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Thank you New Zealand, Macedonia tops Group
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
The Tall Blacks have beaten Angola 68-64 in their final pool game at the FIBA Olympic qualifier tournament in Venezuela this afternoon, but it wasn't enough to stave off elimination.
New Zealand's win meant all three teams in the group finished with a win and a loss. The Tall Blacks were placed third in the group, however, because of their 22 point drubbing by Macedonia yesterday, which hurt their goal average. New Zealand have now missed qualification for the last two Olympic Games, after featuring in 2000 and 2004.
Needing to win by a large winning to move onto the quarterfinals, The Tall Blacks came out with much more aggression and intensity than they had showed against Macedonia 21 hours earlier.
Angola had a tough time shooting with the same percentage as they had done against Macedonia. In fact Angola missed their first 9 tries for three points. Needless to say, NZ took advantage of this and kept increasing their lead.
Macedonia with a good dose of luck, and thanks to NZ ended up topping Group A, just as they had originally planned despite their first loss.
Makedonien spielt nun gegen Dominikanische Republik!!!!!
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
The Tall Blacks have beaten Angola 68-64 in their final pool game at the FIBA Olympic qualifier tournament in Venezuela this afternoon, but it wasn't enough to stave off elimination.
New Zealand's win meant all three teams in the group finished with a win and a loss. The Tall Blacks were placed third in the group, however, because of their 22 point drubbing by Macedonia yesterday, which hurt their goal average. New Zealand have now missed qualification for the last two Olympic Games, after featuring in 2000 and 2004.
Needing to win by a large winning to move onto the quarterfinals, The Tall Blacks came out with much more aggression and intensity than they had showed against Macedonia 21 hours earlier.
Angola had a tough time shooting with the same percentage as they had done against Macedonia. In fact Angola missed their first 9 tries for three points. Needless to say, NZ took advantage of this and kept increasing their lead.
Macedonia with a good dose of luck, and thanks to NZ ended up topping Group A, just as they had originally planned despite their first loss.
Makedonien spielt nun gegen Dominikanische Republik!!!!!