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EuroBasket 2013: France ousts Spain in OT Thriller
In the second EuroBasket 2013 semifinal it took Tony Parker and a few of his closest friends an extra session to send the two-time defending champions from Spain to the consolation round with a 75:72 defeat. Parker put up 32 for France against their Spanish rivals to put France in the finals against Lithuania, who…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Croatia, Lithuania move on to SFs
The next round of the EuroBasket 2013 competition is now set as all four semifinalists have been determined and the match-ups scheduled. After Wednesday’s quarterfinals, the top half of the semifinal bracket was established with old rivals Spain and France set to hit the hardwood at Stozice Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia in the second game…
Read MoreEurobasket 2013: Quarterfinals previews
The Eurobasket 2013 Quarterfinals are set and ready to kick off. Teams have finally reached the key part in the competition where everything is on the line. It’s now win or go home. Which team will come out on top? Who will advance? Whose hearts will get broken on the hardwood? Spain vs. Serbia Serbia…
Read MoreEurobasket 2013: Ukrainians grab final QF spot
It’s been a roller coaster ride for the Ukrainians at EuroBasket 2013. They opened Round 1 with three straight wins, lost a tough contest to France and closed the preliminary round with a big win over Great Britain. Their first game in the second round was a 34-point beating at the hands of Latvia, they…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Three from Group E qualify for QFs
EuroBasket 2013 Group E got Day 2 of Round 2 in the books on Friday and as a result France was the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals with a 102:91 win over Latvia. Lithuania got a big win over Belgium, but needed the French club’s win to pick up their tickets to the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 1 of Round 2 full of upsets
EuroBasket 2013 has put it’s first full day of the Round 2 in the books and to say it was an interesting day would be a gross understatement. With the quality of competition that the remaining 12 teams are capable of bringing on any given day it’s no surprise that there were surprises, but the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Round 2 set to tip off Wednesday
Wednesday will mark the opening contests of Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, with the top three teams coming out of each of the four groups that competed in Round 1 coming together to form two new groups. At the end of the Round 2 the top four teams in each of the two groups will…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Round 2 advancement papers given
Round 1 of EuroBasket 2013 is complete and the clubs moving on to Round 2 have been determined. Groups C and D were cut and dry with three top teams and no tiebreakers needed, but in Groups A and B the tiebreakers were complex as there were three teams tied for third place at 2-3,…
Read MoreKeyron Sheard to Juventus-LKSK Utenos
Keyron Sheard (188 cm, Chattanooga’09) is moving to Juventus-LKSK Utenos from Lithuania’s LKL this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old New Jersey native is transferring there after playing the last couple of seasons for two other Lithuanian clubs in lower leagues. Sheard is slowly climbing up the ranks and is busting out into the LKL for the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: OTs, Upsets, Italy stands alone
Coming into Day 4 of the EuroBasket 2013 competition, there were four undefeated teams. As the dust settled on Ljubljana, Jesenice, Celje, and Koper, Slovenia Sunday, the only club that made it out of Day 4 unblemished was Italy after their big 81:72 win over previously undefeated Greece. France knocked off unbeaten Ukraine 77:71 in…
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