European Championships, Day 2

by Dan Casey Day 2 from the Torwar Arena and, as Slovenia are not Britain’s opponents today, they are our friends. So we’re invited to join their wall of noise. I don’t yet know why Slovenia is taking this so much more seriously than the Brits, Serbians (of whom I haven’t seen any) or the Spanish, but I’ll find out. Once again, they dominate the arena, and the halftime 39-29 lead that they have leads my friend Dave to wonder whether they’re playing better or if the lead is a result of pure intimidation. It certainly feels like Slovenia’s home court, and once Krstic picked up two early fouls, the Serbians were never really in the game. After not really noticing Goran Dragic’s presence yesterday, we were determined to look out for “Steve Nash’s successor” today, and his performance was definitely noteworthy. Bostjan Nachbar led the Slovenians in scoring with 17 points, but Dragic had 16 points himself and provided a spark off the bench. Of course, the Suns are probably looking for mor...