News from August 12.

Dan Dickau signed with Avellino of the Italian league.


Olympic results (Beijing, China) - First round
[Note the Olympics are played with international rules, which has several
differences from NBA rules (including 40 minute games and 5 foul
disqualifications)]

USA 97, Angola 76
Dwyane Wade (USA) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds.
Dwight Howard (USA) had 14 points including 6-6 FG.
LeBron James (USA) had 12 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
Carlos Morais (Ang) had 24 points and 10 turnovers.
Eduardo Mingas (Ang) had 8 points on 4-13 FG and 0-5 3-pointers and 7
rebounds including 5 offensive.
USA shot 56% (38-68) FG and Ang shot 39% (25-64) FG.

Greece 87, Germany 64
Theodoros Papaloukas (Gre) had 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Vasileios Spanoulis (Gre) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 4-6
3-pointers and 5 assists.
Dimitrios Diamantidis (Gre) had 12 points.
Dirk Nowitzki (Ger) had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Sven Schultze (Ger) had 11 points.
Gre shot 57% (31-54) FG and Ger shot 36% (19-53) FG.

Spain 85, China 75 OT
Pau Gasol (Spa) had 29 points including 13-17 FG, 8 rebounds including 5
offensive, and 3 blocks.
Rudy Fernandez (Spa) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Felipe Reyes (Spa) had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Liu Wei (Chi) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 turnovers.
Yao Ming (Chi) had 11 points including 4-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Spa out-scored Chi 13-3 in overtime.

Croatia 85, Russia 78
Marko Popovic (Cro) had 22 points including 9-10 FT.
Zoran Planinic (Cro) had 20 points including 7-9 FG.
Stanko Barac (Cro) had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Andrei Kirilenko (Rus) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5
turnovers.
Sergey Bykov (Rus) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 3 steals.

Argentina 85, Australia 68
Luis Scola (Arg) had 17 points and 7 rebounds.
Manu Ginobili (Arg) had 21 points and 7 assists.
Carlos Delfino (Arg) had 14 points.
Patrick Mills (Aus) had 22 points.
David Andersen (Aus) had 10 points and 6 rebounds.

Lithuania 99, Iran 67
Rimantas Kaukenas (Lit) had 14 points and 5 turnovers.
Linas Kleiza (Lit) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds.
Sarunas Jasikevicius (Lit) had 20 points including 8-9 FG and 3 steals.
Hamed Ehadadi (Ira) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, 4 blocks, and 8
turnovers.
Oshin Sahakian (Ira) had 7 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Lit shot 57%(36-67) FG and Ira shot 31% (17-55) FG.


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