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Found a box score, he played 9:27, hab 1 rebound and was 1-5 from the field.

Efes (27-3 last season) played against Beykoz (9-21 last season) in the first Turkish Cup elimination game, they won 81-60. Top scorers for Efes were Drew Nicholas with 27 points and Andre Hutson with 17 points. Cenk scored 3 points, I don't know how many minutes he played. Efes' next game is today/tomorrow (depending on your timezone) against Karsiyaka (12-18 last season), it's another Turkish Cup game. Beykoz: Clarence Gilbert 8, Erdal Bibo, Gregory Grays 8, Levant Bilgin 3, Umut Tinay 2, Cem Coskun 16, Umut Görür 2, Chris Burgess 10, Caner Öner 8, Alper Yilmaz 3 Efes: Drew Nicholas 27, Cenk Akyol 3, Kenny Gregory 2, Mustafa Abi 2, Bora Hun Pacun, Kerem Gönlüm 2, Rashad Wright 4, Serkan Erdogan 6, Ermal Kurtoglu 9, Ender Arslan 9, Andre Hutson 17

What? 14th in points allowed 21st in total yards allowed 25th in avg. per play allowed 23rd in % allowed 29th in avg. per pass allowed 12th in passing yards allowed 22nd in avg. per rush allowed 23rd in rushing yards allowed 29th in interceptions 18th in sacks 20th in forced fumbles They were very good in the first game. Good in the second game. One half good, one half bad in the third game. Below average to bad in the fourth game.

Falcons won! Passing game was good. Running game was absymal, 3.1 average. Defense was kinda below average and sometimes really bad. Texans managed the clock very bad at the end and a big thank you goes to K.Brown, you're superb.

I think there are a couple of factors: 1) Playcalling, we quite often use 4-5 receivers this year, last season it seemed that we had a maximum of 3 on the field. More receivers -> bigger chance that one will be open. 2) Trust, after our receivers dropped so many easy balls you could see that the criminal had no trust in them to make tough catches. Joey on the other trusts them. 3) Running game sucks -> more passes -> more chances for receivers. 4) Horn, the young guys never had a vet (that was actually good) to get advice from (kinda like the Hawks). I'm sure that it was Horn who gave Roddy the tip that he has to hold on to the ball to make a catch. 5) Since Joey can't run, he makes lots of dumpoffs when the other guy would've tried to run. 6) Joey's throws are softer which seems to be good for Jenkins and White. Our passing game is looking good again this game, but we need to make some good runs, cause it seems like that our defenses can't stop their passing game either, so it would be helpful if we could run down some clock. 23-16 right now, I'm confident that we'll win if we score this drive.

Andre Davis just owned Chris Houston pretty bad for a touchdown. 7-3 for the Texans right now. Falcons running game still not working. Jenkins made a nice run after a short catch. Brett Favre just broke the TD record, congrats to him.

One thing is for certain with this team, they will find ways to lose. good: - passing game - defense 1st half - Roddy White is a different player so far this season - only one sack allowed - Mort is back and 100% - Norwood made some nice plays bad: - defense 2nd half - that snap/hold - no turnovers forced - 2 fumbles - penalties, penalties, penalties (- playcalling sometimes, like that run on 3rd & 9 in the red zone)

I expect at least 4 interceptions in this game. Hopefully the stream will work later, cause they're showing CIN-SEA over here.

So Adobozz is your 2nd account or what?

Link Falcons have signed Leftwich to a two year contract worth $7 million. Good move, he's not the answer for our QB position but he can do better than Joey or at least give us a capable backup.

7th place game France 74-88 Slovenia Diawara 7 pts Parker 31 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb Diaw 0 pts, 4 reb, 0-3 fg, 25 min Turiaf 13 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk Nesterovic 19 pts, 8 reb 5th place game Croatia 71-80 Germany Markota DNP Nowitzki 31 pts, 4 ast, 12 reb 3rd place game Greece 69-78 Lithuania Songaila 2 pts, 4 reb, 1-7 fg, 18 min Kleiza 13 pts, 8 reb Jasikevicius 11 pts, 5 ast final Spain 59-60 Russia JR Holden made the deciding jumper with 2 seconds left. Gasol 14 pts, 3 ast, 14 reb, 5 to, 4-13 fg Navarro 0 pts, 0-5 fg, 17 min Calderon 15 pts, 4 reb Rodriguez 0 pts, 0-1 fg, 2 min Garbajosa 8 pts, 6 reb, 18 min Kirilenko 17 pts, 5 reb Khryapa 7 pts, 4 ast, 12 reb, 4 to MVP Andrei Kirilenko (RUS) All Tournament Team Jose Calderon (SPA) Ramunas Siskauskas (LIT) Andrei Kirilenko (RUS) Dirk Nowitzki (GER) Pau Gasol (SPA) points Nowitzki (GER) 24.0 Parker (FRA) 20.1 Türkoglu (TUR) 19.2 Gasol (SPA) 18.8 Kirilenko (RUS) 18.0 rebounds Green (ISR) 9.3 Nowitzki (GER) 8.7 Kirilenko (RUS) 8.6 Khryapa (RUS) 7.8 Okur (TUR) 7.7 assists Jasikevicius (LIT) 5.6 Tapiro (ISR) 5.0 Lakovic (SLO) 4.3 Bulleri (ITA) 4.0 Khryapa (RUS) 3.2

This game was so winnable. The defense was good against a rather weak Jags offense, Abraham played very good. The offense looked passable in some drives, but still too many sacks. Who was the guy in Roddy White's jersey today? I hope that kicker will be cut tomorrow or even better today.

quarter-finals Russia 75-71 France Kirilenko 6 pts, 6 reb, 4 blk, 7 stl, 2-11 fg Khryapa 16 pts, 6 ast, 7 reb, 4 to Diawara 5 pts, 4 reb Parker 15 pts, 3 ast Diaw 17 pts, 6 reb, 5 to Turiaf 8 pts, 7 reb Spain 83-55 Germany Hey the first quarter was close. Gasol 7 pts, 5 reb Navarro 12 pts, 14 min Calderon 17 pts, 22 min Rodriguez 1 pts, 8 min Garbajosa 7 pts, 1 reb, 17 min Nowitzki 11 pts, 6 reb, 4-10 fg Lithuania 74-72 Croatia Songaila 20 pts, 7 reb, 24 min Kleiza 19 pts, 9 reb Jasikevicius 6 pts, 8 ast, 3 reb, 5 to Markota 5 pts Slovenia 62-63 Greece Nesterovic 16 pts, 11 reb, 5 blk semi-finals Spain 82-77 Greece Gasol 23 pts, 6 reb, 3 blk, 4 to Navarro 23 pts, 4 reb Calderon 18 pts, 3 ast, 4 to Rodriguez DNP Garbajosa 6 pts, 4 ast, 5 reb, 0-5 fg Russia 86-74 Lithuania Kirilenko 29 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk, 3 stl, 4 to Khryapa 15 pts, 4 ast, 5 reb Songaila 8 pts, 6 reb Kleiza 5 pts, 5 reb Jasikevicius 5 pts, 3 ast, 4 reb, 5 to, 2-10 fg 5th to 8th place France 69-86 Croatia Diawara 5 pts Parker 18 pts, 5 reb, 3 stl Diaw 11 pts, 5 ast, 5 reb Turiaf 6 pts, 2 reb, 8 min Markota 6 pts Germany 69-65 Slovenia Didn't watch it, soccer was on. Nowitzki 28 pts, 10 reb, 9-25 fg Nesterovic 13 pts, 9 reb

Croatia 70-83 Russia Markota 7 pts, 3 reb Kirilenko 20 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast Khryapa 8 pts, 8 reb, 3-10 FG Greece 85-67 Portugal Spain 99-73 Israel Gasol 26 pts, 7 reb, 18 min Navarro DNP Calderon 15 pts, 18 min Rodriguez 2 ast, 0-4 FG, 10 min Garbajosa 12 pts, 2 reb Germany 67-58 Italy Man this game was ugly. Both teams shot below 40% no one except Belinelli was hitting shots. Dirk sucked this game, but Herber and Jagla stepped up, otherwise this would've been Dirk's last national team game. The future doesn't look pretty for team Germany, but it thankfully seems like a new coach will direct the team then. If Belinelli wouldn't have been injured during the game, then Italy would've had a very good chance to win this. Nowitzki 15 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast, 5-19 FG Belinelli 25 pts, 29 min Bargnani 10 pts, 6 reb, 3-12 FG France 85-64 Turkey Diawara 10 pts Parker 6 pts, 3 reb, 2-8 FG Diaw 18 pts, 5 reb, 4 to Turiaf 4 pts, 4 reb, 8 min Akyol 4 pts, 2 reb, 16 min Okur 5 pts, 6 reb Türkoglu 9 pts, 4 reb Slovenia 61-80 Lithuania Nesterovic 4 pts, 5 reb Songaila 17 pts, 4 reb Kleiza 6 pts, 7 reb Jasikevicius 2 pts, 3 reb, 15 min The quarter-finals are: Russia - France Spain - Germany Lithuania - Croatia Slovenia - Greece The stat leaders after the qualifying round: Points Nowitzki (GER) 24.3 Gasol (SPA) 20.8 Parker (FRA) 19.5 Türkoglu (TUR) 19.2 Gurovic (SER) 19.0 Rebounds Biedrins (LAT) 10.0 Kirilenko (RUS) 9.7 Green (ISR) 9.3 Milicic (SER) 9.3 Nowitzki (GER) 8.3 Assists Jasikevicius (LIT) 5.7 Tapiro (ISR) 5.0 Koszarek (POL) 4.3 Bulleri (ITA) 4.0 Skele (LAT) 4.0

I tried it for the PS3, in my opinion it is much better than last year's version, but still not impressive. The graphics look nice and the gameplay is better, but it still has some flaws. I'll definately wait till both Live and 2K are out to make my decision on which one to buy. I also wrote a review about the demo in my blog. *cheapplug*

Portugal 94-85 Israel Greece 81-78 Croatia Markota 2 pts, 2 reb, 11 min Russia 69-81 Spain Kirilenko 21 pts, 4 reb, 4 to Khryapa 14 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast, 5 to Gasol 13 pts, 9 reb Navarro 15 pts, 19 min Calderon 17 pts, 4 ast Rodriguez DNP Garbajosa 11 pts, 3 reb Italy 84-75 Turkey Belinelli 17, pts, 4 ast, 3 reb Bargnani 12 pts, 6 reb Akyol 1 pts, 5 reb, 0-0 FG, 14 min Okur 10 pts, 9 reb Türkoglu 34 pts, 4 ast, 6 reb Lithuania 88-73 France Songaila 17 pts, 7 reb Kleiza 2 pts, 3 reb, 20 min Jasikevicius 14 pts, 7 ast Diawara 8 pts, 3-10 FG Parker 11 pts, 6 ast Diaw 6 pts, 7 reb, 3 to, 2-8 FG Turiaf 2 pts, 3 reb Germany 47-77 Slovenia Whew, luckily for me I forgot that the game was on, it would've been painful to watch that. Germany was 17-60 from the field. Nowitzki 16 pts, 8 reb, 7-18 FG, 23 min Nesterovic 13 pts, 7 reb

Minny offense 10 Harrington -14 The Falcons offense is in for a looong season. Didn't the coaches say that they want to give Norwoord a bigger part? Then why let they run him only 5 times, while the struggling Dunn got it 22 times? I was also kinda shocked that we didn't try to score with 1 minute left in the first half. 6 sacks for the Vikes, but all those "smart" people said, that all the sacks happened only because of Vick. On the positive side the defense looked ok, they didn't make big plays, but they held the Vikings to ten points and if it wasn't for that lucky Peterson TD it would've been 3, but then again the Vikings passing attack might be worse than ours.

Qualifying round day 1 results: Portugal 65-78 Russia Kirilenko 16 pts, 3 ast, 4 reb Khryapa 11 pts, 11 reb, 4 stl Israel 80-75 Croatia Markota 5 pts, 7 reb Spain 76-58 Greece Gasol 15 pts, 5 ast, 5 reb Navarro 7 pts Calderon 4 pts Rodriguez 1 ast, 5 min Garbajosa 0 pts, 4 reb, 22 min France 78-66 Germany This was a very competitive match at the beginning and Germany could have easily won this game, if they had a good coach. Bauermann is such an idiot, it was 28-28 and then France pulled away to 43-30 and he didn't even think about taking a timeout, Germany never really recovered from that run. Nobody on France can really shoot the lights out, but hey we don't have to zone against them all the time, we'll try to beat them in their own game, cause the win will be much sweeter then, what we didn't win? Well, we tried, nobody can ask for more. Diawara 5 pts, 3 ast Parker 23 pts, 3 ast, 5 reb Diaw 7 pts, 10 reb, 1 MONSTERblock Turiaf 11 pts Nowitzki 28 pts, 6 reb Italy 74-79 Lithuania Belinelli 9 pts Bargnani 15 pts, 7 reb Songaila 8 pts, 4 reb Kleiza 8 pts, 9 reb Jasikevicius 13 pts, 4 ast, 3 reb, 7 to Turkey 51-66 Slovenia Akyol DNP Okur 14 pts, 6 reb Türkoglu 17 pts, 8 reb Nesterovic 13 pts, 6 reb

Already posted in the EuroBasket thread. I wonder if he was messed up before or if all that time sitting on the Pistons bench and then drinking a lot at night messed him up.

Ok, my friend confirmed that Darko really said these things plus a couple of other things which weren't very nice either. Guess Darko has some growing up to do.

Darko Milicic got fined 10.000€ for these comments after the game against Greece: ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Reportedly he said: Quote: "I'm going to kill the referees wherever I find them. They can go **** themselves. If they have a daughter, I'll find her and I will **** her...I will **** them...whatever she has or doesn't have. I will **** them...the mother, I'll **** them...in the mouth, I'll **** My best friend is from Serbia, I'll ask him later if that is exactly what he said or maybe MW24 can translate.

He's a 6'9/6'10 forward and is over 30 years old. He currently plays for Prokom in Poland (together with Travis Best and Ruben Wolkowyski), in the past he played for Joventut in Spain, Unics in Russia, Partizan, Crvena Zvezda (pretty unsual for a player to have played for Partizan and Crvena Zvezda, they're fierce rivals) and Vojvodina in Serbia. He did make this basket yesterday to send Serbia-Greece into overtime: ] Since he was born in 1975/1976 (I've found both as his birthdate) I doubt that he'll ever play in the NBA and most likely he wouldn't be good enough anyway. Profile from the tournament site: Quote: Milan Gurovic is the top shooter in Europe, period, end of story. The Red Star’s best player is coming off the best season of his career. At 207 cm, he is a match-up nightmare who is capable of breaking an opponent’s back with a barrage of three-pointers. It’s exactly what the 32-year-old did all year, earning the ULEB Cup regular season MVP. With 270 points in 10 games, Gurovic posted records for the highest scoring total and average. What's more, no player in either the ULEB Cup or the Euroleague has finished a regular season with a higher scoring average this decade. With the uncertain participation of Stojakovic, Gurovic will probably find himself as one of the principal go-to-guys for the National Team.

Israel 87-83 Serbia Jaric 11 pts, 6 ast Milicic 18 pts, 13 reb Hmm, seems like Serbia's talents aren't as hungry as I thought, now they're eliminated. Russia 61-53 Greece Kirilenko 12 pts, 17 reb, 5 to, 4-16 FG Khryapa 13 pts, 5 reb Portugal 77-67 Latvia Biedrins 14 pts, 18 reb, 3 blk Yay, Helmanis is eliminated. Croatia 85-84 Spain Markota 6 pts, 14 min Gasol 26 pts, 4 reb Navarro DNP Calderon 10 pts, 3 ast Rodriguez 0-1 FG, 4 min Garbajosa 8 pts, 1 reb Lithuania 84-80 Germany Songaila 11 pts, 3 reb Kleiza 10 pts, 1 reb Jasikevicius 15 pts, 10 ast, 4 reb Nowitzki 28 pts, 9 reb Czech Republic 72-80 Turkey Cenk DNP Okur 16 pts, 10 reb Türkoglu 22 pts, 3 ast, 5 reb, 5 to Czech Republic is eliminated. Slovenia 67-66 France Nesterovic 12 pts, 4 reb Diawara 2 pts, 18 min Parker 25 pts, 0 ast, 34 min Diaw 6 pts, 4 reb, 2-7 FG Turiaf 13 pts, 5 reb Poland 70-79 Italy Belinelli 20 pts Bargnani 19 pts, 7 reb, 5 to, 3-9 2FG, 3-5 3FG Poland is eliminated. Tournament leaders after the preliminary round. points Nowitzki (GER) 29.0 Parker (FRA) 25.7 Gasol (SPA) 23.7 Gurovic (SER) 19.0 Türkoglu (TUR) 18.3 rebounds Kirilenko (RUS) 14.0 Biedrins (LAT) 10.0 Milicic (SER) 9.3 Green (ISR) 9.0 Okulaja (GER) 9.0 assists Jasikevicius (LIT) 7.0 Bulleri (ITA) 5.3 Koszarek (POL) 4.3 Lakovic (SLO) 4.0 Skele (LAT) 4.0

Day 2 results and stats: Russia 90-56 Israel Kirilenko 17 pts, 5 ast, 13 reb Khryapa 6 pts, 5 ast Greece 68-67 Serbia Jaric 18 pts, 6 reb Milicic 17 pts, 6 reb Croatia 90-68 Portugal Markota 13 pts Spain 93-77 Latvia Gasol 26 pts, 9 reb, 26 min Navarro DNP Calderon 14 pts, 5 reb Rodriguez 0 pts, 2 ast, 9 min Garbajosa 10 pts Biedrins 17 pts, 5 reb Lithuania 95-75 Czech Republic Songaila 6 pts Kleiza 14 pts, 4 reb Jasikevicius 10 pts, 4 ast, 23 min Germany 79-49 Turkey I watched that game and Turkey never had a chance. They play like they really don't care, they made 50% of their FTs and especially Okur sucked big time. Shortly after Akyol came in, he made an offensive foul and then nearly a second one, he looked very nervous, the commentator said that he suffered from burnout and took a one month break before the tournament and now has problems keeping up with the rest of the team. Türkoglu & Okur don't ride in the teambus, they have their own car and while the others train, they're in the weight room, I never heard something like this, why does the coach allow that? Their team spirit is non-existing. Nowitzki 24 pts, 6 reb Akyol 3 pts, 1-3 FG, 10 min Okur 5 pts, 5 reb, 1-8 FG Türkoglu 15 pts France 69-62 Italy Diawara 0 pts, 3 reb, 3 to, 21 min Parker 36 pts Diaw 9 pts, 7 reb Turiaf 3 pts, 3 reb Belinelli 15 pts, 3 reb Bargnani 16 pts, 3 reb, 6 to Slovenia 70-52 Poland Nesterovic 11 pts, 12 reb

Quote: Quote: Well, for one thing, Batista can rebound much better than Solomon. Batista can also draw fouls, When has he displayed his rebounding ability at the NBA level? In fact Solo out rebounded him this year! I don't get it What? Batista 2.3 reb in 6.2 min (career high 12), Jones 2.3 reb in 11.5 min (career high 10). This whole discussion is kinda useless in my opinion. Batista will not be a Hawk this year and Solo will very likely never be more than a 2nd/3rd backup.