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Stankovic Final: Boomers vs Turkey (Live)

Good win by the Boomers. The Turks were poor, but what a great response from a young and inexperienced team after the loss to the Kiwis.

Great hustle in general on defence, with everyone scrambling to cover for each other. BIG improvement over the poor rotations we saw against NZ last Tuesday.

Dellavadova has been sensational. Although he didn't score as much in the second half, he masterfully broke up the Turks full court press. The kid has great composure and an excellent basketball brain by the looks. Definitely have high hopes for him after what I have seen in the last week.

Offence fell away a bit in the second half I thought, with less ball movement and better Turkish interior defence, but we still did enough to hold a good lead so can't be too critical. Harvey was a good, steady hand in the second half, coming up with a lot of good shots and drives to maintain our lead. Best game I've seen him play for the Boomers I reckon.

Oscar has looked solid in this tournament. I think as the Boomers have played better team defence and moved the ball better on offence, Oscar has been able to settle into his role and gain some confidence.

Crawford looked solid both defensively and offensively and Rush is looking like an intriguing athletic prospect off the bench. His ball handling needs some work (several times he lost the handle when driving) but he worked hard on D and looks fairly big, solid and quick. Could potentially be that defensive SF I think we're lacking down the track if he keeps improving.

TWO Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were facing criminal charges last night, after they allegedly had sex in a public toilet, leading to a bar room brawl.

Renee Thomas, 20, and Angela Keathley, 26, were taken to jail early on Sunday after an incident at a Tampa club.
"According to witnesses, it was clearly visible that they were involved in sexual activity in the stalls of one of the bathrooms at this bar," a police spokeswoman said.

"The women inside the bar became irate and started yelling at them, saying, 'Hey, that's not the right place for that'.


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Both women were charged with disorderly conduct and Thomas was also charged with battery after allegedly striking a bar patron.



http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17181506-13762,00.html

32-23 at the half in the Boomers favour. Martin is #7.
Gotta go to bed...have to be up at 5am!!!

Enjoy the rest of the game guys. Go Boomers!

Thanks guys. Also is #7 Martin?

Boomers looking good so far. Delly is playing awesome - attacking and distributing at the rights times and blanketing his opponent.

BTW can anyone tell me who #8 is for Australia? Is it Liam Rush by any chance? He had a fast break op and looks a good athlete but he fumbled and travelled at a crucial time on the play a few mins back.

Love what I'm seeing from Boomers so far. This is first game I have been able to watch of the Stankovic Cup and am very impressed with both offence and defence. Good to see our guys play hard on D and playing with purpose on offence - due in no small part I think to the heady play of Dellavadova. The guy has absolutely torn it up for the Boomers on both ends. Great stuff!