Kirilenko and Khryapa sandwich Nic and hammer him down as he goes in for the dunk. 2fts. WHOOOAAA what a play! Nic takes AK off the dribble for a two handed slam!
Thanks for the links! I finally got one to work, Nic just jammed, and announcer said Batum is the MVP of this game.
His best game yet. 19pts, 6/8FG, 7rebs, 4asts, 2blks (shoulda been 3 on that swat he just had in the fast break but refs thought otherwise), 1 stl in 34 mins.
Glowing game summary write up of Batum on the Eurobasket website. GAME REPORT 16.09.2011 Les Bleus Write History To Reach Final Turning Point: With the game tied 45-45 during the third quarter, France made a decisive 8-0 run from which Russia were never able to recover. Game Hero: While Tony Parker has enjoyed better nights percentage-wise, his influence especially in crunch time was always likely to be significant. But, even he was overshadowed by Nicolas Batum who was outstanding with an all-action line of 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Stats Don't Lie: Russia was trashed 35-21 on the glass. 5. Nicolas Batum (France) Nicolas Batum chose the EuroBasket Semi-Final to deliver a masterclass on what an all-around small forward can do on the court France will get the chance to fight it out for the EuroBasket title with Spain after their first ever win in a Semi-Final. .... Russia started the second quarter in style with a dunk by Semen Antonov [who names their kid Semen, even in Russian. Seriously.] but France responded with a tough play from Nicolas Batum. Moments later they found themselves 24-20 ahead with possession and an opportunity to make a move. .... France then managed to produce a decisive 11-2 scoring spurt with Batum and Parker both converting from downtown. .... With France scoring a solitary point in four minutes, they needed a kick start and it was Batum who provided. He made a couple of shots from downtown as France scored eight points without reply to take the initiative once more at 53-45. .... Parker and Batum both came up with some seriously big plays in crunch time to book a very special Sunday appointment with Spain.
http://sheridanhoops.com/2011/09/16...k-might-dull-memory-of-weis-geting-dunked-on/ We all know of Nic's dunks against Gasol. But he has a history of destroying Spain with ridiculous dunks. [video=youtube;KeCQhZFjtp8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeCQhZFjtp8[/video]
DAMN!!!!!!!!![video=youtube;EDyfFGC6Csk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyfFGC6Csk&feature=fvst[/video]
Check it out: is he smoking at 1:24? If so then he's EVEN MORE awesome! Brock Sampson awesome! [video=youtube;pqn_mEgR4ac]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqn_mEgR4ac[/video]
I just watched it from 3 days ago. All game long, Batum would make a nice defensive move (almost always due to long arms) about every 3 minutes. I'm thinking, he's even MORE inconsistent and passive there than on the Blazers. Then toward the end he makes a 3, then with 1:45 left in a close game he makes a difficult turnaround 10 footer, then seconds later he makes another, and his team has a comfortable margin of about 4 points and Greece has to start fouling. 15 points, but just a complementary player. Not someone you can count on. Now I'll keep reading the thread. Maybe he proved me wrong in the next game.
Scores http://espn.go.com/extra/fiba/europe/scores NBA players on each team: France 7, Spain 6, Turkey 5, Argentina 4 http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/6803228/nba-2011-national-team-participants Standings - Why are some teams in more than 1 division? All winning teams have more points for than against, and all losers more points against than for, with 1 exception: France http://espn.go.com/extra/fiba/europe/standings
I see that Batum was the difference in the Russia game. You guys are posting his dunk pictures? Don't forget these 2 posts from a week ago. http://sportstwo.com/threads/194536-EuroBasket?p=2657132&viewfull=1#post2657132
