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2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Final Standings
Gold - USASilver - SpainBronze - Argentina4th - Lithuania5th - Greece6th - Croatia7th - Australia8th - China9th - Russia10th - Germany11th - Iran12th - Angola
2008 Olympic Basketball: Men's Preliminary Standings
Group ALithuania: 3-0Argentina: 2-1Croatia: 2-1Russia: 1-2Australia: 1-2Iran: 0-3Group BUSA: 3-0Spain: 3-0Germany: 1-2Greece: 1-2China: 1-2Angola: 0-3The US leads all teams, and it's not close, in poi...
2008 Olympic Basketball Day Three: Inside the Box Score
Spain/Germany: Unlike the US the Spanish have messed around with their starting 5 to so far. This was evident in their opener when Marc Gasol got the nod over his older brother and yesterday when Jose...
2008 Olympic Basketball Day Two: Inside the Box Score
For an explanation of the "Inside the Box Score" posts go here. Lithuania/Iran: I watched the majority of this one and was struck by 2 things: 1. It reminded me of USA/China in the sense that th...
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Iran vs. Lithuania
After a sound defeat to the Russians the Iranians came out swinging and built an early 14-6 lead. However, after a timeout, a couple of defensive stops, and 2 3-pointers the favored Lithuanians are ri...
2008 Olympic Basketball Day One: Inside the Box Score
When the NBA is in session Kelly Dwyer runs a excellent series of posts called "Behind the box score". To be honest I'm not sure how he watches that much basketball. Well in a somewhat new tradition I...
Is NBC Taunting Me?
In the end I decided to get some sleep and watch the Spain/Greece game this morning. I thought this was a possibility due to NBC's "rewind" option - see Russia/Iran and Germany/Angola. Unfortunately t...
Germany vs. Angola Live
After heading out for a bit and missing Russis vs. Iran (box score here - Khryapa played) I've settled down for some Germany vs. Angola. And here's 5 reasons you should watch: 5. The crowd is relative...
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball Preview: Angola
Fellow SB Nation blog At The Hive recently posted an in depth profile of Angola. It marked our 8th preview, in as many days, in the build up to the Beijing Olympics. Check out previous posts in the si...
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball Preview: Iran
Fellow SB Nation blog At The Hive stepped up to the plate and researched a mysterious Iranian squad for our 6th preview in as many days, in the build up to the Beijing Olympics. Check out previous pos...
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