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EuroBasket: Early run drives Serbia to 2014 FIBA World Cup
A stunning start for Serbia proved decisive as Dusan Ivkovic’s charges won the win or stay home World Cup decider with Italy 76-64. It took Italy a full quarter to realise the importance of this game and they were left with too deep a hole to get out of. Serbia, who suffered horrible starts in […]
EuroBasket Power Rankings: Spain rise to the top
Just in time for today’s semi finals to prove us completely wrong, here’s our updated Power Rankings for EuroBasket 2013 after the quarter final round. 1. Spain. It’s a what have you done for me lately business and nobody has done more than Spain. They leap Croatia on the back of an utter rout of Serbia. […]
Goran and Zoran Dragic send Slovenia to 2014 FIBA World Cup
After the disappointment of Wednesday night’s quarter final loss, the Dragic brothers had huge games for Slovenia to beat Serbia and book their tickets to Spain next year. Listen to the good Vibrations! Do you hear the crazy Game? Do you smell the scent of Glory? Do you feel the hug of fame? Slovenia booked […]
Preview: EuroBasket Quarter Finals – Croatia vs Ukraine and Lithuania vs Italy
Three more teams will book their place in the 2014 FIBA World Cup on Thursday as the quarter finals of EuroBasket 2013 conclude. Here’s are take and picks on both games as well as the classification game between Slovenia and Serbia where the winner books a ticket to Spain. Croatia lost their first game in […]
EuroBasket: Spain rout Serbia 90-60 in quarter finals
Spain brutalised Serbia early as they romped to victory in the first quarter final of EuroBasket 2013. Spain started hot and rarely let off in a rout of Serbia. Everyone knew the Spanish had speed but Serbia weren’t ready for how hard Spain would start the game. A 21-5 first quarter set the tone for […]
Preview: Serbia vs Spain and Slovenia vs France – EuroBasket Quarter Finals
Arguably the two best matched quarter finals of EuroBasket 2013 talk place on Wednesday. Serbia take on Spain in a re-match of the 2009 final while hosts Slovenia take on France. Serbia vs Spain – 17.30 CET The young and improving Serbs take on the winners of the last two EuroBaskets. The key match-ups here […]
EuroBasket Power Rankings: And then there were eight
Where once there was 12 now stand 8. The quarter finals are set so it’s time to update our Power Rankings. There are some radical changes but I still expect plenty of you will be upset. Take aim in the comments. 1. Croatia (4-1). It was really tough to decide between first and second here. […]
EuroBasket 2013 Quarter Final pairings set
The last game in stage two has yet to start but the four quarter final pairings for EuroBasket 2013 are set. Here’ are the pairings. Serbia vs Spain Lithuania vs Italy Croatia vs Ukraine Slovenia vs France The first two games on Monday set the slate in stone. Greece lost any hope at making the […]
EuroBasket: Early drama decides Group E
Latvia’s defeat at the hands of Belgium meant the rest of Sunday’s action was all about seeding for the EuroBasket 2013 quarter finals. By the time Lithuania and Ukraine took to the court in Llubjana, both sides knew they were safely through to the quarter finals. Unsurprisingly much of this game had a feel of […]
Eurobasket: Ukrainian resurrection. Wins for Lithuania and France.
Where did that come from? Ukraine pulled off the shock of the second round so far while France and Lithuania rolled to easy victories in Group E. Ukraine took a one point lead into half-time against Serbia but with issues on the boards, the upset looked far from assured. Then along came a 14-2 run […]
Open thread: Group E could be pretty much decided today
After the Group B teams made their presence felt on Wednesday, Friday could effectively see Group E’s quarter finallists decided. Here’s the slate. Belgium (0-3) vs Lithuania (2-1) – 14.30 Serbia (3-0) vs Ukraine (1-2) – 17.45 Latvia (1-2) vs France (2-1) – 21.00 All times CET. Wins for Lithuania, Serbia, and Latvia would eliminate […]
Eurobasket: Latvia stomps Ukraine. Wins for Serbia and Lithuania.
The three Group B teams made their presence felt big time as stage two of Eurobasket 2013 got under way on Wednesday. The first day of stage two began with a bang. Latvia decided to leave nothing in doubt against Ukraine. This was nothing short of total dominance and a 15/29 display from beyond the […]