Italy - USA 45-36

[El Presidente]

After all off my friends mocked me for saying Italy had a chance of winning this game, I now celebrate a possible victory.

Now, if they lose, I will look like a complete idiot. But what the hell.

Go Italy! Go Bellinelli!

[therockbox]

What's this?

[MDK]

Rugby?

[Trey]

It was the World Basketball Championship (WBC), and Italy put up a fight, leading by 12 in the second half before USA came back to win, 94-85.

[MDK]

There is a World Basketball Championship?

How are England doing?

[Farmer Reil]

We weren't in it, because Lithuania, Quatar and Angola are better than us.

[Pesci]

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! We invented the sport! Maybe.

[Guest Milpool]

No, basketball is the one sport with a documented inventor - a Canadian, at that.

[therockbox]

Netball's better.

[MDK]

I prefer Kingball.

[gunnar hendershow]

Netball's better.

Isn't that big in Australia and New Zealand?

[Lowerdeck]

No, basketball is the one sport with a documented inventor - a Canadian, at that.

But, it was invented in Massachusetts and that's what gets credit. Thanks for playing.

And Lithuania seriously isn't too too bad at basketball. All those eastern European countries for some reason are decent at basketball.

[The Sultan of Swank]

Just because the Canadian happened to be passing by in Mass. Still makes it a Canadian made sport.

[The Kraig]

Just because the Canadian happened to be passing by in Mass. Still makes it a Canadian made sport.

[Blitz]

Man, USA barely snuck by today.

103-58.

[The Sultan of Swank]

I fail to see how basketball is an internationally competitive sport. What baffles me is that it continues to be an olympic sport, there have only ever been 4 countries to win the Olympic Gold as Basketball, the USA (12) USSR(2) Yugoslavia(1) and Argentina(1).

[GhostMachine]

I fail to see how basketball is an internationally competitive sport. What baffles me is that it continues to be an olympic sport, there have only ever been 4 countries to win the Olympic Gold as Basketball, the USA (12) USSR(2) Yugoslavia(1) and Argentina(1).