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Nike Hoop Summit 2012: World Select tops Shabazz Muhammad, Team USA; Dario Saric contributes double-double

April 10, 2012

For just the fourth time in 15 years, Team USA lost the marquee match at the Nike Hoop Summit to the World Select squad. Dario Saric, a.k.a. The Next Big Thing coming out of Croatia, put in a double-double of 13 points and 14 rebounds in the World’s 84-75 win, with the latter mark tying the record currently also held by Dirk Nowitzki, Milan Macvan and Nemanja Aleksandrov.

In a post-game interview with the NBA Draft Insider, Saric agrees that he might best serve as a “point forward” – after all, the smooth ball-handling Croatian enjoys the playmaker position best but he’s just a bit too tall. On the other hand, Saric lists his role model as Magic Johnson…

Also of Euro-centric note: Enes Kanter’s record-setting mark of 2008 was topped by the USA’s power forward Shabazz Muhammad, who was good for 35 points … Vytenis Cizauskas of Lithuania saw some quality time and grabbed five rebounds.

The entire game – including warmups and post-game press conferences – may be found on the YouTube channel of Net Scouts Basketball; quarter one, part one runs below to get you started. Official FIBA writeup of the game follows the video.

(FIBA) – Former FIBA U17 World Championship bronze medalists Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett as well as Croatian übertalent Dario Saric and Chinese center Wang Zhelin guided the World Select Team to a 84-75 victory over the United States at the 2012 Nike Hoop Summit.

The World team overcame a record 35 points and nine rebounds by USA power forward Shabazz Muhammad to beat the American team for the first time since 2009. The U.S. still leads the all-time series with an 11-4 record.

“Wow, special win for us, for the World Team. I know it hasn’t happened too often, so anytime you get a win over the USA it’s a good feeling,” said World Team head coach Roy Rana of Canada.

Rana had plenty of help from his pair of Canadian players Wiggins and Bennett – the trio joining forces again after winning bronze at the inaugural U17 Worlds in 2010. Wiggins scored a team-high 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots, while Bennett collected 7 points and 11 rebounds.

Bennett may have also scored the biggest basket of the game in the fourth quarter with the World Team leading 78-75. He got his hands on a long rebound from a blocked shot and with the shot clock winding down hit a high three-pointer over the outstretched arm of American Nerlens Noel, one of the best shot blockers in the U.S., with 22 seconds left to play.

“It was in the moment. I caught the ball, and I saw Nerlins coming at me and I know he’s a shot blocker, so I tried to get it up high. So I just threw it, and as soon as it left off my hand I knew it was good,” said Bennett, whose shot helped the World Team finish the game on a 10-0 run for the victory.

Wang Zhelin, who played at both the 2010 U17 and 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for China, added 19 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots. And Saric, who played at those same youth world tournaments, collected 13 points, 14 rebounds and five assists in the win.

Argentina’s Marcos Delia, who played at the 2011 U19 FIBA World Championship, came off the bench for four points and seven rebounds while U19s champ Team Lithuania’s Vytenis Cizauskas chipped in two points and five rebounds.

In total, the World Team out-rebounded the United States 57-34 but committed 23 turnovers to just 12 for the USA, which shot only 36 percent for the game.

Muhammad’s 35 points – which included 10 of 11 free throws – snapped the all-time scoring mark in the game’s history, surpassing the 34 points by Enes Kanter in 2010. The previous best for the U.S. team was 31 points, accomplished three times by Casey Jacobsen (1999), Tyler Hansbrough (2005) and Wayne Ellington (2006).

“I wasn’t really aware of (the scoring record). I just thought my shot was going in tonight. I thought we really played well in the second half with the rotations on defense. If we would have done that in the first half, we would have come closer to winning the game,” said Muhammad, who added nine rebounds.

The Americans trailed 52-34 at halftime but fought back to take their first and only lead of the game at 75-74 with 3:20 left to play.

Kyle Anderson collected 12 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals while Noel came off the bench for five points, four rebounds, four steals and four blocks in the loss.

Tony Parker, the only American player with experience at the FIBA level – winning gold at the 2010 U17 Worlds – went scoreless in eight minutes.

Apr 10, 2012ballineurope
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Comments: 5
  1. That guy
    13 years ago

    Shabazz Muhammad is a shooting guard or maybe small forward, not a power forward.

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  2. Apollo
    13 years ago

    Os Davis, what is your opinion of George Papagiannis? Papagiannis is the youngest player in the history of the Greek League, since it formed in the current state.

    He is 14 and is already 7 feet tall. He is already playing in the top division with Peristeri. If you are wondering, in the USA, it would be like a 9th grader playing in the top professional league, and that is already 7 feet tall.

    I was just wondering what your thoughts on him are?

    You can check him out on YouTube:

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=george+papagiannis&oq=george+papagiannis&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3..0.141.2839.0.2981.13.12.0.2.2.0.249.1587.1j5j3.9.0.

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    • Phileus
      13 years ago

      Damn, he is skinny as heck but also looks a lot more coordinated than most 7ft. 9th graders I’ve seen.

      I also think that any development system that lets young teens learn the ropes in the pros from an early age blows our idiotic AAU/NCAA “development” system out of the water. Maybe some day the D-League feeder teams will be able to recruit top HS talent and we’ll end this NCAA farce.

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    • Os
      13 years ago

      @ Apollo: Wow, do you have anything else on Papagiannis? That could be quite the story…

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  3. Apollo
    13 years ago

    @ Apollo: Wow, do you have anything else on Papagiannis? That could be quite the story

    No not really. I just know that it is really unusual that he is 7 feet and already was playing in the top division in Greece are ate 14. And he also is not just a stiff either. He can move well and surprisingly is already good on defense and rebounding and even has some offensive skills already.

    I have honestly never seen anything like this kid before in Greece.

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