News from August 10. Olympic results (at Beijing, China) - first round USA 101, China 70 LeBron James (USA) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dwayne Wade (USA) had 19 points on a perfect 7-7 FG and 5-5 FT. Dwight Howard (USA) had 13 points. Zhi Fangyu (Chi) had 11 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Yao Ming (Chi) had 13 points including 3-10 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. USA shot 54% (38-70) FG and Chi shot 34% (23-68) FG. Germany 95, Angola 66 Chris Kaman (Ger) had 24 points including 10-12 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Ger) had 23 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Steffen Hamann (Ger) had 13 points. Carlos Morais (Ang) had 14 points. Milton Barros (Ang) had 10 points. Ger shot 59% (34-58) FG and Ang shot 33% (20-60) FG. Lithuania 79, Argentina 75 Linas Kleiza (Lit) had 13 points including 3-4 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Robertas Javtokas (Lit) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Sarunas Jasikevicius (Lit) had 10 points including 2-10 FG, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (Arg) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Andres Nocioni (Arg) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Spain 81, Greece 66 Pau Gasol (Spa) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez (Spa) had 16 points. Jose Calderon (Spa) had 13 points. Vasileios Spanoulis (Gre) had 15 points. Dimitrios Diamantidis (Gre) had 14 points. Russia 71, Iran 49 Robert Kholden (Rus) had 19 points and 5 steals. Andrei Kirilenko (Rus) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Aleksey Savrasenko (Rus) had 11 points. Mahdi Kamrany (Ira) had 11 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Mohammadsamad Nikkhah (Ira) had 16 points and 7 turnovers. Croatia 97, Australia 82 Nikola Prkacin (Cro) had 16 points including 5-5 FG. Marko Banic (Cro) had 16 points including 7-8 FG. Kresimir Loncar (Cro) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. David Barlow (Aus) had 12 points. Matt Nelson (Aus) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Cro shot 67% (36-54) FG and Aus shot 51% (30-59) FG. ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html