MEN'S SEMI FINALS BEIJING
“Indeed against the
“We’ll see what happens. The
Outstanding indeed
The Americans had raced away 14-4 seven minutes into the game, when
Carmelo Anthony led the American scoring with 21 points ahead of LeBron James with 15. James got 13 of his point in the second half.
The Americans scored the first four points of the second half and
Luis Scola, the MVP of last year’s FIBA Americas Championship where
He scored a game-high 28 points – 16 in the second half – and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Carlos Delfino also got hot in the second half by pouring in 15 of his 17 points.
The first semi-final seemed to have done more than its share of excitement that goes with an Oympic last four encounter.
Reyes, the Real Madrid star, had just one point at half-time but scored eight in the third quarter while in the fourth Fernandez had nine of his 18 points and Gasol seven of his 19.
In all
Lavrinovic was in the thick of action again in the closing moments of the third quarter succeeding with his free-throw that came following a Pau Gasol foul during his successful three-pointer attempt. That ‘four-point play’ put
In between,
“This just made us more confident for the final,”
“We’re going to go all out in the final even if we’re facing the
Simas Jasaitas and Sarunas Jasikevicius shared the scoring honors for
“We played well but we lost because we made small mistakes,” Jasaitis said.
“We allowed them to have second shots. In the last quarter, they went into a zone and I struggled to make my shots.”
“But this is basketball - sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.”
Scores
Spain 91 (Pau Gasol 19, Rudy Fernandez 18, Felipe Reyes 13, Carlos Jimenes 11) bt Lithuania 86 (Simas Jasaitis 19, Sarunas Jasikevicius 19, Robertas Javtokas 15, Ksistof Lavrinovic 13, Rimantas Kaukenas 11). Quarterwise Scores: 21-19, 40-42, 62-66.
USA 101 (Carmelo Anthony 21, Lebron James 15, Dwyane Wade 12, Kobe Bryant 12, Chris Paul 12) bt Argentina 81 (Luis Scola 28, Carlos Delfino 17, Alfredo Quniteros 12). Quarterwise Scores: 30-11, 49-40, 78-64.
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