By Chris Sheridan VILNIUS, Lithuania — With Serbia defeating Turkey this afternoon 68-67, Dirk Nowitzki still has a chance to get his national team into the quarterfinals when Germany plays Lithuania tonight. (The games can be watched live on FIBA.com). It’ll be Nowitzki’s most important game since the NBA Finals, but his team doesn’t just need to win … they need to win by 11 points or more. That is because of the complicated FIBA tie-breaking rules, which use point differential among games between
Mozgov a monster as Russia defeats Greece
By Chris Sheridan VILNIUS, Lithuania — Once upon a time in mid-February of this year, Timofey Mozgov was the only thing holding up the blockbuster trade that sent Carmelo Anthony from the Denver Nuggets to the New York Knicks. Once the Knicks relented and agreed to give up the 7-footer, the deal went forward. But Mozgov went backward, spending most of the rest of the season on the end of Denver’s bench. “It was hard. What I take from last season was the waiting game, how to keep
Eurobasket: Dancer of the day
This is Evalina of the Lietuva Rytas dance team. She is 22, lives in Vilnius, and her favorite player is Simas Jasaitis.
Tony Parker at Eurobasket = Dirk Nowitzki at NBA Finals
By Chris Sheridan VILNIUS, Lithuania — The hungriest player in last June’s NBA Finals was Dirk Nowitzki, who was starving to avenge the heartbreak of his loss in the championship round five years earlier. At EuroBasket, he has an equal in the hunger category. So hungry it might be fitting to call him a gourmand. That player is Tony Parker, whose 19 points — including five in the final 2:10 — fueled a 73-67 victory over Lithuania in front of a raucous, hostile
EuroBasket: Dancer of the Day
This is Dovile, a performer with the Lietuva Rytas dance team. She is 18, from Klaipeda, Lithuania, and her favorite basketball player is Jonas Valanciunas.
Eurobasket: Rubio makes a shot in easy win vs. Serbia
By Chris Sheridan VILNIUS, Lithuania — Not much of a match between Spain and Serbia this afternoon, the most interesting moment of the 84-59 victory coming midway through the second half when Rudy Fernandez was benched by his coach for picking up a silly technical foul. Also, coach Sergio Scariolo used Serge Ibaka for only 7 minutes and 43 seconds. “I am the coach. I don’t have to justify my decision,” Scariolo said. “This is an internal issue, not a press conference issue.” Pau Gasol (26 points
Site update: More contributors added, et al
By Chris Sheridan Since this site launched on Tuesday morning, the traffic has been phenomenal, and the feedback from colleagues, readers and friends has been overwhelmingly positive. Some updates: _ I have added three new contributors who will begin filing later this month. I will have a further announcement on that soon. _ On the site design, I hear y’all. Changes are coming. I had to set up this site and this business on the fly (it literally went from an idea to a
Eurobasket: Dancer of the Day
This is Julia of the Red Foxes dance team, which is performing at EuroBasket. She is 24, from Odessa, Ukraine, and her favorite basketball player is Tony Parker.
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