Thursday,
September 13, 2007
Italy Nudged out of Quarter Final in Euro
Basket
The
ANNOTICO Report
The
Italian team had Marco Belinelli of the San Francisco Golden
State Warriors, and Andrea
Bargnani was the First Round pick of
the Toronto Raptors, and
In
the Quarter Finals,
Guardian
Unlimited
From
Reuters
By
Mark Elkington
September
12, 2007
MADRID,-Germany
overcame
The
2005 silver medallists put in a vastly improved
performance from their last outing, when they were humiliated 77-47 by
Dirk
Nowitzki scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds but
this time was helped by team mates Johannes Herber
with 15 points and six rebounds and Steffen Hamann
with 10 points.
"It
was a must-win game and we were all really focused with contributions from all
along the bench," Herber said.
"Today
was the worst performance in the whole championship for us," coach Carlo Recalcati said.
PERFECT
RECORD
The
other quarter-final pairings were decided after the late game when
"
Looking
ahead to the
In
the day's other game,
The
quarter-finals get underway on Thursday with
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