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Drazen Petrovic 1989 Eurobasket final Yugoslavia - Greece Some of the finest moments from the Eurobasket final in Zagreb in 1989 concentrating on the late Drazen Petrovic Tags: Drazen Petrovic Greece Nikos Galis Croatia Yugoslavia Serbia Bosnia NBA Basketball Euroleague Zagreb Hrvatska

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Eurobasket 1987 Greece won the 1987 Eurobasket championship, for many Greeks one of the most memorable events of the 1980s. Eurobasket 1987 final - (USSR - Greece) Tags: Eurobasket 1987 Gkalis Galis Fasoulas Giannakis Xristodoulou Greece Champions Hellas Basketball European Championship

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Hellas - Serbia, Eurobasket 2007 Last 100 seconds of the 4th quarter. Long live Greece, long live Serbia! Hellas - Serbia : 04/09/2007 in Granada Tags: Hellas Serbia Milan Gurovic Greece Srbia Russia srpska Србија Ελλάς Ελλάδα euro basket eurobasket spain 2007

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What truly happened in eurobasket 2007 Hrvatska Ukic Popovic Prkacin Planinic Kasun Radja Drazen Petrovic France Tony Parker Boris Diaw Turiaf Femerling Dirk Nowitzki Jagla Papaloukas Zisis Spanoulis Vasilopoulos Diamantidis Shortsianitis Galis Giannakis Halperin Eliyahu Pniny Zvi Sherf Belinelli Bargnani Lithuania Siskauskas Songaila Macijauskas Kleiza Jasikevicius Kurtinaitis Marculionis Sabonis Russia Holden Andrei Kirilenko Khryapa David Blatt Serbia Milos Teodosic Jaric Darko Milicic Gurovic Djordjevic Paspalj Divac Bodiroga Stojakovic Pavlovic Lakovic Nesterovic Smodis Gasol Rudy Fernandez Navarro Calderon Reyes Garbajosa sex anal Ilyasova Okur Türkoglu Aris PAOK Olympiakos Panathinaikos Real Tau Barcelona Tags: basketball FIBA NBA ACB Greece Hellas basket

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Eurobasket 07 - Greece vs Lithuania 16/09 16 September 2007 Bronze For Lithuania The two last champions of Europe from 2003 and 2005 met on Sunday evening in Palacio de Deportes in Madrid and when the smoke cleared Lithuania beat Greece 78-69. Lithuania hit two birds with one stone. By winning the game they'll get to wear the bronze medal on the EuroBasket 2007 podium later on tonight, and also earned the third European ticket to the Olympic games in 2008. Theodoros Papaloukas (Greece) Theo Papaloukas had eight points in the loss. Greece wanted to win a third medal in a row, but saw a tough Lithuanian group who recovered in time from the surprising loss to Russia in the semi-finals last night. Ramunas Siskauskas continued his great form from the last games and downed a couple of three-pointers in crunch time to secure the win. This time he was joined by Ksistof Lavrinovic and Linas Kleiza who shot very well both inside and outside the arc, to make sure Greece will stay behind for the vast majority of the game. "It's not a gold medal but I'll take this," said Darius Songaila after the game. "For sure it's a great feeling. Now we're going to focus on the Olympics." Sarunas Jasikevicius, who hammered the last nail in Greece's coffin, finished with 11 points and five assists despite a slow start. Greece, once again, had only one player with a good shooting night, and this time it was Nikos Zisis. He dropped in 23 points on 58% shooting from the field, but the total of the team was poor. The team of coach Yannakis shot only 35%, and couldn't find the way to break the Lithuanian offense, despite forcing 13 turnovers. Lavrinovic was in a zone in the first minutes, scoring seven points in a row for Lithuania, to make it 7-2 early in the game. Greece didn't fall behind for long, played tougher on defense and with a 6-0 run got back into the game. Sarunas Jasikevicius struggled in the first quarter, and for the last basket of the quarter Ramunas Siskauskas (Lithuania) Ramunas Siskauskas had 13 points in leading Lithuania to the bronze medal. Dimitrios Diamantidis stole it from him going coast-to-coast for the lay up and making it 20-19 Lithuania after the first quarter. Both teams had already six players involved with points after ten minutes, and they continued to rely on them. Greece collected some offensive boards to take the lead back, but that didn't scare Ksistof Lavrnovic who stepped up with four more points, and gave Lithuania the lead back. The game went a little out of control as the referees called a double unsportsmanlike foul on Diamantidis and Darius Songaila, and then came a technical on Lazaros Papadopoulos, which was his third. Lithuania used the mess to take a 39-30 lead with 2:32 left in the half, and cap a 13-1 run, on the way to a seven point lead at the end of the half, 41-34. Greece kept fighting their way back to the game, and never allowed Lithuania to get too far ahead, but eight points in a row by Kleiza, including two hits from long range, made sure the former champs would not come back. Ksistof Lavrinovic recorded his 15th, 16th and 17th point with a three point play, to offset a 6-0 Greek run and allow Lithuania enter the last quarter up 62-54. Greece tried to go with Spanoulis time after time but earned only two points on that, while Siskauskas was hot on the other end to make it 70-58. Darius Lavrinovic and then Siskauskas blocked Greek shots to keep the margin on double-digits. When the later nailed two big ones in a row from long range Greece needed a miracle to take the game, down by 11 with 2:02 to play. Lithuania earned their first ever bronze medal and fifth medal in total in a EuroBasket. Greece finished fourth and lost the bronze medal game for the fourth time in their history. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Greece Lithuannia

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Eurobasket 07 - Israel vs Croatia 04/09 07 September 2007 Israel Deal Croatia Big Blow Croatia will have a much tougher task of making it through to the quarter-finals of EuroBasket 2007 after they fell 80-75 against Israel tonight. Jasmin Repesa's were hoping that a win would all but secure their place in the last eight. However, following this result, they are now feeling the pressure of having to win against the defending champions Greece and/or unbeaten Russia in their two remaining games of the qualifying round. And after the game, the defeated Croatian players knew all too well that they had let a great opportunity slip away. "We are really stupid," said guard Roko-Leni Ukic. "We missed a golden chance to get close to the quarter-finals. I really don't know how we gave this game away. I'm really disappointed." Mario Kasun (Croatia) Kasun admitted Croatia didn't deserve to win this game "We didn't deserve to win this game. We were too soft in the first half. In the second half we got back into it but we weren't on the same page," admitted Croatia center Mario Kasun. "It's not the basketball we played a couple of days ago, it's frustrating but we have two more games to go." Zvidic Shref's side put on an inspiring second-half performance to take a vital win which, all of a sudden, makes Group E a lot more interesting and wide-open. "We stayed together and are all as one. We're not like most teams, and I think that's what got us over the hump," offered Jeron Roberts who finished with 15 points for the winning side. "We have the support of the whole country. We really appreciate their support." Amit Tamir -- who did not play in the first half -- was the hero of the day for Israel as he hit three three-pointers, all at the right time. The 2.10m center made his first shot attempt, from beyond the arc, to tie the game up at 48 a piece with 2:41 left in the third quarter. And, just over a minute later, he struck again from downtown to give his team their first lead of the second half, 53-50. Croatia though fought back thanks in large part to the play of Marko Popovic and Mario Kasun. After Roko-Leni Ukic made a pair of free-throws, Popovic hit a three-pointer in the first minute of the final period to put his team back in front, 56-53. Israel didn't relent and stayed close and went back in front, 63-61, on a pair of free-throws by Jeron Roberts. Shref's men though saw the momentum swing in their favour for good when Yotam Halperin and Yaniv Green worked the pick and roll to perfection and the latter concluded the play with an emphatic slam dunk that put Israel up by four, 65-61, with 4:15 left in the game. Tamir then made his third three-pointer of the night to stretch that advantage to 68-61 and even though Croatia came back to within three, 78-75, on Kasun's dunk with 22 seconds remaining, Israel sealed the result by making their free-throws down the stretch. Croatia led for much of the first two quarters by using a three-point barrage -- they hit seven of 15 attempts before the break -- to take a 35-33 half-time lead. However, Repesa's side allowed Israel to stay closer than they wanted to, by sending their opponents to the free-throw line where Shref's men were very accurate. Accuracy from the foul line proved to be a vital factor in this game as Israel shot a sizzling 23 from 28 (82%) -- with Roberts leading the way, hitting 11 of his 12 attempts -- while Croatia went a respectable 17 for 25 (68%) but missed some crucial ones in the final frame. Afterwards, Shref had a lot of praise for his troops. "I have to tell my players they gave another great game," he said. "We knew they were dangerous on three-pointers. In the first half, we were unsuccessful stopping them. But in the second half we left Mario Kasun alone in the post and focused on their shooters and did a great job." Meir Tapiro, who finished the game with 11 points, seven assists and four rebounds, admitted that the win was made even more special because of the quality of the opposition. "It was a very, very tough game. They are very, very talented. We knew if we could keep the three-point percentage down we could win the game. We took the lead and never gave up. We still have a chance to reach the quarter-finals. But we have to rest tomororw and maybe have another good game," he said. Yaniv Green had a double-double of 17 points and 16 rebounds to lead the way for Israel. Kasun had 18 points and seven rebounds for Croatia while Ukic chipped in with 10. Israel take on Portugal on Sunday while Croatia have the daunting task of going up against defending champions Greece on the same day. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Israel Croatia Markota Tapiro Roko Ukic Mario Kasun Yaniv Green Popovic

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Galis vs USSR ( eurobasket 1987 final, 40 points ) Nikos Galis...A LEGEND!!! (scored 40 points that night). The final score: Greece-USSR 103-101. Former NBA established defender, Sarunas Marciulionis, was Galis' personal guard in the game. He once mentioned him as one of the toughest opponents he ever had to face, when asked by an NBA reporter, who of course had no idea! Too pitty Europe learned about Nick when he was old, and not as athletic as in the early 80s. In 1987,he seams twice as athletic as young and mighty Marciulionis, but imagine he's 30 years old. Galis could easily dunk even at that age, even being only 6,1 feet(1.83). But he disliked dunking, despite learning the game in the states (dunk mania was not there yet, though). He dunked several times in 1980-81 season, when he was only 23 years old, but those dunks have only been recorded by a photographer, and not by a video camera. (the game was not popular those days in Greece). In that season, Nick averaged 44 points per game. Dammit. We've seen so little of him! Tags: galis nick basketball legends nikos hellas greece european eurobasket 1987 USSR U.S.S.R. soviet union final marciulionis

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Slovenia France, Eurobasket 2007 slovenija - Francija, Eurobasket 2007 in Spain. 05/09/2007 in Alicante Slovenia - France : last minute of the game. Tags: slovenija slovenia france francija euro basket eurobasket alicante košarka lakovic at the buzzer Lorbek Španija

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Eurobasket 07 - Spain vs Russia 16/09 CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE! By David Hein 16 September 2007 J.R. Holden's jumper with 2.1 seconds left secured Russia their first-ever EuroBasket title with a thrilling 60-59 victory over reigning world champions and hosts Spain. Pau Gasol had a chance to win the game at the buzzer but his mid-range jumpshot went in and out, leaving Spain to collect their sixth European silver medal. Jon Robert Holden (Russia) It was J.R. Holden who delivered the final blow for Russia, hitting a jumper with two seconds left. Andrei Kirilenko collected Most Valuable Player honours for the tournament after collecting 17 points, five rebounds, two assists, one blocked shot and a steal with 59 seconds remaining. That swipe led to a basket by Nikita Morgunov to pull Russia to within 59-58 with 43 seconds to play. Holden grabbed his own steal with 28 seconds left against Gasol in the post. The American-born guard shook himself open and launched a long jumper which hit the rim and came back down in. The crown was Russia's first ever after the Soviet Union won 14 European gold medals. It was also their third medal overall following silver in 1993 and bronze in 1997. Spain's silver medal goes with those from 1935, 1973, 1983, 1999 and 2003. Holden finished with eight points while Aleksey Savrasenko scored 10 points and Victor Khryapa collected seven points, 12 rebounds, four assists, three steals and a blocked shot before fouling out with four minutes to go. "Hopefully this will be the first of many titles. Spain are a great team, but we just played really well tonight," said Kirilenko. "We made Spain nervous and we played as a team. I might be the MVP but it's been a team effort all the way." Gasol finished with 14 points, 14 rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots but the NBA superstar also missed five of eight foul shots in the fourth quarter (5-of-12 overall) and committed five turnovers. "You must understand that today is a very sad day for us. I admit I wasn't at my best. But I take responsibilty for that," Gasol said. "On the last shot, I thought I saw the ball going in, maybe I should have taken another step forward." Jose Calderon scored a team-high 15 points while Jorge Garbajosa added eight points and six rebounds. While Russia started cold, the Spaniards got the crowd into the game with the three-ball. Rudy Fernandez opened the scoring with a trey and Calderon followed suit with two triples José Calderón (Spain) José Calderón delivered for Spain with 15 points but will have to settle for silver. in opening a 15-4 lead midway through the first period. The Russians missed 11 of their first 13 shots - including five three-pointers - as they failed in their attempt to match the hosts from outside. Sergey Monya did knock down a trey but Marc Gasol's five foul shots and Carlos Cabezas's buzzer-beating jumper re-established the 11-point advantage - 22-11 - after one period. After falling behind 25-13, Russia buckled down on defense in holding Spain scoreless for more than three minutes and cutting the deficit to 25-19. The Spanish bombers struck again though as threes by Calderon, Carlos Jimenez and Pau Gasol kept Pepu Hernandez's team ahead 34-25. The Russians again held Spain scoreless for three minutes and fought to within 34-31 at half-time on Anton Ponkrashov's foul shots with six seconds in the half. Spain drew a number of fouls early in the third period and found themselves in the bonus with 6:51 to play in the quarter. They failed to take advantage of it until Kirilenko was charged with this fourth foul and had to be taken out at the 2:32 mark of the third. Jimenez's two foul shots made it 49-41. Russia refused to give up and continued to work hard defensively and Khryapa's trey had Russia down just 49-46 going into the fourth. Zakhar Pashutin tied the game at 49-49 with a long bomb and Holden gave Russia their first lead 51-49 on a driving lay-up with 9:02 left. Spain eventually pulled away on Pau Gasol's inside basket for a 59-54 lead but Gasol missed the chance for a three-point play and Kirilenko came back down to hit two foul shots with 1:17 left to set up the last minute heroics. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Spain Russia

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ShowTime-Estopa (Cancion Oficial del EuroBasket Spain 2007) VideoClip de ShowTime - Estopa (Cancion Oficial del EuroBasket España 2007) Tags: VideoClip ShowTime Estopa Cancion Oficial EuroBasket España 2007 Seleccion Española Baloncesto FEB Basket 07 ACB Bravo

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Final Eurobasket 07: España vs Rusia Últimos minutos y momentos posteriores de la final del Eurobasket del 2007, donde los actuales campeones del mundo, España, dejaron escapar el Europeo en los momentos finales contra los rusos, liderados por Kirilenko. Gasol, Calderón, Garbajosa, Jiménez, Rudy, Sergio, Cabezas, Navarro, Marc, Mumbrú, Berni, Felipe Reyes y Pepu son los protagonistas de este gran torneo. Tags: Eurobasket europeo baloncesto basket selección española españa rusia Avo 07 EFEFEfilms gasol navarro calderón garbajosa

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Galis vs Petrovic ( eurobasket 1987 semi-final ) This video is concentrating to the attacking performances of two legends of the european basketball,Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis,in the semi-final game for the european basketball championships,back in 1987!Nick usually outscored Drazen when they played against each other(Drazen had allways more options to pass the ball),but Greece rarely won against Yugoslavia.This is one of those rare games! Greece won 81-77 and progressed to the final of the eurobasket of 1987. Galis scored 30 points while Petrovic scored 22! Greece had wonderusly managed to beat Yugoslavia again in the preliminary round of the same tournament,while Galis scored 44 points and Drazen 18!The two legends had a very good relationship.Once,when Drazen Petrovic was asked if he would like to play with Nick Galis in the same team,he responded:"Yeah,I'd like to play with him.I'd like to PASS the ball to him and let HIM score!ENJOY!(The baskets are presented in the order they were made in the game by the two stars). Tags: galis petrovic nick drazen nikos greece yugoslavia croatia hellas hrvatska basketball eurobasket legends greek european

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Eurobasket 07 - Spain vs Germany 13/09 13 September 2007 Spain March On To Semis Two years ago, Jose Manuel Calderon missed a three-pointer at the buzzer as Spain lost to Germany in the 2005 EuroBasket semi-finals. On Thursday the star point guard made sure it wouldn't come down to the final shot, scoring 17 points in spear-heading the world champions' 83-55 drubbing of Germany. Jose Calderon (ESP) Jose Calderon led the way for Spain with 17 points. Rudy Fernandez and Juan Carlos Navarro both added 12 points for the superb Spain attack, shooting 57% and the Spanish defense held Dirk Nowitzki to 11 points and the German offense to 33% shooting in their quarter-final showdown in Madrid's Palacio de Deportes. "We are where we wanted to be, which is the semi-finals. We have the crowd behind us, we are playing as one and we have to take advantage of this," said Calderon. "We never looked at the score today. All we wanted was to put pressure on Germany and take advantage of their mistakes. Our style is to play with the same intensity for 40 minutes. We have played really well on defense, helping each other out and we have been successful in limiting Dirk Nowitzki." With the victory, Spain exacted a bit of revenge following Germany's 74-73 victory over Spain in 2005 in Serbia, where Nowitzki buried a baseline jumper over the out-stretched arm of Jorge Garbajosa to pull ahead with three seconds left before Calderon missed a three-pointer at the buzzer. Spain also had beaten Germany twice in the preparations for this tournament - both times in Spain and both times by 16 points. "This was a good game to watch as a coach. It was enjoyable to see how the players put on great performances," Spain coach Pepu Hernandez said. "One strong point of our team is that we're not predictable. We have various combinations that maybe the opponents don't think we will use. And also we're able to make defense fun for our players. They enjoy playing defense which is not always easy." "It was tough for us. Twenty-four hours ago we played our most crucial game of the tournament against Italy. So it's hard to play a day later in another big game, espeically against the hosts," said German coach Dirk Bauermann. Hernandez's team will next face in Saturday's semi-finals the winner of Friday's last quarter-final - either defending champions Greece or Slovenia. Nowitzki buried a three-pointer to open the scoring, but with 8:33 left in the first quarter and Germany ahead 3-2, technical difficulties postponed the game for nearly 15 minutes and the shot clock was unable to be used the rest of the first half. When the game got back under way, Germany pulled ahead 9-8, but Garbajosa and Fernandez drained back-to-back three-pointers to push the hosts up 16-9. Johannes Herber knocked down a trey of his own at the buzzer to bring Germany to within 18-14 after one period. Bauermann's team refused to go away and Nowitzki nailed a three-pointer and Mithat Demirel evened the game at 20-20. Navarro, however, answered with back-to-back three-pointers and Calderon scored nine of Spain's final 14 points in the half as they went on a 9-0 run to lead 40-27 at the break. Spain already led 52-36 midway through the third period but used a 12-2 spurt to blow the game open for good with a 64-38 cushion. Germany trailed 66-43 after three periods and saw Spain score the first 14 points of the fourth period - 80-43 - and never closed to within 28 points the rest of the way. Germany take on the loser of that Greece-Slovenia match in the 5th-8th place classification games - with seventh place meaning a spot in the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Spain Germany

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Making Off Eurobasket 2007 Video de como se vivio el Eurobasket por dentro.Un Eurobasket de pelicula. Tags: eurobasket federacion baloncesto españa basket deporte eñemania

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Juan Carlos Navarro (pre-Eurobasket 2007) Juan Carlos Navarro (pre-Eurobasket 2007) Tags: Juan Carlos Navarro pre-Eurobasket Spain

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Eurobasket 07 - Spain vs Russia 09/09 09 September 2007 No Way Past Jose Jose Calderon led a rampant Spain past previously unbeaten Russia 81-69 at the Telefonica Arena in Madrid on Sunday night. Calderon, the Toronto Raptors point guard, scored nine of his team-high 17 points in the third quarter when Spain took control and built a 12-point lead. They led by as many as 15 points in the final quarter and were never seriously threatened by David Blatt's Russians. Beaten in their last Group B game by Croatia, the world champions have recovered nicely with triumphs over Greece and now Russia. "It's an important victory for us," Juan Carlos Navarro said. "Russia are a very difficult team to play against, they have a complete team. It's complicated to play against a team whose perimeter players can penetrate and shoot and the inside players can run and shoot, too." The Spanish trailed 23-20 after the first quarter, during which Russia were 5-of-7 from 3-point range. Andrei Kirilenko (Russia) Despite being in foul trouble, Kirilenko finished with 21 points Andrei Kirilenko hit a three-ball for the first points of the game and then after Spain took a 7-3 lead, Victor Kryapa buried three straight from the arc in a 9-2 run to put the visitors into a 12-9 advantage. Calderon's second 3-pointer of the game with 28 seconds remaining in the quarter closed the gap to 23-20, and then Spain went on a 10-0 run over the first four minutes of the third quarter to lead 30-23 lead. Russia would claw their way back and level the score at 32-32 on a pair of Kirilenko free throws with 2:53 left in the half, but a basket by Jorge Garbajosa immediately put Spain back in front and they led the rest of the way. By half-time, Spain were in front 40-35 and at the end of third quarter, they led 63-51. The closest Russia would get in the fourth quarter was 76-67 on a Kryapa 3-pointer with 2:55 remaining. The next points were scored by Felipe Reyes with a jump shot at the free throw line as Spain won comfortably. "We've played a very serious game because we knew that Russia were a good team," Calderon said. "We have played using our heads, especially in the second half. The fact that we weren't able to pull away further is a credit to Russia. "But I'm nevertheless pleased that we won by a 12-point margin." Pepu Hernandez was relieved after the final buzzer. "This was a very important win because we played against an extraordinary team," he said. "They played well and are well coached. We had trouble adjusting at times but the way we defended was great. I was happy that we adjusted our defense. We played intelligently and that's hard to do against a team like Russia. Juan Carlos Navarro had 15 points, Pau Gasol 13 and both Reyes and Garbajosa 11 for Spain, who are so deep and so talented that Portland Trail Blazers guard Sergio Rodriguez and Unicaja Malaga shooting guard Berni Rodriguez did not even get into the game. Russia coach David Blatt knew it would be a big ask to beat Spain but felt like his players did cause the home side some problems. Nevertheless, he would have liked to have seen a more balanced approach on offense. "We took too many shots from long range," he said. "They allow that and we fell into it too many times. "You have to play defense and minimize their easy baskets, and we failed there. "We didn't defend well late on the shot clock, didn't do a good job in the pick-and-roll and could have done a better job in the rebounds. "With all that, it's difficult to beat a team like Spain. We played hard, we played to win, but we weren't good enough so we'll wait for the next time." Russia did limit the contributions of Gasol, which pleased Blatt. "Most teams here would be happy to hold Pau Gasol on 13 points, so I think we did a good job defensively on him." On Tuesday, Spain play Israel while Russia take on Croatia. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Spain Russia Jimenez Calderon Pau Gasol Morgunov Navarro Kirilenko Garbajosa

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Eurobasket 07 - Spain vs Greece 15/09 15 September 2007 Spain Topple Greeks Again A new EuroBasket champion will be crowned in Madrid after reigning world title-holders and hosts Spain dethroned Greece 82-77 in the semi-finals of the 2007 EuroBasket thanks to sterling performances by the Spanish trio of Juan Carlos Navarro, Pau Gasol and Jose Manuel Calderon. The trio combined for 64 points and Calderon's three-pointer and break-away lay-up started and finished a crucial 9-1 run which turned a 67-65 Greece lead into a 74-68 advantage for the Iberians, who advanced to their sixth European final while still waiting for their first continental crown. Vasileios Spanoulis (Greece) Spanoulis stepped up big for Greece (24 pts) with Papaloukas on the bench in fould trouble. "We expected this type of game, a really hard one against a really great rival like the defending European champions Greece," said Spain forward Jorge Garbajosa, who collected six points, five rebounds and four assists. "Having won last night (against Slovenia), Greece had a lot of confidence coming into this game. But we showed a lot of character. Those who thought this game would be easy for Spain were mistaken." In Sunday's final at the Palacio de Deportes, Spain will face either Lithuania - who knocked off Spain in the 2003 finale - or Russia, who face off in the second semi-final. Greece will face the loser of that match with the victor on Sunday clinching the bronze medal as well as an automatic berth in the 2008 Olympics. "We played our best game up to now in this tournament," siad Greek forward Michail Kakiouzis. "We had a chance to win the game, but in the end, Spain made their free throws." Pepu Hernandez's troops used the long ball to knock off Greece for the third time within a year, routing them 70-47 in the 2006 World Championship finale and winning 76-58 in the qualifying round. Navarro drained five three-pointers on his way to 23 points while Calderon hit four treys in scoring 18 points and Gasol was his usual all-around dominant self with 23 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots. The Spanish defense, however, were never able to get under control Greek guard Vasileios Spanoulis, who scored 24 points while Panagiotis Vasilopoulos hit for 10 points. After proving the hero in Greece's miracle comeback against Slovenia, Theo Papaloukas Pau Gasol (Spain) Pau Gasol was as dominant as ever for Spain with 26 points, six rebounds and three blocks. struggled again with just three points, two rebounds and two assists. He also turned over the ball with 11 seconds with a chance to cut into a four-point Spain lead. The contest started as many hoped - like a battle of heavyweight fighters trading punches. The Spaniards struggled a bit with their ball-handling early and Greece pulled ahead 10-6 on Dimosthenis Ntikoudis's three-pointer, but the Iberian bombers were warmed up and Calderon drained three three-pointers and Carlos Jimenez added another as Spain led 24-18 after one period. Nikolaos Zisis converted a three-point play to start off the second quarter but Hernandez's marksmen were at it again. This time Navarro hit twice and Carlos Cabezas's trey gave the hosts their first double-digit lead at 37-26 halfway through the second. The Greeks tightened the defensive screws and held Spain to just two Rudy Fernandez foul shots in the next nine possessions and tied the game on Konstantinos Tsartsaris's inside basket with 18 seconds left in the first half - a 13-2 run. Gasol however scored in the paint with two seconds left to give Spain a 41-39 advantage at the break. The Greeks knew they were in the ball game to stay and grabbed the lead 49-47 on Spanoulis's steal and break-away lay-up. The top-notch battle continued throughout the third period, highlighted by Navarro and Vasilopoulos each hitting two three-pointers with Greece finishing the third quarter ahead 60-59. Tempers flared at the end of the third period on a final driving lay-up by Navarro, which the refs ruled was not a foul. The entire Spanish team rushed to the other end of the court but the altercation was held in check. Both coaches were given a technical foul as a warning to the players. Navarro struck again from outside and then the referees called an unsportsmanlike foul on Tsartsaris for an apparent hit on Garbajosa, who made both foul shots for a 64-60 Spain lead. Spanoulis converted a three-point play and Lazaros Papadopoulos's basket made it 67-65 with five minutes left but Calderon re-appeared for Spain, hitting another long bomb to spark a 9-1 run which he finished on a break-away lay-up for a 74-68 advantage with 1:47 to go. Zisis's three-pointer with 19 seconds brought Greece to within 78-76, but Garbajosa and Navarro sandwiched two foul shots around a Papaloukas turnover for an 82-76 scoreline. Spanoulis made a final free throw, but it wasn't enough. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Spain Greece

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Russians Win Eurobasket 2007 American Russian J. R. Holden makes the game-winning shot and Russian Basketball Team captures the title of European champions! Tags: eurobasket 2007 jr holden andrei kirilenko david blatt russia basketball

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Eurobasket Final 1995 : Serbia - Lithuania Basketball European Championship Final 1995 Serbia (as Yugoslavia) vs Lithuania 96-90 Tags: Srbija Serbia Yugoslavia Jugoslavija Lithuania Lietuva Basketball Kosarka Djordjevic Danilovic Divac Sabonis Sabas

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Eurobasket 07 - Spain vs Israel 04/09 11 September 2007 Late Push Boosts Spain Over Israel Pau Gasol put on an MVP showing with 26 points and seven rebounds in just 18 minutes as world champions Spain overcame a motivated Israel 99-73 to clinch first place in Group E of the 2007 EuroBasket. Spain scored the first 19 points of the fourth quarter to blow the game wide open in front of the home fans in Madrid. Lior Eliyahu (Israel) Lior Eliyahu was one of three Israelies with 15 points. Jose Calderon scored all 15 of his points in the first half and Alex Mumbru and Jorge Garbajosa both tallied 12 points as the tournament hosts improved to 4-1 and passed Russia atop the group. "We have achieved our aim which was to finish top of our group. We knew we had to play three tough games in the qualifying round and we've had to work hard to beat all of our opponents, including Israel tonight," said Gasol. "It was a very difficult match. Israel always gives us a hard time and this time was no exception," added Calderon. "It took us time to get in the game, but once we took over it was our game." The victory also means that Croatia will join Spain, Russia and Greece in the quarter-finals. With a victory, Israel would have advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time since taking seventh in 2003 and just the second time since 1983. "We showed everybody that we can match with the world champions. Spain is the best team here, and for more than 25 minutes we were in the game," said Israel forward Ido Kozikaro. Lior Eliyahu, Meir Tapiro and Matan Naor each scored 15 points in a losing cause and combined for 12 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals. Yaniv Green collected nine points and 10 rebounds. Pepu Hernandez made two changes to his starting lineup, as Sergio Rodriguez and Benri Rodriguez replaced Calderon and Rudy Fernandez, respectively. Jorge Garbajosa (Spain) Jorge Garbajosa was four of seven from three-point range. And the Israelis used a poor start by the hosts to jump out to a 12-4 lead four minutes into the game. Gasol scored 10 points in the first quarter as Spain trimmed the deficit to four points, but Tapiro and Eliyahu both hit three-pointers in the final 25 seconds to push the lead to 29-19 after the first period. A Tapiro long bomb extended the advantage to 32-19 early in the second, but it was Calderon's turn to take over as the Toronto Raptors play-maker scored 10 points in the period, and Gasol's turn-around jumper evened things at 43-43. Israel, however, remained ahead 48-47 at the break. Gasol continued in the second half where he left off in the first, scoring seven of Spain's first nine points as they pulled ahead 56-52 and Garbajosa drained three three-pointers over a three-minute stretch to extend the advantage to 69-60. Israel would not go down without a fight, and Naor hit three from downtown to keep Zvi Sherf's team within 74-68 after three periods. Israel's luck, however, had run out in the fourth quarter as they failed to score in the first 7:40 of the period and Spain surged ahead 93-68 with the first 19 points of the final quarter. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Spain Israel

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Eurobasket 07 - Spain vs Greece 07/09 Spain Back On Track By David Hein 08 September 2007 World champions Spain shook off their last-second loss to Croatia by dismantling defending champions Greece 76-58 to remain well in the race for the 2007 EuroBasket title in Group E. Rudy Fernandez paced the tournament hosts with 20 points while Pau Gasol added 15 points, five rebounds and five assists and Felipe Reyes chipped in 10 points as Spain again cruised past Greece, who lost 70-47 in the final of the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. "I'm really happy because of the great job of the team. I'm happy with the tightness in our defense. We had a great team effort defensively and that helped us get out on the fast- Theodoros Papaloukas (Greece) Theo Papaloukas and Greece struggled to get their offense going Friday night. break," said Spanish coach Pepu Hernandez, whose team shot 49% from the floor and held Greece to 38% shooting, including just six-of-25 (24%) from beyond the three-point arc. Rudy Fernandez commented; "We were able to control the rebounds during the game and we were particularly accurate with the perimeter players." "We were able to control the tempo for most of the game. They played up-tempo for a bit but we slowed them down. I think we owe the win to our good defense," said Fernandez. "Everyone contributes, everyone plays his role and that's why we are here. That's why we were able to beat Greece." Spain, who improved to 2-1 with the victory, faced a must-win situation after falling to Croatia 85-84 in the final game of Group B in the preliminary round. As did the Greeks, who dropped to 1-2 after their second straight loss. Both teams started cold offensively as Dimitrios Diamantidis opened the scoring on a driving lay-up after three minutes had been played. Carlos Jimenez came back down and drained a three-pointer for the Spaniards. While Jimenez kick-started the hosts, the Greeks' offensive problems continued as they failed to score on four straight possessions, allowing the Spanish to pull ahead 10-2. Juan Carlos Navarro entered the tournament for the first time with 4:17 remaining, finally shaking off the abductor injury which forced him to miss the first three games. Navarro buried two foul shots and a three-pointer after a technical foul on Greek coach Panagiotis Yannakis and two free throws by Rudy Fernandez gave Spain their first 10-point lead - 21-11 - with two minutes to play in the first, which ended with Pepu Hernandez's side ahead 23-15. The Spaniards continued to work hard on defense and held Greece scoreless for the first 4:10 of the second period until Nikolaos Chatzivrettas's three-point play to make it 28-18. But the Greeks were still unable to snap out of their funk as Spain ended the first half on a 9-0 run for a 45-24 advantage going into the break. Konstantinos Tsartsaris opened the second half with a three-pointer, but the Greeks' inability to knock down the long-range shots killed any chances of coming back. Spain led 56-39 after three periods and watched Greece close the gap to 12 points - 56-44 - on Theodoros Papaloukas's jumper with 6:41 to play. Pau Gasol knocked down two foul shots and Benni Rodriguez hit a break-away lay-up to re-establish a 16-point advantage just 30 seconds later. The Greeks were unable to get closer than 15 the rest of the way and next face a do-or-die match on Sunday against Croatia. Giannakis said his team failed to find consistency in their game: "First half, Spain took advantage of our mistakes. In the second half we tried to make something happen. We cut the deficit but we made more mistakes and that was the key. I think we can play better if we have a clearer idea of what we want to do. Our first-half performance was what made the difference." The Spaniards look to continue their push towards the quarter-finals with a tough showdown with undefeated Russia. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Spain Greece Diamantidis Rudy Fenandez Papadopoulos Pau Gasol Navarro Jimenez Bourousis

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Eurobasket 07 - Croatia vs Lithuania 14/09 14 September 2007 Lithuania Slip Past Croatia, Into Semis Zoran Planinic missed two foul shots with 1.02 seconds remaining, allowing Lithuania to hold off a motivated Croatia 74-72 and book their spot in Saturday's semi-finals against Russia. Darius Songalia scored 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and gave Lithuania the winning basket with 46 seconds left. Linas Kleiza collected 19 points and nine rebounds and Sarunas Jasikevicius dished out Zoran Planinic (Croatia) Zoran Planinic led Croatia with 16 points but missed critical free throws down the stretch. eight assists as Lithuania remained the only perfect team in the competition. "It should have been an easier game, but it was very difficult for us psychologically. Croatia are a very good team, but every team in the quarter-finals is good," said Ramunas Siskauskas, who was held to just two points. "We were a bit nervous at the beginning, but not in the final seconds and that's what helped us to the win." Lithuania are hoping to repeat their 2003 run to the EuroBasket title - which they won with a perfect 6-0 run. The Baltic powers are going for European crown number four. Croatia limped into the quarter-finals having lost their last three games after beating Spain, but Jasmin Repesa's men gave Lithuania all they could handle, especially Planinic, who collected a team-high 16 points as well as three rebounds, five assists and seven steals. The Tau Vitoria guard however missed when it meant most. After Marko Popovic was off target on a three-pointer with three seconds left, Planinic was fouled with 1.02 ticks remaining. He missed the first and then purposely missed the second and Lithuania ran off the clock for the win. Popovic finished with 12 points and Marko Tomas added 10. Croatia, who will play France in the 5th-8th classification games, shot themselves in the foot, making just eight of 19 foul shots (42%) while holding Lithuania to 40% shooting (23-of-58) for the game. "We were able to get a last-second shot but unfortunately, it didn't go in," said Tomas. "Tonight, we suffered at the free throw line." Lithuania struggled to find their rhythm offensively early on and committed two turnovers while watching Croatia jump ahead 9-3 with Planinic scoring seven points. Back-to-back three-pointers by Popovic kept the Croatians ahead 17-11 before the Lithuanians pulled to within 19-17 after the first period. Planinic had scored 13 points as Croatia led 33-32. Kleiza answered with a three-point play and a three-pointer for a 38-33 Lithuania lead, but the Baltic defense allowed Marko Tomas to score off an inbounds pass for a 38-35 half-time lead. Ramunas Butautas's team again couldn't find their form early, making just one of seven shots and giving up three turnovers while Croatia went ahead 44-41with a 9-3 spurt. A Songalia three-pointer made it 53-49 for Lithuania - only to see Marin Rozic and Damir Markota drain back-to-back treys for a 55-53 Croatia lead going into the fourth. Lithuania opened the final quarter on an 11-3 run to charge ahead 64-58 but Croatia refused to give up but Kleiza and Simas Jasaitis knocked down back-to-back three-pointers to increase the cushion to 72-65 with three minutes remaining. A Tomas three-pointer cut the led to 72-70 with a minute left. Songalia drained a jumper for a four-point lead, but was then called for an unsportsmanlike foul on Planinic with 27 seconds left. Planinic made two foul shots to set up the drama in the waning seconds. Tags: Eurobasket 07 Croatia Lithuania

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