August 23, 200422 yr Spain vs USA Italy vs Puerto Rico Argentina vs Greece China vs Lithuania Winner's Predictions: USA Puerto Rico (homer prediction, Italy will be very though) Argentina Lithuania
August 23, 200422 yr Spain is long team and has good shooters. They also have the advantage of having a Center who knows how to play Duncan. Good luck, Team USA.
August 24, 200422 yr Author USA should win this game, as long as Admin Brown plays Lebron most of the game. I hope the US scouted Spain well
August 24, 200422 yr Pau Gasol isnt a center. And Duncan generally has no problem with Gasol in the NBA. If Spain is smart they will zone Duncan out all day long, until the USA starts hitting shots at will.
August 24, 200422 yr I'm sorry to bash the party, but the US won't beat Spain. Spain has one of it's best teams in recent times...they're one tough cookie! My team is the USA, but it will be very difficult to beat the Spaniards! Argentina and Lithuania are in....The most interesting game in this bracket, IMO will be Puerto Rico and Italy. Italy has surprised many in this tournament, but we also know that PUR has a lot of cards under their sleeves! Summing up... FINAL FOUR: ARGENTINA PUERTO RICO SPAIN LITHUANIA
August 24, 200422 yr BASETBALL QUARTERFINAL PROGRAM 26 August 2004 Spain - United States 14:30 Lithuania - China 16:45 Italy - Puerto Rico 20:00 Greece - Argentina 22:15 all Athens time (ET = Athens - 7hrs)
August 24, 200422 yr Comments from Carlo RECALCATI (ITA) Carlo RECALCATI (ITA) - head coach On the teams performance: "I'm very satisfied because we fought hard against Argentina. We defended well and tried not to allow them to score easily. Unfortunately we faced some injuries and MIAN will not be playing against Puerto Rico, while BASILE and ROMBALDONI will hopefully be fit. We are hoping to achieve something good before the end of the tournament. We are looking at each game individually". RECALCATI also referred to their next opponent: "I believe that the differences between the teams of the group are very slight. Puerto Rico is a tough team in this tournament, but we will try to face them. Lithuania is one of the favourites for a medal in the Olympics". Italy is facing Puerto Rico in the Quarterfinal on 26 August at the Olympic Indoor Hall at 20:00. ONS ns/am/is
August 24, 200422 yr Here is the schedule in ET and it shows what channel they'll be on. All times Eastern Thursday on USA 7:30 a.m. - Spain vs. U.S. Thursday on Bravo 9:45 a.m. - Lithuania vs. China Thursday on MSNBC 1 p.m. - Italy vs. Puerto Rico Thursday on CNBC 3:15 p.m. - Greece vs. Argentina
August 24, 200422 yr Author Complete schedule: http://www.nba.com/athens2004/schedule.html 524600[/snapback] AWESOME! All games will be televised
August 25, 200422 yr Complete schedule: http://www.nba.com/athens2004/schedule.html 524600[/snapback] AWESOME! All games will be televised 524791[/snapback] Not all of them, the Men's final classification 5-6 and 7-8 games won't be televised, but if the USA just so happens to end up in one of those groups I think they'll end up showing it. But let's hope the USA isn't in one of those groups :lol .
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