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Bang on write up for our pool, please predict Canada by a large margin in the near future, my heart cant take it.

This week I was not able to get the writeups done as I was busy all long weekend, next week they should get done however. sorry.

I will be waiting them, they are great =P.

Worth noting that the Australia vs. Italy game was fantastic. The last few minutes of regulation and overtime was insane, kept me on the edge of my seat.

As an Australian, you must be mad the way the game ended..

Bit of an anti-climax! Would have been better if they made a shot! We had 3 chances to win the game and didn't, that's our fault.

I'll do some short recaps of last week:

Group A

Misr 118 - Philippines 110

Minor upset here as Misr (1-1) took down Philippines for their first win in the Worlds this season. Philippines dropped to 0-2. Misr was led by star big man Sulayman Yousef who had an amazing 34pts, 22rbs, and 4asts, to go along with 4-5 3 pointers. This game was not as close as the score shows, as Misr held an 18 point lead with 2 minutes left. Guard Norman Migallos led Philippines with 24 points in 18 minutes of play off the bench.

Chile 130 - Uruguay 117

A rematch of the Americas semifinal in Season 15. Chile flexed their inside muscle in this one, putting up a fantastic marvelous inside scoring rating and now have a 2-0 record in Group A. David Tapia dominated inside, with 25 pts on 10-12 shooting, along with 13 rebounds. Uruguayan guard José Pedro Pimienta had 36pts in the losing effort as Uruguay dropped to 1-1.

Australia 138 - Italia 139

Definitely the match of the night here as the Australians fought their way into overtime with the Italians. Australia looked like they had a chance to win in regulation, but PG McNamara missed a crucial free throw allowing Italian C Pericle Sinibaldi to hit the game tying shot with 8 seconds left. Then Australian PG Shaun McArthur missed a driving layup at the buzzer and the game went to overtime!

In OT the lead went back and forth and the game got intense when McArthur found big man Liang Huaizheng for the dunk to give Australia a one point lead with 17 seconds remaining. Italia had the ball and a chance to win, but the game ended in controversy as Australian monster center Rudolph Radford was called for a personal foul with no time remaining on the clock! Sinibaldi canned both clutch free throws and the game was shockingly over. Italy improved its record to 2-0, while Australia dropped to 0-2.

Group B

Al Maghrib 133 - Poland 182

Not much to discuss here as Poland crushed Al Maghrib by nearly 50 points. Poland used a Full Court Press and forced the Moroccans into 28 turnovers. Sylwester Rakus led the way for Poland, with 34 points and 18 rebounds. 7 players scored in double digits for Poland, as they continue to impress in these Worlds, improving to 2-0. The Moroccans were led by guard Hassam El-Haroun, who showed some fight as he scored 51 points in this game. Al Maghrib dropped to 0-2.

United States 122 - Canada 111

The battle for North American supremacy was a good one, as this game went down to the wire. Down 18 at one point, Canada fought back, cutting the American lead to 2 when Essa Abu-Kaleel hit a jumper with 1:45 remaining in the game. The Canadians could not pull off the amazing comeback as American guard Joe Bronson hit a clutch 3 with a little over a minute remaining to put the game out of reach. Irwin Velasco had 29 points on 12-13 shooting for the Americans, who improved to 2-0. Canadian center Christopher Moran had an impressive 21 points and 25 rebounds as Canada fell to 1-1.

España 101 - China 86

España came out of the gate strong in this one, as both teams went to their inside offenses hoping to earn their first victory in the Worlds this season. Though the ratings appear very similar for both teams in this match, the matchup at Power Forward clearly went to the Spanish as Lantz Irakozi dominated with 23 points and 16 rebounds, and held Chinese PF Peng Dingxiang to only 10 points and 6 rebounds on 5-17 shooting. This was a surprisingly poor performance from Dingxiang as he was in proficient game shape. China is in a tough situation now as they fall to 0-2, while España improves to 1-1.

Wow these are great! thank you! Why am I the one who does these :P You are much more qualified lol

After vanishing for a weekend im back for this week, here we go again :P

Americas U21 continentals

Pool C:

Results:

Panama 97 at Rep. Dominicana 70
Rep.Dominicana Ctd against a Panama TIE and Panama was still able to cruise to the victory in this one and improved to a 3-0 record to join 3 other teams that are currently unbeaten. An interesting stat in this one: Rep.Dominicana had the same amount of Free throws made as they had field goals made :O POTG: Socrates Zuniga had a team high 16 points, a game high 10 assists and an 11.5 rating.

Argentina 113 at Guatemala 56
Argentina absolutely crushed Guatemala with a dominating 57 point victory, one big stat Argentina had 28 assists to Guatemala's 7. POTG: Frederic Striesen had a team high 18 points, 6 assists, 12.5 rating and went 3 for 3 from downtown.

Chile 131 at Jamaica 68
This game was utter domination from the start to finish. Jamaica even CTd Chiles TIE and it was not enough to make this game close! Chile won the rebounding battle by 16 rebounds and the assists battle by 28 assists. POTG: Manuel Irarrazaval had a game high 25 points, a game high 16 rebounds and 8 assists to go with.. brace yourself... a 17.0 rating in a U21 game, thats downright nasty.

1.Chile U21(1) 3-0 329 181
2.Argentina U21(2) 3-0 341 223
3.Panama U21(3) 3-0 301 233
4.Ecuador U21(4) 3-0 280 230
5.Jamaica U21(5) 0-4 349 452
6.Rep. Dominicana U21(7) 0-4 258 378
7.Guatemala U21(6) 0-4 260 421

Picks:
Ecuador(48) at Chile(17)
If Chile can have a repeat performance of last week, they will win this game easily and I feel as though they can. My pick: Manuel Irarrazaval leads Chile to another victory.

Panama(45) at Argentina(10)
Both teams have about equal GS, unfortunately Argentina is just a stronger team, Panama will qualify for the next round though. My pick: Argentina wins this one, Panama puts up a minor fight but not even close.

Jamaica(95) at Guatemala(91)
This game looks like it could be the only close game this week. Gameshape wise they are pretty much equal. Talent wise they are fairly similiar, although Guatemala has the guard advantage, jamaica has a slight inside advantage though. My pick: Jamaica is coming off a CT and Guatemala is coming off what I assume to be a TIE, I think thatll be the difference.