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European championship has distinct NBA flavor
"The most dangerous teams for us all have players from the NBA," forward Mindaugus Zukauskas said. Also in Group B are Croatia, Bulgaria and Turkey, which has four players with NBA experience -- Hedo Turkoglu, Mehmet Okur, Ibrahim Kutlay and Mirsad Turkcan. In Group C in Belgrade, Tony Parker of the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs leads France, which also has Golden State guard Mickael Pietrus. Slovenia is without Parker's teammate, Beno Udrih, who is injured. Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece, which went 8-0 in warmup games, complete the group. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals while the second-place and third-place teams go to a playoff to reach the last eight. The top six teams qualify for next year's world championship in Japan.
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