April 2011 National Wiretap

Valanciunas Plays Just Four Minutes In Lithuania's 80-69 Win Over Great Britain

Aug 31, 2011 8:32 PM

Lithuania defeated Great Britain by a final score of 80-69 to open the 2011 EuroBasket.

Rimantas Kaukenas had 16 points on eight shots to lead Lithuania.

Jonas Valanciunas played in just four minutes while collecting two rebounds and failing to attempt a shot.

Luol Deng had 25 points and 10 rebounds while playing all 40 minutes for Great Britain. Joel Freeland had 14 points.

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Tags: Jonas Valanciunas, National, National Euro Championship

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Kanter Goes For 14 And 7 In Turkey's 79-56 Win Over Portugal

Aug 31, 2011 8:29 PM

Enes Kanter had 14 points on nine shots and seven rebounds in Turkey's 79-56 win over Portugal in their first game of 2011 EuroBasket.

Hedo Turkoglu had 14 points.

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Bargnani Scores 22 Points In Italy's Loss To Serbia

Aug 31, 2011 8:28 PM

Despite 22 points and nine rebounds from Andrea Bargnani, Serbia defeated Italy by a final score of 80-68 in their first game of the 2011 EuroBasket.

Milos Tedosic and Milenko Tepic each scored 15 points for Serbia, who had a +14 assist margin.

Danilo Gallinari scored 15 points on nine shots.

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France Withstands 32 Points From Blums To Defeat Latvia

Aug 31, 2011 8:16 PM

Tony Parker scored 31 points and logged seven assists in France's 89-78 win over Latvia in their first game of the 2011 EuroBasket.

Boris Diaw, Mickael Gelable, Nicolas Batum and Joakim Noah each finished in double-figures.

Janis Blums had 32 points and six assists for Latvia.

Tags: Janis Blums, National, National Euro Championship

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Calathes, Koufos Pace Greece To 76-67 Win Over Bosnia

Aug 31, 2011 8:14 PM

Nick Calathes had 13 points and seven rebounds to help lead Greece to a 76-67 win over Bosnia in their first game of 2011 EuroBasket.

Kosta Koufos had 10 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench.

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Georgia Defeats Belgium By 81-59 Final In First Game Of Pool Play

Aug 31, 2011 8:12 PM

Zaza Pachulia led Georgia to an 81-59 win over Belgium in their first game of the 2011 EuroBasket.

Pachulia had 16 points, while Viktor Sanikidze and Tornike Shengelia each had 13 points.

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Tags: National, National Euro Championship

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Kirilenko Goes For 20 And 11 In Win Over Ukraine

Aug 31, 2011 8:11 PM

With a dominant performance on the glass where they outrebounded Ukraine by a +13 margin, Russia pulled out a 73-64 win in their first game of the 2011 EuroBasket.

Andrei Kirilenko had 20 points and 11 rebounds.

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Tags: National, National Euro Championship

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Nowitzki Scores 25 In Germany's 91-64 Win Over Israel

Aug 31, 2011 8:08 PM

Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points on just 14 shots as Germany defeated Israel by a final score of 91-64.

Chris Kaman pitched in 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Robin Benzing had 12 points. Germany outrebounded Israel by a margin of +14.

Guy Pnini led Israel with 20 points.

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Tags: National, National Euro Championship

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Pau Gasol, Navarro Lead Spain To 83-78 Win Over Poland

Aug 31, 2011 8:03 PM

Spain defeated Poland by a final score of 83-78 in their first game of the 2011 EuroBasket.

The game was far closer than most expected as Spain is the tournament's heavy favorite.

Pau Gasol scored 29 points on just 12 shots from the floor, while Juan Carlos Navarro had 23 points. Marc Gasol had 16 points and seven rebounds.

Ricky Rubio was 0-for-5 from the floor and failed to record an assist in 16 minutes.

Poland was led by 18 points and seven assists from Thomas Kelati, who was an All-Pac-10 First Team selection from Washington State in 2005.

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Tags: Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Marc Gasol, Thomas Kelati, National, National Euro Championship

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Puerto Rico Defeats Panama 99-66

Aug 31, 2011 11:33 AM

Puerto Rico defeated Panama by a final score of 99-66 to begin the Pool Play round of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship.

Four members of Puerto Rico scored double-figures and nine players had six points or more. 

Alejandro Carmona had 16 points on 10 shots and Carlos Arroyo had 11 points and seven assists.

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Argentina Defeats Paraguay To Open 2011 FIBA Americas

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Splitter's 17, 11 And Six Paces Brazil To 93-83 Win Over Venezuela

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Horford Leads Dominican Republic To 90-60 Win Over Cuba

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Kanter 'A Little Lost In Space' After Not Playing Games At Kentucky

Deseret News

Kanter Has 'Always Had Competitive Mentality'

Deseret News

Team Canada Veteran Impressed With Cory Joseph

Toronto Sun

Rautins Would Love To Have Wiggins, Kabongo On Team Canada

Toronto Star

Rautins Empathetic Of Thompson's Decision Not To Play

Toronto Star

Leo Rautins: Team Canada Has More Weapons Now

Toronto Star

Turiaf Suffers Broken Finger

Alan Hahn/Newsday

Dominican Republic Defeat Kentucky Alums In Exhibition Game

Cincinnati Enquirer

Canada Defeats Belgium By A 79-74 Final

Project Spurs

Casspi Injures Fibula During Israeli Practice

Cleveland Plan-Dealer

Valanciunas Breaks Lithuanian Scoring Record For Debut

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Gordon Unlikely To Play In Eurobasket

BBC

Lin Declines Invite From Chinese National Team

Focus Taiwan

Schortsanitis Quits Greek Team

FIBA.com

Deng Cleared To Play In European Championships

Chicago Tribune

Noah Responding Well To Treatment, Set To Join French Teammates

Chicago Tribune

USA's World University Team Roster Reduced To 14

Jeff Goodman/FOXSports.com