Day 3 (Preliminary Round 1), Saturday, Aug.31, 2002 Group A Spain - Angola 88-55
Spain: Jimenez 3, L. Angulo 9, Paraěso 5, Calderon 6, A. Reyes 13,
Garbajosa 1, Gasol 16, Junyent 2, Marco, Navarro 9, Rodriguez 5, F.
Reyes 19
Angola: Gomes 23, Almeida 1, Lutonda 13, Mingas, Muzadi 2, Costa 2, A.
Victoriano, Monteiro 2, E. Vitoriano 9, Carvalho 3
All stats
Angola was evry motivated after their last victory over Canada.
However Spaniards showed them very quaickly who is better team on the
court. Yugoslavia - Canada 87-71
Yugoslavia: Jaric 7, Drobniak 5, Divac 8, Vujanic 8, Tomasevic 7,
Gurovic 10, Bodiroga 12, Koturovic 7, Rakocevic, Stojakovic 23
Canada: D.Thomas 2, Anderson 2, Meeks 18, Jibity 4, N. Thomas 8,
Hamilton 6, Channer 3, Karangwa 10, Swords, Barrett 18
All stats
Canadians cannot count this tournament to their best achievements as
they lost all 3 games in their preliminary round. This time, despite
good 1st half, they were defeated by Yugoslavia, who just a day before
was upset by Spain.
Group B Turkey - Lebanon 107-80
Turkey: Kutluay 18, Peker 6, Besok 17, Okur 27, Yildirim, Onan 8,
Tiunceri 2, Turkoglu 13, Koseoglu 1, Pars 2, Erdenay 13
Lebanon: Samaha 3, Khouri 7, El Boustani , Mchantaf 5, Vogel 13, El
Khatib 28, El Domiati, Bardawil 12, Makki, Fahed 5, El Hage 7
All stats
Turkey, similarly like last week at the tournament in Detroit, also
this time controled the game against Lebanon, and they got easy
victory 107-80. Brazil - Puerto Rico 90-86
Brazil: Machado 23, A.Varejao 18, Mazzuchini 12, Giovannoni 11, Klafke
8, Splitter 6, S.Varejao 6, Ferraciu 6, Garcia, Filho
Puerto Rico: Ayuso 31, Ortiz 21, D.Santiago 10, R.Dalmau 9, Arroyo 8,
Mincy 4, Hourruitiner 2, Latimer 1, C.Dalmau, Allende
All stats
Brazil managed to get a victory after a very close game against Puerto
Rico. Puerto Ricans surprised by very effective game. However Brazil
secured their 4-points lead they got in the 2nd quarter.
Group C Germany - Algeria 102-70
Germany: Nowitzki 24, Pesic 14, Okulaja 13, Lutcke 9, Femerling 9,
Arigbabu 8, Maras 6, Rodl 6, Nikagbatse 4, Roller 4, garris 3, Demirel
2
Algeria: Doubal 16, Ouali 12, Sayah 10, Boughedir 9, Boudissa 6,
Mehenaoui 5, Oukid 4, Boulaya 2, Benramdane, Belhimeur
All stats
Germany did not give any chance to much weaker Algerian team. Algeria
did not manage to win a single game in the tournament so far. United States - China 84-65
USA: Pierce 19, Marion 15, Finley 14, A.Miller 9, O'Neal 8, Wallace 6,
B.Davis 5, Brand 4, A.Davis 2, Williams 2, LaFrentz
China: Batere 19, Weidong 14, Fangyu 14, Ming 10, Shioiang 3, Nan 3,
Xiaobin 2, Wei, Ke
All stats
China led by one with four minutes left in the third quarter. But with
both Yao Ming and Batere in foul trouble, the team faded and lost to
the United States 84-65. Yao Ming was held to 10 points before fouling
out late in thefourth quarter, but Batere scored 19. Batere, who
played 23 games with the Denver Nuggets last year, showed the value of
NBA experience in competing at this level. Too bad China did not allow
Wang Zhizhi to show what he had learned playing against US competition
this summer. Perhaps China would not have faded as badly. Its big men
certainly would have had more fouls to give. by
Arthur Volbert
Group D Argentina - New Zealand 112-85
Argentina: Ginobili 24, Noccioni 17, palladino 13, Wolkowyski 12,
Sconochini 12, Oberto 12, Sanchez 10, Montecchia 5, Scola 4, fernandez
3, Gutierrez
New Zealand: Cameron 21, Penney 13, Jones 13, Dickel 12, Book 11,
Marks 10, Henare 3, Boucher 2, Rampton, Flavell, Winitana
All stats
The game for the first place in a group. As many experts predicted,
here we can have a sure candiadte to the medal position - Argentina.
So far Argentinean team did not disappoint in any of their games,
whowing very tough game. Very ambitious New Zealand team this time had
to give up to much stronger Argentina.
Ginobili No Match For Kiwis - Argentina 112 Burger King Tall Blacks 85
Much has been made of the changing face of basketball, particularly
that of the world’s premier competition - the NBA. You only have to
look as far as New Zealand’s own Sean Marks to see it first hand.
Well, the Burger King Tall Blacks got an up close look at and a lesson
from yet another emerging star from the international landscape –
Emanuel Ginobili.
Poised to enter the NBA this year with the San Antonio Spurs, the
Argentinian shooting guard showed exactly why he is so highly
regarded, destroying New Zealand with a devastating performance in the
final quarter of a 112-85 blowout at Indianapolis’ RCA Dome.
The Tall Blacks trailed by just two points heading into fourth period
and seemed set for another of those come-from-behind wins that have
become their trademark over the past two years. But Ginobili, who had
battled foul trouble all night, scored nine points in an 11-0 run that
killed their revival stone dead.
"His offensive outburst in the fourth quarter certainly caught us by
surprise," said New Zealand coach Tab Baldwin. "What a great player he
is.
"He just made great play after great play after great play."
Ginobili entered the game averaging 20 points on 57% FG shooting and
began it exactly the way he ended it, scoring his team’s first seven
points and nine of their first 11 before taking a spell on the bench.
But his contribution to the first half was severely limited by the
referee’s whistle.
After returning for the start of the second quarter, he quickly picked
up his third personal foul and was forced back to his seat.
The Tall Blacks had started well with most of their three-point
shooter finding their touch immediately. Mark Dickel, Phill Jones,
Pero Cameron (twice) and Ed Book all hit from long range, the Kiwis
contained the much-vaunted Argentine fastbreak and eased out to a
31-26 advantage after the first period.
But they fell back into their bad habit of conceding the initiative in
the second quarter. Almost as soon as Ginobili was taken out of the
equation, his teammates put on a 15-3 run, feeding off Tall Black
turnovers.
Forward Fabric Oberto proved particularly annoying, scoring 10 points
around the basket during the quarter.
Turning 44-52 down, the Kiwis had again conceded too many points and
lost their way offensively. They had gone 0/5 from beyond the arc for
the period, Kirk Penney (averaging 19.5 points) had not gotten into
his groove at all and inside threat Sean Marks (well guarded by former
Seattle Supersonics team-mate Ruben Wolkowysky) had not scored in the
second quarter.
In other words, this game was still winnable with a few adjustments,
primarily on defence.
The game developed into a real dogfight, as physical as any rugby
match between these two old oval-ball rivals. Book was felled twice
during the match, the second incident sparking a scuffle between his
assailant and Dillon Boucher.
Then Marks hit the deck with a finger to his eye.
Through the melee, the Tall Blacks clawed back into contention as
Penney got rolling and Cameron produced another strong performance.
After trailing by 11 at 50-61, they went on a 13-2 tear to draw even
and were right there still at 72-74 with 10 minutes remaining.
Then Ginobili struck again.
As the Kiwis fought to find any kind of answer offensively or
defensively, players began falling like ninepins. Each team had three
players foul out with Boucher, Cameron and Paul Henare the New Zealand
casualties.
Ginobili finally left with 24 points and five assists in just 19
minutes, while Andres Noccioni was the other major contributor for
Argentina with 17 points.
Cameron has become more of a force in the paint as this tour has
progressed, his 21 points including 7/10 FT. Jones and Penney both had
13 points, but combined for an uncustomary 2/9 from beyond the arc.
Dickel showed his increased confidence from long range with three
treys in his 12 points, along with five assists.
Afterwards, no one regarded the final 27-point margin as a true
indication of the match.
"We got a taste of something tonight that didn’t taste very good,"
said Baldwin. "We came here expecting we’d get a lot more of this.
"Argentina are a good team and they played an exceptional game. For
three quarters, we played pretty well too.
"There are no heads hanging in our locker room and we’ll learn from
that game. We know we didn’t get the job done tonight, but there’s
certainly no concern that the bubble has burst.
"We’ve just got some more work to do on this little adventure we’re
on."
by Grant Chapman Russia - Venezuela 86-69
Russia: Z.Pachoutine 13, Khriapa, Kirilenko 26, Avleev, Savrasenko 10,
Karassev 8, Bachminov 7, Panov 9, Tchikalkine 13
Venezuela: Guevara 2, Herrera 5, Romero, Heredia 2, Aguilera, Morris,
Diaz 28, Machado, Mijares 4, Lugo 18, Quiroz, Oscar Torres 10
All stats
Venezuela cannot count the tournament to the big success, as they lost
all of the games. Russia had a lot to prove, after they lost first two
games.
