If it’s Angola, it must be another 55-point rout
Before it can win a world championship, the United States needed to start looking like a world champion.
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Kevin Durant, Chauncey Billups and the rest of the Americans finally had that appearance yesterday, powering into the quarterfinals with a 121-66 victory over Angola.Remembering Angola
NEWS ITEM: The U.S. national basketball team routs Angola, 121-66, in the field of 16 knockout round of the FIBA World Championships in Turkey.
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The Timberwolves VP of player personnel has seen Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio play up close at the World Champiionships.
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Before he wings home from the world basketball championship, Doug Smith shares some of its best and worst, including some news on ex-Raptor Garbo.
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Mozgov helps Russia reach world quarters (AP)
Russia reached the quarterfinals of basketball’s world championships against the United States, beating New Zealand 78-56 Monday after Andrey Vorontsevich had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov, Russia’s 2.16-meter (7-foot-1) center who recently signed for the New York Knicks, added 16 points and seven rebounds.
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News. September 6th, 2010Billups, Durant key US rout of Angola (AP)
Before it can win a world championship, the United States needed to start looking like a world champion. Kevin Durant, Chauncey Billups and the rest of the Americans finally had that appearance Monday, powering into the quarterfinals with a 121-66 victory over Angola. “Obviously we want to stay humble, but at the same time we have to know that we can do it,” forward Kevin Love said.
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News. September 6th, 2010Turkoglu has 20 as Turkey ousts France (AP)
Turkey used a 21-4 run spanning the second and third quarters on Sunday to eliminate France from the basketball world championship with a 95-77 win. Phoenix Suns forward Hedo Turkoglu scored 20 points and Sinan Guler added 17 for Turkey, which played its first tournament game in the new Sinan Erdem Dome.
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News. September 5th, 2010Coach K pleased with young US team (AP)
Those predicting that the United States will fall short of a world championship are focusing on the back of the jerseys. They no longer include names such as BRYANT or JAMES. Those expecting the Americans to win anyway do so because of what’s still on the front. “I think there is a certain element that does persist that because we have USA on our jersey, that’s good enough,” USA…
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News. September 5th, 2010Brezec, Dragic key Slovenia’s easy win (AP)
Jaka Lokovic scored 19 points and Slovenia hit 16 of 33 3-pointers to eliminate Australia 87-58 Sunday in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship. Lokovic’s corner 3-pointer in the game’s opening seconds sparked a 12-0 run and Slovenia never looked back. Primoz Brezec of the Milwaukee Bucks had 12 points and Goran Dragic added 10 points and eight assists for Slovenia.
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