Lnb 07/08

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I haven't updated this in a loooong time...

6 games to go in the Regular season:

54 Libertad
49,5 Regatas
49 Obras
49 Boca
48,5 El Nacional
48 Atenas
47,5 Quimsa
46,5 Peñarol (two games pending, winning them would take them to 50,5)
45 Quilmes
44 Sionista
44 Gimnasia
43,5 Ben Hur
43,5 Belgrano
43 Central Entrerriano
41,5 Estudiantes (one game pending)
40,5 Independiente (one game pending)

A few news:

-Lots of players were signed: the most notable ones are Gaby Fernández in Boca Juniors, and Laron Profit in Libertad.

-Ben Hur got a big sponsor that helped them save their season financially, and the team begun climbing the standings. Gimnasia also improved much after the arrivals of Jimmy Boston and (again) Charles Jones.

-Atenas climbed by winning 15 consecutive home games.

 

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Top scorers:

1) Byron Johnson (Independient PF) 21.2
2) Leo Gutiérrez (Boca PF) 21.1
3) Cleotis Brown (Quimsa SF) 20.2
4) Pablo Gil (Estudiantes SG) 18.5
5) Durelle Brown (Ben Hur PF) 18.2
6) Román González (Peñarol C) 17.8
7) Julio Mázzaro (Quimsa SG) 17.5
8) William McFarlan (Quimsa PF) 17.1
9) Marcus Fleming (Belgrano PF) 16.7
10) Chris Jeffries (Obras SF) 16.6

 

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Regular season: two games to go.

1) 60 Libertad
2) 56 Boca
3) 54,5 Regatas (one game pending)
4) 54,5 El Nacional
5) 54 Atenas
6) 53,5 Peñarol (one game pending)
7) 53,5 Quimsa
8) 53 Obras
9) 52 Sionista
10) 51 Quilmes
11) 51 Gimnasia
12) 49,5 Ben Hur
13) 48,5 Independiente
14) 48 Central Entrerriano
15) 47,5 Estudiantes (one game pending)
16) 46,5 Belgrano (one game pending)

-It's 2 pts for the win and 1 pt for the loss, so Peñarol and Estudiantes are actually 5th and 14th.

-Belgrano is virtually doomed to relegation. Central will have to win at least one game this weekend to climb to the heavenly 14th spot.

-Independiente had a big week, beating Peñarol and El Nacional on the road.

-There will be a BIG fight for the 3rd and 4th spots, which qualify to quarterfinals.

-Libertad clinched the top seed.

 

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It was a sad regular-season ending for the League. Before explaining what happened, there are the final standings:

1) 63 Libertad
2) 60 Boca
3) 59,5 Regatas
4) 58,5 Peñarol
5) 57,5 El Nacional
6) 57 Atenas
7) 56,5 Quimsa
8) 56 Obras
9) 55 Sionista
10) 54 Gimnasia
11) 53 Quilmes
12) 52,5 Ben Hur
13) 51,5 Estudiantes
14) 51,5 Independiente
15) 51,5 Belgrano -relegated-
16) 50,5 Central Entrerriano -relegated-

The sad part happened Sunday, during the last games. Independiente hosted Estudiantes, Ben Hur hosted Libertad and Belgrano hosted Central.

Estudiantes was beating Independiente by 13 with 3:00 left. With that loss, Independiente would have been relegated instead of Belgrano. Suddenly the lights went out for 10 minutes, and play was resumed after the other two games were finished.

Then Belgrano had already beaten Central, and Ben Hur beaten Libertad. Thus meaning that Estudiantes had no chance of reaching the 12th playoff spot, neither of being relegated (which would have happened had Central beaten Belgrano).

Estudiantes' coach pulled his starters off, and Independiente came back to win it in overtime. These two attitudes (the suspicious blackout and the suspicious player changes) have generated a major scandal, leading to Belgrano going to a Federal Court to suspend the playoffs or at least get compensation for what happened. Independiente and Estudiantes both claim those were honest facts, not some sort of arrangement. For now, League president said he'll propose that next year's relegations are decided on playoffs.

For now, first playoff round awaits: 5th vs 12th, 6th vs 11th, 7 vs 10th and 8 vs 10th, while top four teams advance to quartefinals.

 

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Wow, i really forgot about this thread... again ¬¬

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playoffs, first round:

El Nacional (5) 3 - Ben Hur (12) 1

Atenas (6) 1 - Quilmes (11) 3 (first time ever that Atenas doesn't reach quarterfinals)

Quimsa (7) 3 - Gimnasia (10) 1

Obras (8) 3 - Sionista (9) 2 (Obras lost two at home, then won two on the road)

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quarterfinals:

Libertad (1) 3 - Quilmes (11) 1
Boca (2) 1 - Obras (8) 3
Regatas (3) 2 - Quimsa (7) 2
Peñarol (4) 3 - El Nacional (5) 0

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Season Awards:

PG: Javier Martínez (PAR-ARG) Regatas
SG: Sebastián Acosta (ARG) Atenas
SF: Cleotis Brown (USA) Quimsa
PF: Leo Gutiérrez (ARG) Boca MVP
C: Robert Battle (USA) Libertad

Best Foreigner: Robert Battle (C - Libertad)
6th Man: Marcos Saglietti (SG - Libertad)
Coach: Julio Lamas (Libertad)
Breakthrough: Federico Ferrini (PG/SG - El Nacional)

 

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Libertad is now the first finalist, after sweeping Peñarol 3-0, led by Robert Battle and Laron Profit (who apparently waited until the playoffs to explode).

Quimsa is up 2-0 against Obras, could become the other finalist today.

Lanús (from the south side of Buenos Aires) gained the promotion to Liga A, for the first time ever. The team gained a lot after Wendell Gibson's arrival, undoubtedly the playoffs MVP.

A few videos in: http://www.a-d-c.com.ar/MULTIMEDIA/

 

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The other finalist is Quimsa, swept Obras 3-0 led by #71 shooting guard Julio Mázzaro.

Finals to start next Wednesday.

 

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Libertad 84 - Quimsa 75

Robert Battle 17 pts 8 rebs
Laron Profit 28 pts 7 rebs
Cleotis Brown 26 pts
Julio Mázzaro 19 pts

 

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On friday, Libertad won again, 77-65.

Today. game 3 in Santiago del Estero.

 

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Libertad swept the finals 4-0, winning twice on the road.

Laron Profit was declared the Finals MVP

Libertad ended unbeaten at home (28-0), and also is considered to have the best defense in the decade.

Final Standings

1) Libertad (42-13)
2) Quimsa (32-27)
3) Peñarol (29-21)
4) Obras Sanitarias (29-27)
5) Boca Juniors (29-19)
6) Regatas (28-20)
7) El Nacional (27-24)
8) Quilmes (25-27)
9) Atenas (24-24)
10) Centro Juventud Sionista (24-25)
11) Gimnasia (19-29)
12) Ben Hur (18-30)
13) Estudiantes (17-27)
14) Independiente (18-26)
15) Belgrano (16-28)
16) Central Entrerriano (17-27)

 

[vittor142]

hello.where I can buy one jersey of the teams of argentina league?and the jersey of national team?.thanks

 

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hello.where I can buy one jersey of the teams of argentina league?and the jersey of national team?.thanks

argentinean league jerseys? Probably nowhere outside each team's city...

national team jerseys? Since Li Ning took over the uniforms, there is absolutely no store with current jerseys on sale. You can still find Topper uniforms in Argentinean stores though, but i don't know if they'll ship it to Europe.