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Basketball - Day 6 Game Thread Aug. 11th

Mr. E: Retired Mod; Posts: 18,291; And1: 6,510; Joined: Apr 15, 2006; Location: Defending Planet Earth with a Jet-Pack & a Ray-Gun!; Post #1 » by Mr. E » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:18 pm

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Post #1 » by Mr. E » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:18 pm

August 1th 2016

Men's Basketball:

Group B games:

All times Central Standard Time (-6 UTC)

Brazil vs. Croatia - 12:15 PM

Nigeria vs. Spain - 5:00 PM

Lithuania vs. Argentina - 8:30 PM

Women's Basketball:

Group A games:

Belarus vs. Turkey - 10:15 AM

France vs. Brazil - 1:30 PM

Japan vs. Australia - 3:45 PM

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Mr. E: Retired Mod; Posts: 18,291; And1: 6,510; Joined: Apr 15, 2006; Location: Defending Planet Earth with a Jet-Pack & a Ray-Gun!; Post #2 » by Mr. E » Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:21 pm

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Post #2 » by Mr. E » Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:21 pm

I'm going with

Croatia
Spain
Lithuania

I don't follow the women close enough to make a prediction.

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augustopss: Ballboy; Posts: 45; And1: 3; Joined: Dec 15, 2015; Post #3 » by augustopss » Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:28 pm

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Post #3 » by augustopss » Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:28 pm

Hum... hard to predict these games. I'm going with Brazil, Spain and Argentina.

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anubis0713: Sophomore; Posts: 153; And1: 90; Joined: Feb 22, 2015; Post #4 » by anubis0713 » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:56 pm

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Post #4 » by anubis0713 » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:56 pm

Will be interesting to see if the loser of Argentina and Lithuania decide to have a rest against Brazil or Croatia to finish 3rd in the pool.
Spain, Lithuania and Croatia will win today.

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Post #5 » by jinxed » Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:14 pm

Ricky Rubio with the dunk!

First time i've seen him do that since he was 15.

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