By Chris Sheridan KAUNAS, Lithuania — Just when you thought you’ve seen it all … Well, you’ve never seen it all. That’s something you always have to keep in mind when attending a FIBA tournament. Greece defeating the United States in the semifinals of the World Championship in Japan in 2006? That was right up there, probably No. 1 in my book. Russia beating Spain in Madrid for the gold medal at EuroBasket in 2007? Yeah, that’s up there, too. Might have been the closest
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Eurobasket: Navarro’s shooting leads Spain past Slovenia
By Chris Sheridan KAUNAS, Lithuania — He had said it so many times over the course of EuroBasket, Spanish coach Sergio Scariolo was starting to sound like a broken record: “The 3-point shooting will come. It can come at any time, and it will come.” It certainly did, and it came in such a quick blast that a surprisingly close game became a blowout in an instant. Spain made seven 3-pointers on 10 attempts in the third quarter, starting with one by Rudy Fernandez
The undefeated crab says Lithuania will win
By Chris Sheridan KAUNAS, Lithuania — The Lithuanian news portal delfi.lt has a crab named Lazdeika (named after a legendary ancient Lithuanian wizard) in their office in Vilnius, and this is no ordinary crab. Before each game Lithuania has played, the crab has correctly predicted the winner. So far, the crab is 8-0. Here is how the crab prediction works: Two empty shells are set up on each side of the crab’s tank (it is the same size as a small fish tank). The
NBA Lockout update: Interpretations
By Chris Sheridan I’ve already given you my take on yesterday’s collective bargaining negotiations in New York. So we shall once again take a trip around the Internet to have a look at the views of the writers who have been closely covering this dispute. _ Ken Berger, CBSSports.com: “The only thing both sides agreed on after this latest round of posturing and semi-negotiating was that the players had come to the table with economic concessions the owners and NBA negotiators could live
If Nachbar returns to NBA, he’d say “Yo” to Brooklyn
By Chris Sheridan KAUNAS, Lithuania — Bostjan Nachbar indeed wants to get back into the NBA, and don’t be surprised if he ends up in one of three places: New Jersey, Toronto or Detroit. Nachbar, who has been working out for two weeks after having surgery to remove loose cartilage from his ankle, arrived Tuesday in this quaint Lithuanian city to provide color commentary for Slovenian television as his homeland plays in the quarterfinals. He has spent the past three years playing in Russia
Eurobasket: Quarterfinal previews
By Chris Sheridan KAUNAS, Lithuania — This city is the birthplace and/or childhood home of Arvydas Sabonis, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Sarunas Marciulonis and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and by the end of next weekend it will be the metropolis (to use that word loosely) where the latest European champion is crowned. Eight teams have made it to the quarterfinals of EuroBasket, and the do-or-die portion begins Wednesday night with Spain-Slovenia and Macedonia-Lithuania. Thursday’s games are France-Greece and Russia-Serbia, and the semifinals — which will determine which two teams qualify for the 2012 Olympics
EuroBasket: Dancer of the Day (Substitute)
By Chris Sheridan KAUNAS, Lithuania — When you travel to a city that does not have enough hotel rooms to accomodate all its visitors, one way around the problem is to rent an apartment. That is what I am doing today, Tuesday — a day on which there are no games at Eurobasket, and this canine is keeping me safe. [caption id="attachment_298" align="alignnone" width="547" caption="This is Dziule, who dances by lifting one paw. She is 2, and her basketball player is Povilas, who
Thanks to O’Grime, Jonas Valanciunas has been rapped about
By Chris Sheridan Check out this video by Miami rapper O’Grime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV9c0pBH5dM It is going viral here in Lithuania, and should do the same in Toronto when the lockout ends. So far, 2,500 likes on O’Grime’s facebook page. Guaranteed to stick in your head.
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