billo
Years ago
European Champs
For anyone interested Russia has defeated Spain 60-59 in the final of the European championships. Russia's American born SG (I think) hit a shot with about 3 seconds to go for the win, Pau Gasol then missed a chance down the other end and it was game over.
By all accounts it was a pretty major upset, Russia were just pleased to have qualified for the Olympics and then they went on the won the whole thing.
AK47 (or AK7 as he is when playing for Russia - doesn't have the same ring) was named tournament MVP, Dirk was leading scorer for the tourney with Toney Parker second.
In less impressive European hoops I was fortunate to catch world powerhouses Great Britain and Switzerland go head to head yesterday. It was fascinating to watch actually, basically an ABA quality game with a couple of NBA players thrown into the mix. Luol Deng was huge for GB scoring almost half of their points, while Thabo Sefolosha was impressive for the Swiss. Britain's supporting cast was better (and much bigger) so they ran home comfortable winners.
