News from September 24.

Olympic Men's Basketball results - in Sydney, Australia

USA 106, France 94
Kevin Garnett (USA) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Antonio McDyess (USA) had 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Laurent Sciarra (Fra) had 21 points including 6-7 FG.
Yann Bonato (Fra) had 15 points.

China 85, Italy 76
Li Nan (Chi) had 25 points including 9-12 FG and 6-7 3-pointers.
Wang Zhizhi (Chi) had 14 points including 6-8 FG.
Guo Shiqiang (Chi) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 7 assists.
Alessandro Abbio (Ita) had 15 points including 6-8 FG.
Galanda Giacomo (Ita) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds.

Lithuania 85, New Zealand 75
Dainius Adomaitis (Lit) had 20 points including 7-8 FG.
Sarunas Jasikevicius (Lit) had 14 points and 3 steals.
Sean Marks (NZ) had 21 points.
Phill Jones (NZ) had 20 points.

Canada 83, Yugoslavia 75
Steve Nash (Can) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10-10 FT, 8
rebounds, and 8 assists.
Todd MacCulloch (Can) had 21 points including 9-13 FG.
Sasha Danilovic (Yug) had 20 points including 7-10 FG.
Dragan Tarlac (Yug) had 13 points and 7 rebounds.

Russia 88, Angola 65
Alexandre Bachminov (Rus) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds.
Mikita Morgunov (Rus) had 17 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds.
David Bartolomeu Dias (Ang) had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Carlos Bendinha de Almeida (Ang) had 11 points.

Australia 91, Spain 80
Andrew Gaze (Aus) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers.
Shane Heal (Aus) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers.
Luc Longley (Aus) had 15 points including 6-8 FG, 3 steals, and 3 blocks.
Carlos Jimenez (Spa) had 12 points including 4-5 Fg and 3-3 3-pointers.
John Rogers (Spa) had 12 points including 5-6 FG.


Standings (top 4 in each group advance)
   Group A      W  L           Group B     W  L
 1 USA          5  0         1 Canada*     4  1
 2 Italy!       3  2         2 Yugoslavia  4  1
 3 Lithuania    3  2         3 Australia@  3  2
 4 France#      2  3         4 Russia      3  2
 5 China        2  3         5 Spain       1  4
 6 New Zealand  0  5         6 Angola      0  5

*Canada receives the #1 slot by defeating Yugoslavia in their match
!Italy receives the #2 slot by defeating Lithuania in their match
@Australia receives the #3 slot by defeating Russia in their match
#France advances due to having defeated China in their match

Quarter Finals matchups
  USA vs Russia
  Canada vs France
  Italy vs Australia
  Yugoslavia vs Lithuania