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I prefer you guys to win over any of these Euro jokes anyday.

Apparently in the hotels most of the Euro teams have been absolute cockheads while the USA team has been chilled ass muthafuckers.

But still...this whole tourney has been a complete joke. I think fiba should be discontinued. The world has the NBA, it has the Euro league, it has the NBL...whats the need for a world championship? ,

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Try and get them to cancel the World Soccer and Hockey cups. haha.


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FIBA: Greece upsets favoured USA

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) - Vassilis Spanoulis scored 22 points Friday as Greece used a sizzling stretch of shooting across the middle two quarters to turn a 12-point deficit into a 14-point lead and beat the United States 101-95 in the semifinals of the world basketball championship.

The Greeks (8-0) can add a world title to the European championship they won in 2005 with a victory over Spain, who narrowly defeated Argentina in the second semifinal 75-74. The gold medal game will be played Sunday.

"They played like a champion plays," American forward Shane Battier said of Greece.

Mihalis Kakiouzis added 15 for Greece and six-foot-10 Sofoklis Schortsianitis - nicknamed "Baby Shaq" - added 14, shooting 6-of-7. The Greeks shot 63 per cent (35-of-56) from the field and made 31 of 44 shots across the final three periods.

"Basketball is not just about dribbling and shooting," said Greek coach Panagiotis Yannakis, who took a congratulatory call from Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis after the game. "You can come off the bench with a clear mind and give the best of your talent and that's what our players did today."

The Greeks - with no current NBA players on their roster - danced in a circle at halfcourt after their victory over an American team put together after a series of recent failures.

"Big players play big games," said guard Theodoros Papaloukas, the MVP of the European final who had 12 assists Friday. "And today I think we played very good."

Done in again by their inept three-point shooting - and they weren't much better from the foul line - the Americans will fall short of a championship in a major international tournament for the third straight time.

The United States (7-1) will return to the court Saturday against the loser of the Argentina-Spain game, hoping to match the bronze medal it left Athens with in 2004.

"Those guys are hurting," said USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo, who was put in charge of the program after a sixth-place finish in the 2002 worlds preceded the disappointment in Athens. "It's probably a better thing we have to come back tomorrow and play again instead of sitting on this for two days."

Carmelo Anthony scored 27 points for the Americans, who couldn't overcome their 32 percent shooting from 3-point range or 59 per cent from the foul line. Dwyane Wade added 19 and LeBron James had 17, but the three U.S. captains were unable to avenge their disappointment from Athens.

"To lose any game is a shock to us," Anthony said. "We came in with the mentality to win the game and the gold medal."

The United States hasn't even played for a world championship since winning the last of its three titles in Toronto in 1994. Mike Krzyzewski - who was looking for gold after winning bronze with the 1990 team - and a few American players walked to midcourt to congratulate the Greeks, while most of their teammates quickly headed to the locker-room.

The Americans, who put together a national team program this year for the first time after their recent failures, now will be forced to qualify for the 2008 Olympics next summer in the FIBA Americas tournament in Venezuela.


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It sucks that it is an all Euro final like the World Cup, but I'm glad the US still gets to play Argentina. I was hoping they would play for the title and that the USA would beat them down like they did Australia. Now I am just hoping for a win.

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Why is Shane Battier on the national team again?


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Why is Shane Battier on the national team again?

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Yea, I know. Such blatant favoritism. Just sickening.


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Okay...now there is NO EXCUSE for losing to the Greeks.

We practically beat them.

What.the.fuck.

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Team USA beats Argentina 96-81, eat that Manu Ginobili.
At least we can say we are the best team in the Americas again.
Greece will probably win it all now that Spain is without Gasol.

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Okay...now there is NO EXCUSE for losing to the Greeks.

We practically beat them.

What.the.fuck.


agreed, I didn't see the game, but it sounds like they just couldn't miss...and also, we still can't play defense.


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Mick the Stripper Wrote:
Okay...now there is NO EXCUSE for losing to the Greeks.

We practically beat them.

What.the.fuck.


agreed, I didn't see the game, but it sounds like they just couldn't miss...and also, we still can't play defense.


You do realize that these are the same Greeks who won last year's European Championships? There's your excuse. Now go have a gyro in honor of our victory.


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Mick the Stripper Wrote:
Okay...now there is NO EXCUSE for losing to the Greeks.

We practically beat them.

What.the.fuck.


agreed, I didn't see the game, but it sounds like they just couldn't miss...and also, we still can't play defense.


You do realize that these are the same Greeks who won last year's European Championships? There's your excuse. Now go have a gyro in honor of our victory.


There's no excuse.

At least i'm just as Spanish as Australian...woohoo. the dream is alive. Greeks going down in the final.

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The Greeks must have played their best game against the USA, because Spain smoked them in the championship game 70-47. Pau Gasol was the tournament MVP.
I can't wait for the Olympics now, if the USA gets Amare Stoudemire and Kobe Bryant on this team, they should kick some serious ass, unless Bryant ruins it all with selfish play.

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Was there anyone on the greek team that plays in the NBA?

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Was there anyone on the greek team that plays in the NBA?


I don't think so, I believe they have one of the best European Leagues or Euro League teams, whatever they got going on there.

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The Greeks aren't really very good at all.

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