Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:13:45 05/03/04
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On May 03, 2004 at 06:22:29, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 02, 2004 at 18:39:34, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>On May 02, 2004 at 17:22:55, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>On May 02, 2004 at 10:23:04, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >>> >>>>On May 01, 2004 at 16:55:12, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>>> >>>>>Maccabi Tel-Aviv just won the European basketball championship final with an >>>>>unbelievable victory of 118:74. I'm so happy that nothing can make me angry now, >>>>>not even the rantings of someone like you! >>>> >>>>118 - 74 ?? >>>> >>>>What kind of championship is it when the second best team gets blown out by 40 >>>>points? >>> >>>It was amazing. The opponent team, Skipper Bolognia from Italy, had defeated >>>Maccabi in one of the games in the preliminary rounds with 15 successful >>>3-pointers. So Maccabi was prepared for a very tough match. >>> >>>But just as the game started, Maccabi got a 10 point advantage in a few minutes. >>>Maccabi's defense was astounding, there was nothing Skipper could do. In the >>>last quarter when Maccabi was leading with 40 point gap, the crowd (10,000) >>>started singing the national anthem as the game continued! >>> >>>In the history of European basketball championship, never the gap in the final >>>game was more than 16 points. Yesterday Maccabi won with 44 points gap. >>> >>>Interestingly, Maccabi was almost knocked out in the preliminary round. In the >>>last game, when Maccabi needed a victory to reach the final-four, it faced >>>Zalgiris from Lithuania, with their legendary Arvydas Sabonis. Less than 10 >>>seconds to the end of the game, Zalgiris was leading with 6 points. Maccabi >>>attacked and scored 3 points. Zalgiris attacked and after Maccabi's foul and got >>>two free throws 3 seconds to the end of the game. First throw.. out. Second >>>throw.. out again. 2 seconds left to the end of the game... a long pass and >>>Maccabi scores 3 points, and draws the game (and easily wins in extra time). If >>>this is not a miracle, then I don't know what a miracle is :) >> >>6 points in 10 seconds is pretty rare. I seem to remember hearing about Reggie >>Miller doing something like that, once. I'm glad to see basketball is taking >>off in Europe. I don't particularly like American football or baseball - they >>are just too slow paced for me. The only problem I have with basketball is that >>height is so important, and I'm only 6 feet tall. > >Interestingly the player who scored those decisive 3 points for Maccabi in the >last second was the shortest player, being only 6 feet tall :) > But there are "6-foot tall players" and "6-foot tall players". I played high-school basketball, and in 1963 somewhere into the state-championship cycle we played a team with a 5' 2" midget. He was pretty quick but nothing special. Until we saw him dunk the ball during warm-up. And when he blocked a shot by our 6' 6" center that went on to start at Mississippi State University two years later. I have also seen 6' 4" players that could barely touch the rim, no hope of a dunk... > >> >>anthony >> >> >>>>I don't think even LA-NJ two years ago was that lopsided. >>>> >>>>anthony
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