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Andrew Bogut’s 22 leads the way as Australia defeats Russia

Australia 95: Russia 80 -  in a small upset, Australia rolled over favored-Russia 95-80.
The Boomers used a 10-2 spurt in the final two minutes of the first quarter to take an eleven-point lead after one period, and built it to a 16-point distance at halftime.
The Aussies were bolstered throughout the game by their  three-point shooting, [...]

Olympics Day One Recap: Lithuania defeats Argentina on Kleiza three; Spain, USA, Croatia win

Day one of Olympic Basketball has finished with Russia, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Croatia, and the USA getting their first wins.
Russia 71 : Iran 49 (Russia-Iran Boxscore)
Despite the 71-49 score, Russia didn’t have quite as easy a win as expected, though a late run in the game made for the final margin against feisty Iran.  Russia [...]

2008 Olympic Basketball Preview: Group A

With less than a week left before Olympic basketball begins, Interbasket is previewing the twelve national teams participating in the tournament.  We will review the six teams in Group A today and Group B later on this week (Click here for Olympic Basketball Group B Preview).
Group A is filled with teams that are more equally-matched.  [...]

Ten NBA Players from Around the World (11/28)

Every Wednesday during the NBA season, interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 11/22 - 11/28/2007)
We start with some big news out of Toronto. Spanish small forward and Toronto Raptor Jorge Garbajosa is going to have another surgery on his leg.
Ok, [...]