’s offensive prowess and fantastic defense. [...]

USA vs. Venezuela: 112:69
Carmelo Anthony and Michael Redd each scored 17 points as the United States defense forced Venezuela into 19 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire added 16 and 14 points for the US. Greivis Vasquez, an incoming freshman at Maryland, scored 12 points for Venezuela on 3-11 shooting. The US [...]

Preparation for Eurobasket and the Tournament of the Americas continued as National Teams from all over the world competed in friendly matches and regional cups.
In the Tuto Marchand Continental Cup, Brazil captured the cup by defeating the previously-unbeaten Canadian National Team. Marcos Viera scored 14 points for Brazil, and JP Batista and Marcelo Machado [...]