Category: FIBA

EuroBasket News: France beats up Belgium,90-71

Brandon King

France defeated a Belgium team that managed to hang around for one half of competitive basketball, Belgium only trailed by nine, 44-35 at halftime, before ultimately being dispatched, 90-71. Belgium’s frigid shooting, just 34.4% from the floor, and inability to stop the French offensive attack proved to be their undoing. For the victorious “Bleus”. Thomas Heurtel led the way with 13 points and 6 assists; Rudy Robert scored 12 points Fournier chipped in 10 points and 5 rebounds of his own. Retin Obasohan paced Belgium with 14 points and Jonathan…

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FIBA News: Sloukas leads Greece past Georgia, 80-67

Brandon King

Without Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was vested for the second of back-to-back exhibition games, the Greek national team was still able to defeat Georgia, 80-67. Kostas Sloukas’ 21 points, on 9/13 from the floor, lead the way for Greece. The Greek team needed all 21 of those points, as they only shot 8/34 from downtown and were even beaten on the boards by Georgia, 41-36. Sloukas, who has not been practicing with the team for a week ( just 5 days) , got some help from Kostas Antetokounmpo and Tyler Dorsey,…

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FIBA News: Finland defect Ukraine in OT,Lauri Markkanen drops 42

Brandon King

Lauri Markkanen got busy, dropping 42 big ones, in powering Finland to a 97-94 overtime win over Ukraine in a pre-Eurobasket exhibition game. In a performance that cavaliers fans hope to see ( and One Bulls fans never got) in the Association, Markkanen was a grown man in his 38 minutes of action, also grabbing nine rebounds and 3 steals to go along with the prodigious scoring output. Alexander Madsen chipped in 15 points, and Sasu Salin contributed 11. Svi Mykhailiuk led Ukraine with 20 points in a losing effect;…

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EuroBasket 2022: Luka says ”We are going to Germany to win gold”

Brandon King

On the eve of an anticipated Serbia/Slovenia exhibition game in Lubljana, Luka Doncic made it quite known that his goal was for his nation, Slovenia, the 2017 EuroBasket champions, to defend their crown at EuroBasket 2022. In speaking to local media, the Dallas Mavericks star had this to say: “Who’s talking about what kind of pressure? We are going to Germany to win gold. In every competition where we compete, the goal must always be the first place. We will do everything for it, but we will see if we…

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Bosnia-Herzegovina will be able to play in EuroBasket

Brandon King

It was recently reported that the Bosnian national team was having financial issues that could prevent it from participation in EuroBasket 2022. The Bosnian basketball federation had been able to raise some of the funds but still a shortfall remained. Despite the looming issues, the squad made the trip to Tartu, Estonia, splitting a pair of friendly matches with the host nation. According to reporting from Bosnian news outlet AA, the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s request for financial aid was approved by the government. Having missed the 2017…

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Cedi Osman leads Turkey to win over Poland

Brandon King

Turkey got their second win in three pre-EuroBasket 2022 friendly contests , in a 94-78 wire-to-wire win over Poland Sunday in Istanbul. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Cedi Osman led the way with 18 points on 5/7 from the floor, including 4/6 from downtown and a perfect 4/4 from the charity stripe in nearly 20 minutes of work. The Sixers Furkan Korkmaz put in 12 points, but was only connected on 2 of his 9 field goal attempts, adding 5 rebounds and three assists Michal Sokolowski, Jakub Schenk and Aleksander Balcerowski each…

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FIBA News: Bosnia gets win over Belgium

Brandon King

Jusuf Nurkic put in 18 points and grabbed 9 rebounds and dished out 4 assists in spearheading Bosnia’s 74-68 won over Belgium. Dzanan Musa and team captain Miralem Halilovic chipped in with 14 points apiece for the victorious Bosnians. Retin Obasohan scored 20 in a losing effort. Should Bosinia solve the financial challenges that threaten to keep it out of EuroBasket, they are slotted for Group B of the prelims against France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovenia. For Belgium Group A of EuroBasket in Tbilisi, Georgia awaits them, along with…

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EuroBasket friendlies: Estonia beats Belgium, 79-66

Brandon King

Lead by Maik Kostar’s 19 points and 8 rebounds, Estonia defeated Belgium 79-66. Kerr Kriisa was on fire from the land of three, knocking down 5 of his 6 attempts in scoring 15 points, Belgium was lead by Manu Lecomte’s 14 points. Once EuroBasket 2022 tips off, Estonia will play in Group C with Great Britain, Croatia, Italy Greece and Ukraine. Belgium will take part in Group A, competing against Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Spain and Montenegro. The top four teams in each group advance to the elimination round.

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EuroBasket Friendlies: Germany squeaks by Netherlands , 68-66

Brandon King

Germany snuck by the Netherlands 68-66. The Germans sat David Kramer, Andrea Obst, Daniel Theis and Franz Wagner. Without their services, Maodo Lo stepped up with 16 points to lead the way; Denis Schroder and Johannes Voightmana chipped in 14 apiece. The Netherlands got within one at 67-66 with 14 seconds to go in the contest. Lo had a chance to put Deutschland up by three, but bricked both free throws. However the Netherlands was unable to take advantage of this gift horse, failing to protect their defensive backboards, which…

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EuroHoops : France gets by Italy

Brandon King

It was not their best effort, and it took extra basketball to dispatch them , but France held off Italy 78-77. France certainly did not bring their A-game, shooting a frigid 21% from downtown and only 62% from the charity stripe; The Italians did not have their shooting either, hitting just 66% from the foul line and connecting on only 32% of their field goal attempts. Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 11 boards and Vincent Poirier pitched in with 14 points and 11 rebounds of his own. Simone Fonetecchio…

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