SPAIN EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPION 2015

The "Golden Generation (1999)" of Spanish Basketball have put Spanish Sports back on top after proclaiming this evening the 2015 European Basketball Championship title. Spain defeated Lithuania 80 - 63 in a controlled Final from the Spaniards point of view.

Few gave Spain hopes of going so far after 2 defeats in their difficult Group, which included Serbia & Italy, however the team went from less to more as the competition continued & they won with self believe, pride & with some fabulous Basketball. Its the 4th Euro Final of this group & tonight their 3rd Gold Medal. The win takes Spain directly ( along with Lithuania) into the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

The player that has taken all the headlines is Spaniard & Chicago Bulls pivot PAU GASOL, who has lead Spain with leadership, sacrifice & with an extraordinary level of Basketball. Pau Gasol was included in the EURO 2016 Ideal 5 & was award MVP of the tournament.

Another Spaniard prized for his extraordinary effort was RODRIGUEZ who was also included in the EURO 2016 Ideal Team. Said this, the triumph is collective as the Spaniards apart for the individual talents mentions rose to the occasion as a unit, a solid bloc.

Lastly congratulations to Lithuania for their tournament & I am sure both will again meet in the future to battle again. 

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BASKETBALL | SPANISH CUP FINAL RESULT | FC BARCELONA 85 VALENCIA 69

FC BARCELONA proclaimed themselves winners of the Basketball Spanish Cup ( Copa del Rey ) Final defeating VALENCIA BASKET 85 - 69. The Catalan Basketball Club joins Real Madrid as the Club with most Spanish Cup titles with 23 each. 

The scoreline fools, as Barça worked hard in this Final. But it was their consistency & Finals experience that managed to open up a gap on their rivals & slowly grind them down. The teamwork was an important element in the Barça victory, a true team effort with everyone participating with 6 players above the 10 points mark individually.

The MVP was awarded to FC Barcelona player MICKEAL.

An excellent tournament for both teams, but more so for Barcelona which nearly did not qualify to get in. Their opening match & victory over favourites Real Madrid which went down to the wire was the catalyst that set them off on the the title road. 


FC Barcelona Regal (17+19+25+24) 85 : Sada (7), Navarro, Mickeal(14), Wallace (6) & Tomic (13) -starting 5-; Huertas (13),Oleson (12), Lorbek (10), Jawai (10), Rabaseda & Todorovic ().

Valencia Basket (18+15+20+16) 69 : San Miguel, Ribas (8),Kelati, Doellman (14) & Lishchuk (2) -starting 5 -; Markovic(14), Rafa Martínez (10), Pietrus (4), Faverani (12) & Dubljevic(5). 

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REGAL BARCELONA CLAIMS SPANISH BASKETBALL ACB TITLE AFTER DEFEATING BIZKAIA BILBAO 3 - 0 IN FINALS PLAY-OFFS

SPANISH BASKETBALL has this seasons Champion of the Liga ACB. REGAL BARCELONA won away tonight 55 - 64 BIZKAIA BILBAO BASQUET .The BARCELONA win took them to an unbeatable 3 - 0 victory in the Final play-offs to shut things tonight in dominanting fashion. 

MVP Navarro for Barcelona

Barcelona player JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO took tonight the MVP Award, his second for a finals play-off equaling the record of legendary player Sabonis with his two consecutive (1992-93-94) MVPs for Real Madrid. The other news is that Barcelona player RICKY RUBIO said goodbye tonight to Spanish fans as he leave for the US & the NBA next season.

Congratulations to Barça for their Spanish Basketball Champions Title 2010-2011.
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DAVID VILLA - DWIGHT HOWARD VIDEO SPOT 2010

There is a rumour that Spanish International & FC Barcelona forward DAVID VILLA has another day job, or at least he is taking "the piss out" of DWIGHT HOWARD the NBA USA Basketball star player as they exchange jerseys. Funny VIDEO commercial :

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SPANISH BASKETBALL | LIST HANDED IN FOR 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Spanish National Basketball Selector & Coach SERGIO SCARIOLO has handed in his list of 15 Spanish players to make up the Spanish Basketball Squad. The 2010 BASKETBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS will be held this year in Turkey with a starting date of the 28th of August until 12th of Septembre. The big name missing from the current European Champions list is LA LAKER Spanish star poivot PAU GASOL who has voluntarily opted –out from participating after a long & exhausting NBA session that ended with his team winning the NBA Championship.

Spain will be in Group D along with France, New Zealand, Lituania, Lebanon & Canada

Here is the lista of players:

ASEFA ESTUDIANTES: Carlos Suárez.
BIZKAIA BILBAO BASKET: Alex Mumbrú.
CAJA LABORAL:Fernando San Emeterio.
GRANADA: Pablo Aguilar.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES: Marc Gasol.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS: Rudy Fernández.
POWER ELECTRONICS VALENCIA: Victor Claver & Rafa Martínez.
REAL MADRID: Sergio Llull, Jorge Garbajosa & Felipe Reyes.
REGAL FC BARCELONA: Juan Carlos Navarro, Ricky Rubio & Fran Vázquez.
TORONTO RAPTORS: José Manuel Calderón.

Three players will be dropped from this list closer to the start of the World Championships. Tweet

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BASKETBALL | FC BARCELONA WINS OLYMPIAKOS TO BECOME EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS 2010

Great night for Spanish Sports, Spanish Basketball & for the city of Barcelona after FC BARCELONA (the Basketball section) defeated Greek side OLYMPIAKOS 86-68 in the Final of the European Final Four tournament in Paris to proclaim themselves the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS.

FC Barcelona palyer JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO (above) was chosen the MVP of the tournament making him the first Spaniard to win this honour in the final four competition.

The Spanish side was by far the best team with the Greeks getting close in the 2º & 3ºrd quarters . However, good defending on Greek play-maker Papaloukas reduced the efectiveness of Olympiakos which also suffered as their zone play did not work at all well tonight. The latter part of the match the Spaniards opened a big psychological gap with triple shots flying in from all angles.

Details:

Regal FC Barcelona (28+19+17+22) 86: Ricky Rubio (9), Navarro (21), Mickeal (14), Ndong (7), Lorbek (8) -initial five-, Fran Vázquez (6), Sada (7), Basile (6), Morris (8), Grimau (-), Lakovic (-) & Trias (-).

Olympiakos (19+17+14+18) 68: Penn (-), Teodosic (10), Childress (15), Kleiza (13), Schortsanitis (6) -initial five-, Bouroussis (9), Papaloukas (12), Halperim (-), Mavrokefalides (1), Vujcic (2), Vassilopoulos (-) & Beverley (-). Tweet

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BASKETBALL: SPANISH CUP FINAL 2010 - BARCELONA 80 - REAL MADRID 61

FC BARCELONA gave a good old beating to their maximum rivals
REAL MADRID with a 80 – 61 score line to take this seasons
BASKETBALL SPANISH CUP Final & title (Copa del Rey).


















Barça gave a defensive lesson that stopped all of Madrid’s options &
ideas to allow Ricky Rubio to guide Barça along with the tournaments
MVP FRAN VAZQUEZ & Lorbek to rip apart their opponents.

A historic 19 point victory to Barcelona that will be felt for
sometime in Madrid

(photo: MVP Fran Vazquez)























Regal Barcelona 80 (19+21+24+16): Rubio (13), Navarro (8),
Mickeal (9), Lorbek (13), Morris (5) – intial five- Basile (6), Lakovic (1),
Ndong (1), Grimau (6), Vázquez (14) Sada (2) & Trías (2).

Real Madrid 61 (16+9+12+24): Prigioni (2), Jaric (7), Kaukenas (10),
Garbajosa (4), Lavrinovic (11), - intial five - Llull (10), Hansen (-),
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EUROBASKET 2009: SPAIN DEFEATS SERBIA 85-63 TO BECOME EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS

SPAIN won SERBIA 85 - 63 in the final of the EUROBASKET 2009 to

finally take the "thorn out of its side" & proclaim themselves EUROPEAN
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS 2009. It was surprising to see the total

dominance of the Spaniards over the Serbs considering the latter had

defeated the former earlier on. Let´s remember, that Spain were

close to "going home" after their poor initial start to the tournament.

However, the Spanish team managed to regroup & bring out all their
Basketball talent, which made them the current World Champions &
Olympic Silver Medal team.
























LA Laker NBA Champion PAU GASOL was voted MVP of the Eurobasket,
& was joined in the "EuroTeam" by team-mate Rudy Fernandez.

Greece finished third after defeating Slovenia.

Congratulations to the Spanish National Basketball Team!

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SPANISH BASKETBALL: 2009 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP LIST ANNOUNCED

Spanish National Basketball Selector/Coach SERGIO SCARIOLO has
officially made public the list of Spanish Basketball players that
will represent SPAIN in the upcoming EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
to be held in POLAND ( 7 to 20 September)

The list:

Pau Gasol - LA Lakers
Rudy Fernández - Portland
Raúl López - R. Madrid
Juan Carlos Navarro - Barcelona
Felipe Reyes - R. Madrid
Ricky Rubio - Joventut
Berni Rodríguez - Unicaja
Marc Gasol - Memphis
Alex Mumbrú - R. Madrid
Jorge Garbajosa - Khimki
Víctor Claver - Pamesa
Carlos Cabezas - Unicaja

The plan is to get the players together in August & travel down to
the South of Spain, train & play a series of friendly games so as to
practice tactics & create a solid team: then off to Poland!

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SPANISH BASKETBALL: BARCELONA WINS ACB TITLE 2008-09

FC BARCELONA Basketball Team has won the Spanish Basketball ACB
National Title after defeating TAU CREMANICA 90 – 77 who won
the title last year. Barça wins the Final play-off 3-1 & brings back the
title after winning its last Championship back in 2004.

(photo: JC Navarro/Marca.com)

Juan Carlos Navarro & David Andersen were the star players for
Barça tonight & managed to outpace & outshoot a “tired” TAU
who has had a long season which showed in these final play-offs.

Congratulations to Barça who add another title to its 3 other titles
picked up by its Football Team to make 2008-2009 an exceptional
& magnificent season

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BASKETBALL: PAU GASOL NBA CHAMPION & SPAIN´S GREATEST

Another great moment for Spanish Basketball lived in the person
of Spanish player PAU GASOL member of the NBA team the LOS
ÁNGELES LAKERS who won this morning 86 – 99 Orlando Magic &
take the NBA Final 4-1.

It’s the first time in history that a Spanish player has gone so far & Pau
is the man who will go down on the books as the first with an NBA ring.
A player that has evolved into Spain´s Best ever Basketball player &

still there are years left in the man to reach greater heights.

Congratulation Pau!

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BASKETBALL: SPAIN WILL HOST 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

SPAIN has defeated Italy & China to be elected as the host nation
for the 2014 World Basketball Championships. The tournament
will take place between the 30th of August & 14th of September
in the following cities: Madrid, Bilbao, Sevilla, Las Palmas &
Granada. Spain lasted hosted the World Basketball Championships
28 years ago.

According to local media sources, Spain defeated Italy in the final
voting 11 to 8, after China was eliminated in the first round .
SPAIN is the current reigning WORLD CHAMPION after winning the
title in Tokyo in 2006

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BASKETBALL: EURO LEAGUE - REGAL BARCELONA 78 - CSKA MOSCOW 82

Spanish Basketball side REGAL BARCELONA dream of going into
the Basketball Final of the “EuroLeague” being held in the city of
Berlin (Germany) were swashed – literally – by an impressive show
of skill & talent from SISKAUSKAS in the last 7 minutes that gave
CSKA MOSCOW the win to going into the final. So decisive was
Siskauskas that he scored 13 straight points in the last quarter, thus
obviously being the match winner for his team & the game MVP.

Barça put in a great performance, a very serious game & was
very concentrated until the fine details & fouls gave the advantage
to the Russians. This allowed CSKA Moscow to illustrate their

experience & talent to take over the game & finally win by 4ºpoints.

Details:

Regal Barcelona 78 (21+15+20+22): Lakovic (13), Navarro (13),
Basile (5), Andersen (24), Santiago (9) –initial five -, Vázquez (6),
Grimau (4), Sada (-), Barton (2), Ilyasova (2)

CSKA Moscow 82 (12+20+22+28): Langdon (15), Holden (8),
Smodis (9), Khryapa (9), Lorbek (8) – initial five -, Siskauskas (29),
Morris (), Kaun (4), Zisis (-) y Planinic (-).

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BASKETBALL: SCARE FOR RUDY FERNANDEZ AGAINST LAKERS

Spanish Basketball star & NBA Blazzer player RUDY FERNANDEZ
made bells sound when he was taken off in a stretcher & with a neck
collar in the game against the LA Lakers.


















As the below video shows, TREVOR ARIZA stopped "violently"
Fernandez as he attempted to score, Rudy landed hard on the floor
& kept the crowd in suspense for a long 9 minutes:



Latest news is that Rudy is in observation in an LA Hospital, things seem
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BASKETBALL: TAU VITORIA TAKES THE SPANISH CUP

Fabulous final of the Spanish Basketball SPANISH CUP FINAL played
tonight in Madrid with TAU VITORIA taking its 6th Spanish Cup title.



















It was intense, hard fought out, very dramatic & of the highest level, the other
opponent UNICAJA MALAGA managed to equalize in the final 11
seconds of normal time 81-81 to take the game into extra time.

It was furious stuff, but TAU managed to get ahead & keep out Unicaja
to win 100-98. Marcus Haislip of Unicaja was the highest scorer of the
match with 23 points, but the fire power of TAU lead by Teletovic with
his 20 points was much more decisive.

It was anyone games, but TAU did what was needed more than Unicaja. Tweet

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BASKETBALL: DKV JUVENTUD WINS THE SPANISH CUP 2008

After 8 years DKV JUVENTUD has claimed the SPANISH CUP
2008 after defeating TAU CERAMICA de Vitoria in the final
80 - 82

The motor of the winning team was its charismatic leader RUDY
FERNANDEZ ( below) who contributed with 32 points. The best
for TAU were Rakocevic & Teletovic each contributing to their
team 17 points each.
























Obviously the MVP Award went to 22 year old Rudy Fernandez who
as his points show, put in an incredible game. This performace will
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BASKETBALL: PAU GASOL DEBUTS WITH THE LA LAKERS WITH A WIN

The Los Angeles Lakers signned Spaniard PAU GASOL to
better a "slumping" side & according to the "New York Times"
has bettered his new teams look with a win in his debut game.
























Gasol with his Nº16 jersey put in 24 points & made 12 rebounds
to help give his team a 90 - 105 victory over the New Jersey Nets.
Great start & excellent news for Pau & Spanish Basketball. Tweet

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BASKETBALL: PAU GASOL SIGNS FOR LOS ANGELES LAKERS

It´s the biggest news in Spanish Basketball since the national side
won the World Title, Spaniard & Memphis Grizzle player PAU GASOL
(pictured below) has signned for the LOS ANGELES LAKERS. No other
Spaniard has gone so far in the NBA, & this is the reward for years of
hardwork & scarifice.
























The LA Lakers proved they wished Pau Gasol by giving in to the
following demands of swaping Kwame Brown, Jarvis Critetton &
Aaron McKie, plus 1º round choices in the 2008 & 2010 draft. But
there´s more, Grizzlie´s will have preference over Pau Gasol other
Basketball playing brother MARC GASOL who is currently with
Spanish team Akassuayu Girona.
The 27 year old Pau finally manages to become part of a first level
team that will enable him to have access to titles & lift him to another
level.
This move will further increase Pau´s profile & Basketball´s to a new
level locally & make him a publicity target that will attract millions of
dollars in sponsorship.
As said, no other Spaniard has gone so far in the sport (perhaps Fernando
Martin, but this is more). Tweet

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