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Eurobasket 2011: Reviewing the preview
BallinEurope’s man in the U.K., Sam Chadwick, revamps his EuroBasket “preview” as the final games in pool play go down…
Live blogging Eurobasket 2011: Poland vs. Great Britain
Who would’ve thought this game would be significant in the EuroBasket 2011 tournament? Yet, here we are, less than 24 hours after Team Poland’s stunning upset of the big-bodied, NBA-stocked Turkey — not to mention a day after Great Britain’s first-ever major tournament win. While Britain needs an outrageous 58-point margin of victory today (not […]
Rapping about Jonas Valanciunas
Naturally, everyone in basketball-rabid Lithuania has their own favorite on the national team, but the overwhelming devotion attractor right now is unquestionably Jonas Valanciunas. As the future of Lithuanian basketball itself – he’s six years and one month younger than the next most junior member of the national team – it’s not too much of […]
EuroBasket 2011: Scenarios for Groups E and F (plus Official Fearless Predictions™)
Right, BallinEurope has spent a few hours with some of the brains behind heinnews and BasketNews.lt in an attempt to hash out the implications of today’s EuroBasket games vis-à-vis the next round of play. Today is the last game of the first round and, as far as we can tell, seven teams of the possible […]
Live blogging EuroBasket 2011: Lithuania vs. Spain
Surely this game needs no introduction: It’s the defending European champions against the red-hot, lightning-quick Lithuanians. Lithuania is a player down, but there’s still that 13th man of the crowd and the straight-up willpower of the home team backs by 16,000 volts of tradition, neither of which should be underestimated. Get ready for a wild […]
Live blogging Eurobasket 2011: Poland vs. Turkey
All righty, then, time for today’s second of three live blogs, as Turkey prepares to take on Poland. The scenario: Spain and Lithuania have already clinched spots in the next round. To keep their chances alive, Poland must win out in the last two games while Turkey loses both … and that would be one […]
Deng: Team Britain has "done something special"
Congratulations go out from BallinEurope to Team Britain — one of BallinEurope’s favorite programs on the Continent — for finally bagging that first-ever major tournament win today over Portugal. Said Luol Deng after the game: “No matter what, today’s a new day and we’ve done something special.” Indeed, Mr. Deng, and may BiE be among […]
Live blogging Eurobasket 2011: Great Britain vs. Portugal
All right, BallinEurope returns with game coverage via live blog, as Team Britain and Team Portugal — playing for the proverbial pride — face off in EuroBasket game four, each side in search of its first win. In the case of Britain, of course, they’ll be chasing their first-ever major tournament win as the national […]
Sergio Scariolo: Team Spain “still getting better” (Is this trash talk?)
More than one follower of this year’s EuroBasket tournament – BallinEurope included – has noted the, let’s say, less than challenging schedule given to a few of the competition’s powerhouses. Spain, France and possibly Russia (depending on how one feels about Georgia) have faced grievously overmatched competition in the first three games. The timetable has […]
Eurobasket 2011: News, notes and clips going into day five
After a bit of a free day (not 100%, though, BiE can assure you) for BallinEurope, we get back in the game – so to speak – with a few notes, links and of course YouTubes for your perusal before FIBA EuroBasket games tip off today. • BiE’s games of the day? Today, Spain-Lithuania; tomorrow, […]
Live blogging EuroBasket 2011: Turkey vs. Lithuania (a.k.a. the big match)
Not only does the first-round EuroBasket match between Turkey and Lithuania represent the first serious test for this potential championship teams, it also has more long-range ramifications than perhaps any game thus far played. Since win-loss records against advancing teams are held into the next round of pool play, the result of this game will […]
Live blogging EuroBasket 2011: Portugal vs. Poland
Right, so it’s not the most scintillating of games and will probably be irrelevant when the dust settles on EuroBasket Group A play, but we can say one exciting thing about Poland vs. Portugal: One of these two teams is guaranteed to notch their first win in the tournament. Follow along with BallinEurope’s live blogging […]