European championship has distinct NBA flavor (AP) Updated: 2005-09-16 09:29
"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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