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Rio Quarter Finals – Croatia and Serbia, the rising suns
Serbia are meant to be ahead of Croatia in the development cycle but both see Wednesday’s Olympic quarter final clash as a big chance for a medal this week, writes Emmet Ryan We’ve been over this territory with Croatia already. This is a team playing with house money and now they are in a game […]
Rio Day 1 and 2 – Let’s all over-react to Dario
On a pair of days where everything was over-analysed, one play in particular got social media in a frenzy. Emmet Ryan on Dario’s block and the rest of what happened Throughout Croatia’s comeback win over Spain, the trend on social media was to react way too much into Dario Saric’s poor scoring performance for the […]
VIDEO: Kenneth Faried tops the FIBA World Cup Top 10
He was BiE’s pick for MVP and despite falling short to Kyrie Irving for that honour, Kenneth Faried delivered one big highlight in Sunday’s final to top the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup’s list of plays of the tournament. Watch them all here.
VIDEO: Faried reacts to World Cup win
Speaking in a rather noisy mixed zone, Kenneth Faried shared his thoughts on winning the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup with the USA.
VIDEO: DeRozan says World Cup win will help him as a Raptor
Speaking to BiE moments after lifting the Naismith Trophy, DeMar DeRozan said playing for the USA and winning the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup will lead him to better things with the Toronto Raptors this season.
Irving leads USA in 129-92 rout of Serbia to win the 2014 FIBA World Cup
Serbia came out ready to fight but Kyrie Irving didn’t take long to kill off their dreams as the USA rode a big first quarter from their point guard to a crushing victory in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final. There was no doubt who looked more confident at the start of this one. […]
Serbia vs USA – 2014 FIBA World Cup Final preview
This is going to be brief. These teams couldn’t have taken more differing journeys to Madrid for the final of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup but both have more than earned the right to be here tonight. Serbia’s group performance could have best been described as so-so but since the knockout stages began they […]
VIDEO: DeMar DeRozan “We can’t take nobody lightly”
DeMar DeRozan spoke to BallinEurope after the USA’s win over Lithuania at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, DeRozan spoke about why Spain’s exit from the competition changes nothing for his team.
VIDEO: Valanciunas stays tight lipped on Boogie scuffle
In what proved to be by far the most athletic piece of video recording performed by BiE at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Jonas Valanciunas spoke about getting to play against his Toronto Raptors team mate DeMar DeRozan and the the strength of the USA team.
FIBA World Cup: USA punishes Lithuania’s inefficiency, cruises to the final
It was another iffy shooting display from the USA but once again they delivered in the second half to crush Lithuania and advance to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final. There were two duels Lithuania simply had to win in this one, Jonas Valanciunas vs Anthony Davis and Donatas Motiejunas vs Kenneth Faried. Valanciunas […]
VIDEO: Curry “With every game we get more comfortable with each other”
Steph Curry spoke about the improving chemistry on team USA after their win over Slovenia in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
VIDEO: DeRozan looking forward to facing Valanciunas
DeMar DeRozan spoke to the media after the USA’s win over Slovenia in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup quarter finals. The win means DeRozan will face his Toronto Raptors team mate Jonas Valanciunas and Lithuania in the next round. DeRozan told BiE that he is eager to take on his team mate for a […]