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The Eurobasket 2007 Ideal Five was announced after the final game with Andrei Kirilenko leading the nominations. Tournament leading scorer Dirk Nowitzki and Spanish superstar Pau Gasol were also named to the frontcourt, while the Euro-Pippen Ramunas Siskauskas and Spanish point guard Jose Calderon rounded out the five.
C- Pau Gasol
F- Dirk Nowitzki
F- Andrei Kirilenko
G- [...]
JR Holden stole the ball from Pau Gasol and then hit a jumper with 2 seconds remaining to give Russia the 60-59. And when Pau Gasol’s last second attempt rimmed-out, that gave Russia their first-ever Eurobasket championship over the hosts and favorites of the tournament, Spain. (game thread)
While some national teams had bigger [...]
Spain (7-1) and Russia (7-1) advanced to the finals of Eurobasket 2007, bringing an end to the nearly two-week tournament.
Spain: Russia @ 21:30, September 16, 2007 (game thread)
The final game will be played exactly one-week to the day when Russia’s only loss came at the hands of the Spanairds in the second round. Russia [...]
Led by an all-around play from Victor Khryapa (16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists) and JR Holden’s 15 points, Russia defeated France 75-71 yesterday in what turned out to be a free-throw accuracy contest towards the end the game.
With 24 seconds remaining in the game and the game tied at 69 a piece, twelve [...]
The final eight teams have advanced into the next round with a chance to capture two available berths to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. With Turkey, Italy, Portugal and Israel eliminated, the tournament is down to the elite eight teams. Check out the following previews below and discuss the game in the related game [...]
Greece 81: Croatia 78
Vasillis Spanoulis hit a long three at the buzzer to give Greece an exciting victory over Croatia. Marko Popovic hit two free-throws to tie the game at 78, with seven second remaining. Spanoulis, known as Kill Bill because of his fearlessness, took the inbound pass, raced up court, [...]
EuroBasket 2007 commenced yesterday, here’s a quick recap of all the games…
Slovenia 69: Italy 68
The game of the night had to be Slovenia-Italy, as the two teams changed leads four times in the last 30 seconds.
The Italians had made a furious comeback, after being down 13 with just five minutes remaining. Massimo Bulleri [...]
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