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Ricky RubioSpain - Argentina 81-71Ricky Rubio (193-G-90) carried Spain to the Quarterfinals of the Olympic Games. Spain improved to 2-0 after an 81-71 win over Argentina and will face Luka Doncic and Slovenia on Sunday for the top spot from Group C. It was Argentina to take a 25-20 lead at the end of the first quarter. Spain however took control in the second frame and after a 20-9 surge grabbed a 40-34 halftime advantage. The European side added two narrow wins in the second half for the final

From Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer, the reporter mentioned, “Lakers have a ton of veteran-type players ready and interested to come sign on minimum deals.” Now, this is not necessarily breaking news near the end of July, but this gives fans a reason to believe that Los Angeles is going all in this offseason to win […]
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On Wednesday evening, the Brooklyn Nets organization announced that assistant coach Mike D’Antoni would not be returning to Steve Nash’s coaching staff for the 2021-22 NBA season. Coach D’Antoni is deciding to step down from his position after one season spent with the organization. The reason D’Antoni is deciding to leave the team is unknown. […]
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Michael
Oguine
Saint Chamond Basket Valle du Gier (ProB) inked 24-year old American (has also Nigerian passport) 188cm guard Michael Oguine, college: Montana for upcoming season. Oguine played most recently at Souffel. In 14 ProB games in France he averaged 13.3ppg, 3.2rpg, 2.5apg and 1.4spg last season. Good year as he was voted League Player of the Week. He graduated from University of Montana in 2019 and it is his third season in pro basketball.Saint Chamond Basket Valle du Gier roster for..

Michael
Oguine
Saint Chamond Basket Valle du Gier (ProB) inked 24-year old American (has also Nigerian passport) 188cm guard Michael Oguine, college: Montana for upcoming season. Oguine played most recently at Souffel. In 14 ProB games in France he averaged 13.3ppg, 3.2rpg, 2.5apg and 1.4spg last season. Good year as he was voted League Player of the Week. He graduated from University of Montana in 2019 and it is his third season in pro basketball.Saint Chamond Basket Valle du Gier roster for..

Luka DoncicBasketballghana.com can confirm Tudu Magic Basketball Club has forfeited its matchup with Braves of Customs in the Accra Basketball League (ABL) Men's Division I. The contest was the opening game of the 2021 campaign in the division and was scheduled to be honoured at the Prisons Court in Cantonments in Accra. However, the scheduled contest was not honoured as Magic failed to present enough players to compete in the game. Per rules adopted for the 2021 season, players who haven't bee

Luka DoncicSlovenia - Japan 116-81Slovenia secured their Olympic Games basketball tournament quarterfinal berth. They knocked down Japan to record the second straight win in Tokyo. Luka Doncic (201-G-99) delivered 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists to pace the winners. Slovenia dropped 29 points in the first period to take a 6-point lead. The Europeans maintained the lead throughout the second term. Slovenia ensured a 53-41 halftime lead. They stayed red hot offensively after the big break....

Strathmore Blades men basketball team head coach Tony Ochieng has blamed his charges for the weekend league match defeat saying they were poor. Blades lost 37-52 to league newcomers Terror of the University of Nairobi. 'I was not impressed with the performance, it was a low scoring game, we were not hitting the target. We played good defense but our offense really let us down but it is a learning process from that game,' he said 'My players underestimated UON, actually in the second...

Dwight RamosPhilippines defeated Jordan B 90-63 in the 2nd match of the 3nd round matches of 10th King Abdullah Basketball Cup that took place at Hamza Hall in Amman Jordan on Wednesday 28-7First Half ended with Philippines leading Jordan B 46-33 Best scorer in the match was Dwight Ramos of Philippines with 21 points He added 6 assists and 5 steals to be named MVP of the match with efficiency of 29 Other top scorers in Philippines were Justine Baltzar with 13 points Jordan Timothy Heading...

Ehab AminEgypt defeated Jordan 79-67 in the 2nd match of the 2nd round matches of 10th King Abdullah Basketball Cup that took place at Hamza Hall in Amman Jordan on Wednesday 28-7First Half ended with Jordan leading Egypt 36-34Best scorer in the match was Ehab Amin of Egypt with 24 pointsHe added 6 rebounds 2 assists and 3 steals to be MVP of the match with efficiency of 26His colleague Omar Oraby added 11 points for the teamOn the other hand Other top scorers in Jordan wereBest...

Mohammed
Alsuwailem
Tunisia defeated Saudi Arabia 72-59 in the first match of the 3rdround matches of 10th King Abdullah Basketball Cup that took place at Hamza Hall in Amman Jordan on Wednesday 28-7First Half ended with Tunisia leading Saudi Arabia 33-29Best scorer in the match was Oussama Mamaoui of Tunsia with 21 points
Other top scorers in Tunisia
Zeid Channoufiwith 18 points
Omar Obada with 13 points
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On Thursday, July 29th at 8:00 a.m. (EST), Argentina will take on Spain in this Group C preliminary round matchup. The Spaniards will enter this game as the selected favorites, while the Argentinians embrace their underdog role, as they lost their opening game 118-100 against Mavericks’ guard Luka Doncic and the Slovenian team. The last […]
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