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Good game France! We managed to slay a giant in this thriller. Our tactical edge along with a bit more effort proved to be the difference maker. Canada also got some tremendous performances from their top end players.

Canada it is time to celebrate! :)

No kidding, LI and M2M is all the crazy but we found a way to still get an edge. Not bad for a bunch of hockey players, eh!

Thanks! Touques off to you as well :)

Looking forward to Bballin's write-ups.

I am looking forward to writing them :D Those are a couple of stunning results, cannot wait for the weekend! Great job to both managers in those two games, especially beanerz! Taking out the runnerups? Craziness!!

Pool A:
1.Philippines(2) 3-0 344 311
2.Lietuva(1) 2-1 340 290
3.Peru(3) 1-2 334 316
4.Al Jazair(4) 0-3 278 379

Results:
Lietuva 113 at Peru 103
Peru put more effort into this game to try and pull off some miracle path to the worlds and...... it didn't work as Lietuva still ended up beating them. A big discrepancy was the rebounding numbers as Lietuva won that battle 61-35, it doesn't matter as neither team will be advancing either way. POTG: Paulius Jonas Vaidvila had a game high 35 points, a game high 21 rebounds and an 18.0 rating.

Phillipines 130 at Al Jazair 102
All Phillipines needed was a win and they were in the world championships and they beat a much weaker Al Jazair squad convincingly. Phillipines were able to knock off the favourites Lietuva and are the team that is heading into the worlds from this group and deservingly so, congratualtions Phillipines! I will be following you guys in the worlds now! POTG: Juan Marcelo Flores had 21 points, 7 rebounds and a 15.0 rating in the pool clinching victory.

Pool B:
1.Canada(2) 3-0 321 279
2.France(1) 2-1 337 293
3.Iran(3) 1-2 286 300
4.South Africa(4) 0-3 288 360

France 110 at Canada 119
I think everyone had the same reaction as me when I saw this result, I logged on, just to check this score and to my surprise the three numbers beside Canada was higher than the three numbers beside France. Nobody saw this coming, I didn't, some of the more experienced managers didn't, heck Canada NT manager beanerz did not even see this coming. However this victory came from the result of extra effort, right tactics and luck... alot of it. The buzzerbeater god(BC Torooo) shined their light on canada in this game and it is astonishing. For the umpteenth time congratulations beanerz and Canada a great job on this one, I can't wait to follow you in the world championships! POTG: Teo Saint-Arnaud had a game high 31 points, 8 rebounds and a 16.0 rating, in one of the biggest wins in Canada NT history.

Iran 122 at South Africa 109
Iran used more effort in this game, oddly. They ended up only winning by 12 so maybe they needed it. This was the only game that South Africa did not go inside with and they turned up some decent ratings. Both teams will be heading to the consolation tournament however and I will ot be talking about them for at least a whole season. POTG: Hormoz Kavousi showed why VS tbough him dropping a game high 42 points on 19-23 shooting, to go with a game high 20 rebounds and a 17.5 rating.

Pool C:
1.Poland(1) 3-0 369 224
2.Argentina(3) 2-1 313 304
3.Taiwan(2) 1-2 305 319
4.Tounes(4) 0-3 228 368

Poland 131 at Argentina 75
9 players with 19.0 ratings ar higher, 3 with 20 or higher, absolutely unbelievable ratings for a PTB game and HCA = utter destruction of Argentina by Poland in this one. Argentina even used more effort, this one was just ugly and Poland looks extremely dangerous right now. I thought this game was going to be a battle, it was definetly not. Poland will be advancing to the worlds and Argentina will be heading home, disappointed. Poland was the only European team to advance from the Repechage. POTG: Sylwester Rakus had a game high 27 points, a game high 20.0 rating and 10 rebounds.

Taiwan 124 at Tounes 87
Taiwan used more effort, although I have no idea why, and they crushed Tounes.Tounes couldn't handle Taiwans inside game and Taiwan easily handles Tounes' inside attack making this game a blowout. Neither team will be advancing however and are headed for the consolation and will be working for HCA next season! POTG: Chan Ren Qing had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and a 16.5 rating in this win.

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Pool D:
1.Uruguay(2) 3-0 329 316
2.Deutschland(1) 2-1 310 284
3.Hong Kong(3) 1-2 318 320
4.Nigeria(4) 0-3 277 314

Deutschland 110 at Uruguay 111
This game decided who got to be the lucky team that advanced to the world championships. I decided to make this before the game started because it is obvious that Deutscland was going to win- URUGUAY WON!?!?!? Wow two major upsets to two big time European countries???? Madness! Both teams used the same effort level, it looks like Uruguays 3-2 zone against Deutschland's Motion was enough to make a one point difference and that one point got Uruguay into the worlds. Congratulations Uruguay! POTG: Juan Bruschi had a team high 29 points, a game high 18.0 rating and 9 rebounds.

Hong Kong 115 at Nigeria 101
Hong Kong won this one by putting up some good ratings and Nigeria played an outside offense as opposed to their usual inside offense just as South Africa did. Both teams are heading off to the consolation tournament and maybe we will see them back in a couple of seasons. POTG: So Ka Hay had 16 points, a game high 21 rebounds, and a game high 17.5 rating.

U21 continentals

Pool C:
Results:

Panama 101 at Jamaica 98
Jamaica put more effort into this game and both teams played a LI , M2M game, but Panama was just a tiny bit too good even for Jamaicas extra effort and came out on top. Panama had ten more assists and 10 less turnovers then Jamaica and it seems that really helped in this one. POTG: Carlos De la Barrera had a team high 25 points, a team high 13 rebounds and a game high 11.0 rating.

Ecuador 106 at Guatemala 73
Both teams used the same effort level and Ecuador showed how much better than Guatemala they are. Even though Guatemala won the rebound battle, they turned the ball over 14 more times and that really help Ecuador. POTG: Roy Dante had a game high 32 points, and a 7.5 rating.

Chile 99 at Rep. Dominicana 47
Chile showcased their strenght in this blowout victory against Rep. Dominicana. Chile was able to outrebound, out assist, and in the 3rd quarter they held Rep. Dominicana to just 4 points, whilst puttig up some good ratings. POTG: Manuel Irarrazaval had 15 points, a game high 19 rebounds and a game high 14.5 rating.

1.Chile U21(1) 2-0 198 113
2.Ecuador U21(4) 2-0 195 158
3.Argentina U21(2) 1-0 97 69
4.Panama U21(3) 1-0 101 98
5.Jamaica U21(5) 0-2 183 190
6.Guatemala U21(6) 0-2 139 205
7.Rep. Dominicana U21(7) 0-2 116 196

Picks:

Rep. Dominicana(84) at Ecuador(44)
Rep. Dominicana has a couple of potentially dangerous players, however Ecuador is much more deep, this is a chance for Ecuador to improve to 3-0 and get a step closer to clinching a top 4 finish. My pick: Ecuador will be able to stand up to a Rep. Dominicana team that uses extra effort.

Guatemala(90) at Panama(54)
Guatemala is a very weak team, that has a bit of depth down low, but not much. Panama is a strong team, with some very dangerous players and should win this one easy looking at their talent levels and their GS. My pick: Panama improves to 3-0 while Guatemala drops another.

Jamaica(94) at Argentina(10)
While Jamaica has a couple of close two games and with a bit more luck could be sitting at a record of 2-0 right now, they are 0-2 still and are facing one of the strongest teams in Argentina, GS and talent are both in Argentinas favour and this game should be a walk in the park for Argentina. My pick: Argentina blows out Jamaica.


Last edited by Bballin at 5/14/2011 12:38:44 AM