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Batum’s low blow on Spain : Barbosa’s nasty crossover

Found August 09, 2012 on roundballchat.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Carmelo Anthony,  Nicolas Batum,  Andres Nocioni,  Luis Scola,  Juan Carlos Navarro
TEAMS: New York Knicks,  Portland Trail Blazers,  Philadelphia 76ers,  Phoenix Suns
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The low blows all started when the Carmelo Anthony got hit there but that can’t compare to what happened to Juan Carlos Navarro of Spain. With the game winding now France’s Nicolas Batum decided to do a full out punch to Navarro’s groin region. That’s not cool. Here is what Batum told Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. “I wanted to give him a good reason to flop,” Batum said. Batum also leader apologize on Twitter. I want to apologize for my stupid act at the end, I showed a bad image of France and myself, Congrats to team Spain.   Argentina is on its way to the semifinals for the third consecutive Olympics. They defeated South American rival Brazil 82-77 to advance on. Now they will play the USA for the third team in a couple of weeks. However, the highlight of the game goes to Leandro Barbosa of Brazil. Late in the 4th quarter Barbosa put on a nasty crossover that left Andres Nocioni failing to the ground. Barbosa stepped back a calmly nailed the three pointer. Ch...
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