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The Painted Area:
PLAYERS:
Pau Gasol,
Marc Gasol,
Rudy Fernandez,
Tony Parker,
Boris Diaw,
Ian Mahinmi,
Ronny Turiaf,
Nenad Krstic
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder
We have reached the quarterfinals at Eurobasket 2009. Six qualifying spots for the 2010 Worlds are on the line, not to mention three medals. The four winners of quarterfinal games qualify for the Worlds, while the four quarterfinal losers will be placed in a loser's bracket. *Two more qualifiers will be determined from the loser's bracket. *(Possibly three teams depending on how Turkey fares)There are two games on Thursday and two on Friday in Katowice, Poland. The headliner is France vs. Spain (3 pm EST), which will be played Thursday, along with Russia-Serbia (12:15 pm EST). Greece-Turkey and Croatia-Slovenia are the Friday matchups - lots of close geographical matchups. (Note: France-Spain winner will play the Greece-Turkey winner in the semis). Let's start by focusing on the big France-Spain game.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Quarterfinals: France (5-0) vs. Spain (3-2)After sleepwalking through the start of the tourney, Spa...
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