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Post by squirrel on Jul 13, 2024 7:17:14 GMT -6
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Post by squirrel on Jul 13, 2024 8:21:26 GMT -6
Italy is up 3 at half. Van der Knaap played 7 minutes and didn't score, clanking a wide-open 3, one of his two missed FG attempts.
Iceland is down 31 at half to Lithuania. Atlason has just a single point, going 0-9 from the field (0-4 from 3). He was fouled on a 3 and went 1-3 from the line. He also has 2 fouls.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 13, 2024 8:39:37 GMT -6
Atlason now 0-11 (0-5)
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Post by catalyst82 on Jul 13, 2024 8:49:32 GMT -6
This looks like men against boys. Lithuania is just bigger and stronger at every position.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 13, 2024 9:13:59 GMT -6
Yeah, terrible mismatch. Atlason did connect on his 6th 3-point attempt though and now has 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and a block. 79-43 with about 5:30 to go. Closest its been was 11-7.
Italy blowing out Germany in the 2nd half. Timoty will finish with 4 points and a rebound in 15 minutes.
Interesting that many of the U20 Italy players featured in the U23 Club Cup Final in Italy, so their youth system is producing at a high level. Innocenti and Ferrari were on the other team in the final, while Van der Knaap, Maretto and Faggian were on the other side. Oberti I think featured in that game, too. IIRC.
Evansville's Pozzato had 9 points, 2 rebounds (1 offensive), a block and a steal, but 3 TOs, in 12 minutes.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 14, 2024 9:29:56 GMT -6
Better day for Almar as Iceland defeats Montenegro:
23 points, 6-13 fron 3, 5 reb (2 off), 3 blocks, 5 TO in 33 minutes.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 14, 2024 15:09:44 GMT -6
Van der Knaap played 4 minutes but didn't have any marks in the box as Italy lost by 18 to Israel.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 15, 2024 7:17:17 GMT -6
Iceland lost to Slovenia by 31, but they played better than they did against Lithuania, and Slovenia beat Lithuania. Almar led Iceland with 14 points on 4-12 shooting (2-8 from 3, 2-4 from 2). He was 4-6 from the line. Added 4 rebounds and only had one foul in 28 minutes. But he did have 5 TOs. Links for today's games: Italy-Czech Republic [8:30 AM] www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZcHlWGL3jsIceland-Slovenia www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fwjBV0c91s
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Post by squirrel on Jul 15, 2024 7:20:52 GMT -6
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Post by squirrel on Jul 15, 2024 8:24:36 GMT -6
Italy up 13 at half. Timoty has 6 points in 11 minutes, but he had 5 in his first few minutes on the floor.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 15, 2024 9:54:49 GMT -6
Italy wins by 12 but will have to wait out the Germany-Israel result to find out if they advance to the knockout round. Israel is 2-0 and Germany 1-1. If Israel wins, Italy goes through automatically. If Germany needs to win by 7 or more to knock Italy down to the placement rounds, as Italy is +2 in scoring differential and Germany -5, but Germany winning the head-to-head.
Van der Knaap DNP 2nd half-wasn't able to watch so don't know the story there.
Iceland is likely destined to the placement rounds, unless Montenegro upsets Lithuania.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 15, 2024 12:19:25 GMT -6
Had the wrong point differential for Italy. They finish +14. So Germany needs to win by at least 19 against Israel.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 16, 2024 7:58:33 GMT -6
Classification round matchups:
Italy vs. Poland Belgium vs. Iceland
In spite of the rough first game against Lithuania, Atlason is tied for 12th in scoring with Vangelis Zougris of Greece, who was named one of the 10 standouts of the group stage.
Almar is averaging 13.7 points on 4.3-15.7 shooting (3-9 from 3), 4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 28.7 minutes.
Van der Knaap is averaging 3.3 points in 10 minutes.
Evansville's Pozzatto is averaging 3.7 points and 2 rebounds in 9.6 minutes.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 17, 2024 8:23:04 GMT -6
Italy leads Poland 33-31 at halftime. Italy led comfortably most of the first half, but an 8-2 run to start the 2nd quarter put Poland up 25-24, but Italy immediately went back up 8, but then got stuck on 33.
Italy getting frustrated with fouls. 11 total first half fouls, 3 starters picking up 2, allowing Timoty to get some early minutes, but he also picked up 2 fouls in his 4+ minutes, and missed his 2 FG attempts.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 17, 2024 9:28:25 GMT -6
Poland beats Italy by 11. Van der Knaap DNP in the 2nd half.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 17, 2024 13:38:52 GMT -6
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Post by squirrel on Jul 17, 2024 14:37:21 GMT -6
Been an exciting game. Iceland is chasing it late, 73-71. Almar has 5 fouls and 19 points. He had a key offensive foul/turnover when it was tied with a little over a minute left, and then he bricked a 3 that was from halfway to Neptune. But he did just hit a 3 to bring them from 5 down to within 2. Belgium going to the line with 16.2 seconds remaining. 73-71 Belgium.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 17, 2024 14:39:41 GMT -6
Heads up play - Belgium splits the FTs and immediately foul, so Iceland doesn't get a chance to shoot a 3. They make both FTs, so it's 74-73 with 11.9 to go.
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Post by squirrel on Jul 17, 2024 14:41:07 GMT -6
Iceland gets a turnover but missed the shot. I think they are getting it on the OOB with 5.1 to go and a chance to win!
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Post by squirrel on Jul 17, 2024 14:42:02 GMT -6
Going to review who touched it last.
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