Barbs performance today..

[Amare32]

but Brazil still lost 73-71 to Turkey

9-19 from the field but on the downside was only 8-16 from the line and missed two FT's with 5 secs left when brazil were down by 1....basically would of won the game but missed both....but hey if it wasn't for his performance it wouldn't of been so close i guess

brazil are now in danger of missing out on the last 16

 

[George O'Brien]

Turkey is supposed to be pretty good. Their real problem was that they lost to a very weak New Zealand team first up.

The sad part is that the Brazilian team hasn't had much time together this summer to get ready, although several played on last year's team.

 

[damo]

george, while i wish that was true, turkey hasn't lost to anybody, and new zealand hasnt beaten anybody. in fact, they're in different groups.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/basketball/5267206.stm

 

[George O'Brien]

My bad. They lost to Austrialia their first game.
http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=76764

 

[mathbzh]

IMO Australia is not so weak.
This group is really tough.