News from August 16. Olympic results (Beijing, China) - First Round USA 119, Spain 82 LeBron James (USA) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Dwyane Wade (USA) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (USA) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Pau Gasol (Spa) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Felipe Reyes (Spa) had 19 points including 9-12 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. USA shot 58% (44-76) FG and Spa shot 39% (28-71) FG. China 59, Germany 55 Yao Ming (Chi) had 25 points including 6-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Yi Jianlian (Chi) had 9 points and 11 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Ger) had 24 points including 7-20 FG, 17 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Chris Kaman (Ger) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Australia 95, Russia 80 Andrew Bogut (Aus) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. CJ Bruton (Aus) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. David Andersen (Aus) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 5 rebounds. JR Holden (Rus) had 20 points, 6 assists and 6 turnovers. Viktor Khryapa (Rus) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Aus shot 28-34 FT and Rus shot 12-15 FT. Lithuania 86, Croatia 73 Mindaugas Lukauskis (Lit) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Simas Jasaitis (Lit) had 12 points including 5-7 FG. Linas Kleiza (Lit) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Koko-Leni Ukic (Cro) had 13 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Marko Banic (Cro) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Lit shot 56% (30-54) FG and Cro shot 43% (26-61) FG. Argentina 97, Iran 82 Luis Scola (Arg) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (Arg) had 32 points including 10-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Pablo Prigioni (Arg) had 11 points and 6 assists. Hamed Ehadadi (Ira) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Hamed Afagh (Ira) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Greece 102, Angola 61 Ioannis Spanoulis (Gre) had 22 points including 9-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Georgios Printezis (Gre) had 14 points including 5-6 FG. Andreas Glyniadakis (Gre) had 11 points including 3-4 FG and 7 rebounds. Eduardo Mingas (Ang) had 23 points. Luis Costa (Ang) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Gre shot 59% (37-63) FG and Ang shot 39% (25-64) 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