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Celtics add Uruguayan center Esteban Batista

The Boston Celtics continue to fill the spots around their new trio of superstars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. On Thursday, they added Esteban Batista and Dahntay Jones to their training camp roster that will be touring Italy this month. Both signed non-guaranteed contracts.
Esteban Batista had a fantastic performance in the [...]

Reversal of Fortunes: Puerto Rico up, Brazil down

Puerto Rico 97: Brazil 75
The answer to the question: What’s Up with Puerto Rico? may have been answered. Maybe they needed something to wake them up. Just yesterday, they were only two minutes away from being eliminated and leaving Las Vegas for good.
Puerto Rico’s future depended on the outcome of [...]

TOA Day Five: USA Blasts Brazil, Argentina Survives.

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. [...]

TOA Recap: Undefeated Brazil and USA to Meet Today

USA 123: Canada 59 After demolishing the Virgin Islands 123-59 on Thursday, the United States used a balanced offensive attack and strong defense to rout Canada 113-63. Again, the Americans were led in scoring by Carmelo Anthony with 25 points and sharpshooter Michael Redd with 19 points (5 three pointers). Olu [...]

Fiba Americas Recap: USA Wins Big, Uruguay wins Small & Mexico Stuns Puerto Rico

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 [...]