FIBA Americas Championship 2013 (Medal Games)

[J-Mart]

Dominican Republic 93 - 103 Argentina
Edgar Sosa (DR) 20 pts, 3 asts
Jack Michael Martínez (DR) 17 pts, 18 rebs
Facundo Campazzo (ARG) 31 pts, 4 rebs, 11 asts, 8-10 FG
Luis Scola (ARG) 23 pts, 9 rebs, 5 asts

Mexico 91 - 89 Puerto Rico
Jovan Harris (MEX) 23 pts
Gustavo Ayon (MEX) 20 pts, 16 rebs, 2 blks
Carlos Arroyo (PUR) 23 pts, 2 stls
Jose Juan Barea (PUR) 20 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts, 2 stls, 8-14 FG

Gold - Mexico
Silver - Puerto Rico
Bronze - Argentina
4th - Dominican Republic
5th - Venezuela
6th - Canada
7th - Uruguay
8th - Jamaica
9th - Brazil
10th - Paraguay

All Tournament Team
Gustavo Ayon (MEX)
Luis Scola (ARG)
Renaldo Balkman (PUR)
Jose Juan Barea (PUR)
Facundo Campazzo (ARG)

MVP
Gustavo Ayon

[J-Mart]

believe it or not, power failure in the Poliedro before the gold medal game.

[JGX]

believe it or not, power failure in the Poliedro before the gold medal game.

Electric grid hacked by Myanmar Muslims?

[Dtown]

Congrats to Mexico for their first ever (and completely unexpected) fiba americas title!

[CKR13]

Great game between Mexico and Puerto Rico. Congrats Mexico!

[Federoy]

Congrats to the Mexican National Team. Nice to see the Mexican media give this team some serious props (featured sports story on most of the major news sites), especially in the wake of the disastrous campaign by their football team.

[Mojado]

Congrats to the Mexican National Team. Nice to see the Mexican media give this team some serious props (featured sports story on most of the major news sites), especially in the wake of the disastrous campaign by their football team.

Just too funny that people always connect between football and basketball. I must say, that I switched from football to hoops early on in my life and never looked back, especially since its such a big thing nowadays (Only football on TV in Europe, doesnt matter how low the level of play is). With that said, I am not too disappointed if Mexico fails to qualify for Brazil. They dont deserve it, simple as that.

Anyways, I am going to party hard tonight!Will be in Spain next year for sure!!

[jolz]

Just too funny that people always connect between football and basketball. I must say, that I switched from football to hoops early on in my life and never looked back, especially since its such a big thing nowadays (Only football on TV in Europe, doesnt matter how low the level of play is). With that said, I am not too disappointed if Mexico fails to qualify for Brazil. They dont deserve it, simple as that.

Anyways, I am going to party hard tonight!Will be in Spain next year for sure!!

Congratulations to you and Mexico!!!!

Hope our countries will face in Spain.
This happens rarely in a lifetime.
Not only in boxing do our country should have a rivalry but also in other sports.

[Federoy]

Just too funny that people always connect between football and basketball. I must say, that I switched from football to hoops early on in my life and never looked back, especially since its such a big thing nowadays (Only football on TV in Europe, doesnt matter how low the level of play is). With that said, I am not too disappointed if Mexico fails to qualify for Brazil. They dont deserve it, simple as that.

Anyways, I am going to party hard tonight!Will be in Spain next year for sure!!

At any rate, congrats bro!!! This Mexican team is damn good! Down the stretch, they played by far the best, most discipline basketball of any team. The best story about this team is that one of its players (I believe it was Roman Martinez) had a grandfather who played on the 1936 bronze medal team in Berlin. I love how the past comes full circle to meet the present.