Day 2, Group D: Lebanon vs. UAE

[stuart]

14h00 (GMT+8)
Tianjin City
Tianjin Gym

Full schedule can be found here:

http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/p/eid/4046/sid/7038/schedule.html

[RAWAD]

Nothing to talk about, warm up game for Lebanon, easy win.

[marc333]

Today I hope Daniel will play a lot so that he can get used to the team. Same for Matt.
Fadi is supposed to get back to his real level today. Let us see..

[granadaddy]

nothing to talk about, warm up game for lebanon, easy win.

:d:d:d:d:d:d:d

[marc333]

Halftime

Lebanon 53-27 UAE

Khatib 13pts
Vroman 13pts
Freije 10pts

[merps baller the return]

i think lebanon is just using this game just to be "familiar" with the new players, anyway easy game for lebanon

[greenarcher]

El Khatib is still playing considering it's already a blowout. Shouldn't he reserve his energy for tomorrow?

[marc333]

El Khatib is still playing considering it's already a blowout. Shouldn't he reserve his energy for tomorrow?

He didn't play all the game, even now he isn't playing in the 4th quarter.
But he needed to express his anger after yesterday's bad performance..

[greenarcher]

What a meltdown by UAE, they were held scoreless in the 4th quarter while Lebanon scored 30. 30-0 is simply atrocious.

Only 1 player didn't score for Lebanon.

[daniab]

Congrats for Lebanon and hard luck for UAE.
It was a good game to improve the coherence btw the players and give playing time for the new players to adjust.
P.S: It was the first real game for Daniel Faris

Go Lebanon!

[marc333]

What a meltdown by UAE, they were held scoreless in the 4th quarter while Lebanon scored 30. 30-0 is simply atrocious.

Only 1 player didn't score for Lebanon.

lol..so who do u think is better, Sri Lanka or UAE?

[greenarcher]

UAE definitely. I think Sri Lanka is the worst team in this tournament. I bet even Indonesia and Kuwait can beat convincingly.

[majjour]

What a meltdown by UAE, they were held scoreless in the 4th quarter while Lebanon scored 30. 30-0 is simply atrocious.

Only 1 player didn't score for Lebanon.

No all the players who played scored, it seems john abdelnour is injured thats why he didnt play..

Vroman Or Rodman!! he should control his temper!!

Fadi.. still not fadi we know, not able to complete a drive to the basket!!

Overall an easy warmup game.. the same case will happen tomorrow against Indonesia..

The real games will start in the second round, lets wait and see..

[bsgermany]

The more results like this are being scored in the first round, the more I keep shaking my head. Here in Europe you would never see that in a comparable tournament. They should really change the qualifying modus and cut the number of teams for the final tournament down to 12 maximum. Asia just doesn't have that many good and competetive basketball nations.
Teams like Sri Lanka, Indonesia, UAE, India etc. barely reach highschool level and shouldn't be in this tournament.

[PRSURF]

The more results like this are being scored in the first round, the more I keep shaking my head. Here in Europe you would never see that in a comparable tournament. They should really change the qualifying modus and cut the number of teams for the final tournament down to 12 maximum. Asia just doesn't have that many good and competetive basketball nations.
Teams like Sri Lanka, Indonesia, UAE, India etc. barely reach highschool level and shouldn't be in this tournament.

I agree!