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anyone have the final scores from today's action?
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Uruguay 102 - Argentina 93 Stats A third quarter conflict that caused a couple technical fouls opened the game for Uruguay, plus a very hot 3P shooting by SG Mazzarino.
Brazil 94 - Venezuela 84 Stats
Colombia 71 - Chile 68 Stats Colombia gets its first official FIBA win since 2001, led by its best players PG Moreno & PF Guevara.
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who do you guys think will win today?
Uruguay or brazil?
Venezuela or Colombia?Comment
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I watched the game yesterday. I didn´t realize how big some of these guys are. Argentina´s Gonzales is a monster. Too bad he can´t run. Mazzarino was incredible. I can´t get to the FIBA Americas sight, but I think Mazzarino scored 30+ points. Batista played well, but was still disappointing for a player of that caliber.Originally posted by alermac
The scuffle in the 3rd quarter was wierd. What exactly happened?
I was surprised that Uruguay body-slammed Argentina so quickly. They had a 20 point game going until a solid 4th quarter comeback by Argentina."I really like the attitudes of eagles. They never give up. When they grab a fish or something else, they never let it go. It doesn't matter. In a book, they write they find a skeleton of [an] eagle and there is no fish. It means that the fish beat him and killed him, but he didn't let go." -- Donatas MotiejunasComment
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I didn't really understand the 3rd quarter mess either, just that coach Narvarte got ejected by technical fouls. Mazzarino was huge indeed, scoring 36 points.
Today, Argentina beat Chile 87-70 and qualified for the gold medal game. Brazil and Uruguay are battling right now for the other spot, but Brazil needs to win by about 25 to be a finalist.
Venezuela beat Colombia earlier, 82-75: that was perhaps the most important game in the tournament, since it decided the 4th position, and also the last team to qualify for 2009 Americas. Anyway it was a big performance by the Colombians, considering they were missing its three biggest stars. With them, they would have made history.Comment
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Argentina beat Uruguay 100-95 and this time our captain Mazzarino was held to 4 points. I hope he'll be ready to play solid games for Cantù as he always did so far. UN CAPITANO, C'E' SOLO UN CAPITANO!"It's hard to play against players like Milan Gurovic who is able to change any situation"
један је Гуровић Милан!
Хвала богу на Дарку и Милану!Comment
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Day 6 results (gold medal game):
Brazil 72 Venezuela 87
Argentina 100 Uruguay 95
Argentina champion! Congrats!
Final standings:
1 - Argentina*
2 - Uruguay*
3 - Venezuela*
4 - Brazil*
5 - Colombia
6 - Chile
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I´m happy for Argentina. They´re a basketball superpower, so it´s only natural for them to be in the Americas. Personally though, I´d like to see Chile or Colombia get in sometime.
As far as the tournament goes, I was really impressed with Uruguay. Honestly, outside of Mazzo and Batista, I thought they were a pretty lousy team with no chance to win. Looks like they´ve proved me wrong."I really like the attitudes of eagles. They never give up. When they grab a fish or something else, they never let it go. It doesn't matter. In a book, they write they find a skeleton of [an] eagle and there is no fish. It means that the fish beat him and killed him, but he didn't let go." -- Donatas MotiejunasComment
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They aren't the most talented bunch of players, but some of them have played so many tournaments together, the team works well above the sume of its parts. Hey, they finished 6th in last year's Americas, right below Canada.Originally posted by mvblair
PS: I think Americas should expand to 12 teams instead of the current 10. The talent is there.Comment
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