OS Beijing 2008 Paralympics Olympics Pekin

Absolutely brilliant game for the USA basketball jerseys in offense and defense, Americans were seizing control since the 2^nd quarter of the match, after trailing 13-10 in the 1^st shift.

While all were bidding on a close and intense game, Women NBA girls hushed all odds and suspicious sports news about the effectiveness against strong teams, and cruised with a score average of 27 points, to look like a winning bet for wearing gold!

USA has beaten Australia in 3 finals in 3 Olympics

Opals totally lost control in 2nd quarter, making turnovers and being out-rebounded while the score average was going uphill from 11 to 27 at the ending.

Stats show that US women’s average of field goals reached 63% in face of Opals’ 22%, a crystal clear image that shows how the Americans were better in the game, compared to the Aussies.

4 players were fouled out in the last quarter, 2 of each team including Lisa Leslie (USA) and Lauren Jackson (Australia).

USA just won 33 games in a row, unbeatable since the loss in Barcelona’s 1992.

Kara Lawson headed the US’ score sheet with 15 points, aside of Candace Parker’s 14; Australia-wise, Lauren Jackson made 20 points.

In the end, Lisa leslie and the rest of the team earned the gold medal, after an enthusiastic game apparently easy. Leslie declared that her Olympic’s participation is over for good, gladly on top of her performance and achievements. Start challenging your friends on bwin.com top basketball betting odds for FIBA and NBA.

Lisa Leslie and Teresa Edwards are the only basketball players to win 4 Olympic gold medals

Russian adventure finally came to an end, a happy ending! Most of all, Becky Hammon’s bet to go along with the Russian line up, instead of joining the Americans was in a way or another a winning bid; a bronze medal in Olympics is definitely an accomplishment.

On the other hand, Chinese players offered the crowds a fair show, looking good on TV. Despite many mistakes on defense, particularly in rebounding, the Asian team displayed a set of tactics starring and depending on Chen Nan’s 26 points but scarcely 3 rebounded balls. China who was trailing by 19 points in the 3^rd quarter managed to reduce the average into 11.

Russia’s main key to success was the long range lane, scoring nine 3 pointers of which Hammon achieved 4/6; a middling of 66.7% .

Becky Hammon earned the Russian Nationality, and joined Russia’s national team during this summer. The originally American in Russian basketball jerseys is being an ultimate leader by exemple to her team mates.

Tatiana Scshegelova hit 15 and center Maria Stepanova made 15 dots accompanied by 9 rebounds.

Leading scorer for the Europeans was Becky Hammon with 22 points; Russian bidding on Becky and vice versa turned out to be a winning bet.

It took only a single goal, to earn gold. Lionel Messi and friends have been terrific along the tournament in Beijing, and their efforts just paid off. 1-0 the final score, with 5 minutes of additional time ended Nigeria’s hopes of another golden medal.

Argentina just earned its 4^th Olympic medal overall, of which 2 silver rewards and 2 golden medals in a row (2004’s Athens, 2008’s Beijing).

1^st half of the game included chances for both sides: Lionel Messi for the tango team was architecting many deliveries of the ball while Okoronkwo and obemwingie were leading Africa’s attacks. Although Argentina possessed the ball for the longest part of the half, Africans were clearly more dangerous, bidding on a first half opener and a calm break. Blue and White jerseys weren’t that easy, unwilling to compromise in the final game for gold, and opting to revenge their loss in Atlanta’s games.

As the 2^nd half got whistled on, South Americans looked a bit better with an excess of energy, maybe experience too while Africa’s hopes were not being at their performace’s peak.The advantage was rapidly clear on the score board, when Angel DE Maria gave the lead for the tango boys (58th minute ); he was served by Magical Lionel Messi who pulled the defense towards him, leaving a gap, from where he delivered the ball.

Despite the African attempts to find an equalizer, Nigeria was unable to find the back of the net and were always missing on scorers but that didn’t stop them from trying and creating lanes. Sergio Romero, Argentina’s goal keeper made a pretty nice job out there keeping the Tango’s web safe.

Referees signaled 5 extra minutes into the game, and that wasn’t enough to break the South American defensive lines.

TV channels reflected how thankful Football fans are for Barcelona that allowed Messi’s presence in Beijing’s Olympics; the new Maradona’s magic touches were the main attraction in the soccer tournament as he led his nation’s team for gold medals.

Notice that season 2007-2008 seems too promising for Argentina: sports news are pointing at it as the best team in the world, and a definitely winning bet. Despite Ronaldinho’s Brazil, Tangos were leading in the betting sites and panels and that maybe pushed them further more into winning!

Nigeria’s silver medal isn’t much of a disappointment, it’s been a while since the African team has been rewarded; they must be very satisfied with the result especially that they were not in their best shapes today…

There’s no other chance despite winning. Brazil and Belgium both with a boiling desire to take the bronze medal weren’t willing to conciliate or let it look easy. Belgium who failed to pass by the Nigerians is semi-finals and Samba boys unable to qualify after falling deep in face of the Tangos were both determined to win.

Brazil that was severely criticized since the beginning of Beijing’s Olympics had to achieve something… and that was the last opportunity for Dunga and his team.

Despite the lack of inspiration, Brazil’s need and desire to shut the sports news criticism off was their only motivation; they stepped onto the field setting their own rules and pressure all along half an hour; Rafinha’s ball feeding and Diego’s finishing managed to find the red demons’ back of the net in the 27^th minute!

The last 15 minutes of the 1^st episode were a bit hush on the Selacao but fortunately found some spaces in the European team and scored again. This time it was Jo who made causalities (45th minute) in Belgium’s line up, sending them into a stressfull break time.

As the 2^nd half was kicked off, everyone was expecting a show time from the Selacao, or at least an equalizer from Belgium to set the game on fire… but that was clearly a badly posted bet on 2 teams whose attacks were so rare, as they spent almost 30 minutes in midfield. Chances of scoring were rare and both teams were bidding on long range shots until Jo scored again with almost 7 minutes to play! Belgium dreams of a medal faded for good with the 3^rd Brazilian goal.

Dunga’s reward of bronze will not be much of a delight for the nation of Samba. For them coming 2^nd is losing. There bidding on gold was vanished in a pathetic game with Argentina and a failure of 3 goals to none.

For the crowds and TV viewers, 96 minutes of anticipation and mental strain were needed to hear the final whistle and see the winner of this football carnival! As for the players, it was definitely the longest minutes of their lives, thus the greatest feeling ever for the Americans who won again in Olympics, beating Brazil by 1 goal after 6 minutes from the additional period.

The 1^st 30 minute of the match illustrated the intense fear and respect shared among the 2 poles of the game, with 22 ladies fighting for every ball and a crowded defensive area at each side of the field. What started like an American domination was terminated by a parade of skills from Marta and Cristianne, who made the Yankees get into a very stressful 20 minutes. Luckily, the score was 0 to 0 at the break and no damage was made.

USA’s won 3 Football gold medals in 4 Olympics; 2 rewards in a row (Beijing’s2008- Athens2004)

FIFA’s best player of the year, Marta, was closely guarded and insistently double teamed with every ball possession, in order to paralyze the master Samba’s key to success. German policy of bugging Marta was a good placed bet to keep her away from scoring.

Both teams proved to earn a final game, and went into over time; another chance to end the game before the penalty lucky kicks. Extra time is an advantage to the North Americans who proved to have a better physical endurance in the last minutes. Carli Lloyd put the surplus of power and energy into action and stroke Brazil’s web (96th minute) with the most precious goal in Beijing’s Olympics.

Simply, it was gold worthy goal, and that’s all what mattered in fact for the BACK to BACK champions. As for the Samba girls, a nation’s bidding on them to achieve what the men’s team couldn’t do failed again; Beijing’s a disaster for Brazilian football, yet, a paradise for the USA.

The Russian team was playing aggressively, fighting over every ball and leading the game on many occasions all along 3 quarters. Despite a Russian lead over the 1^st quarter and a part of the 2^nd, the final minutes of the 3^rd period were a wake-up call for the Americans who knew that their only way to regain leadership is through a good defensive line up especially that bidding on shooting from long range (area of expertise) wasn’t much of a winning bet.

Out-rebounded Russians were starting to lose grip, while making plenty of turnovers allowing the Basketball jerseys of America to pull out 22 steals!!

Russia’s counting on American’s origin Becky Hammon to lead the score was a badly placed bet;

she scored 3 points with 0 out of 4 from long range.

Maria Stepanova led Russia in scoring with 14 points.

Diana Taurasi made the top of the scoring sheet with 21 points and

9 re

bounds, Tina Thompson hit 15 and 4 boards. Defensively, Silvia Fowles caught 10 recoveries next to Tamika Catchings’ sickly sweet defense.

Becky Hammon who gave up for the strength of Uncle Sam’s defense will face China for a bronze medal; USA moved into the final game against Aussies to play on gold.

A match that’s much anticipated by all fans, sports betting sites and sports news for being an ultimate attraction.

Coach Anne Donovan said that Russia has improved a lot, and that victory is due to the calm nerves. This was a very important introduction

to what the final game will look like against the Opals.

Rainy day in Beijing and a very wet grass to play on, as Japan and Germany play for bronze medal in football. The 1^st half witnessed 4 major Japanese occasions but none of them found the back of the net. Japs clearly bidding on an early opening to struck the Deutschland’s ego turned into a losing bet; German goal keeper, Nadine, made a terrific job in saving all 4 Geishas’ attempts, especially a long range shot and a ball off the line with the help of her defenders. On the break, the score was 0 to 0 as crowds were expecting a different type and style of playing after watching 45 minutes of ball movement in midfield, filled with a lack of ball control and strategies.

The 2^nd half was all about setting the German rules! 3 early substitutes launched the German machine in face of the tired Asians who gave it all in the1^st part. Substitute Fatmire Bajramaj was behind the big bang of the match placing the ball into the red dot’s web in the 67^th minute putting Germany in the lead.

Germany’s medal in Beijing’s games is the 3^rd successive bronze in 3 Olympics

Japan’s trials to equalize came to a complete failure; Bajramaj skillfully scored again in the 87^th minute, killing any Asian’s odds and leaving no room for Japan on the podium. A 2^nd half totally different from the 1^st sent Geishas back home with no medals.

Australia survived for 18 minutes, disallowing the basketball jerseys of America from flying with the game in their pockets. A good and organized defense was crowned by a strong finishing under the basket, with 20 year old Mills on the play making! Opals were magnificent on the ball movement and determined to walk along with the States in scoring. In a pre-game interview, Australians declared that they will the smiles off the Dream team’s faces, a betting that almost came true, but …. It was Kobe Bryant’s show time to start, saving the states from the stress that Uncle Sam was facing with the 2^nd quarter coming to an end.

After the break, Kobe and friends were already warm to start the show, cherishing the crowds is a must, leaving no space for Australians to breath. After missing a lot of free throws and 3 pointers in 1^st part of the match, luck was starting to smile to the Eagles. Kobe leading his Dream team with 25 points was performing the true displays of an MVP sending angry Aussies back home.

US out-rebounded the Opals 57 to 28 of which 9 “second chance” scored from 13 offensive boards.

Australia’s primary bet of embarrassing the States was whooshed far, and so did their plan B, which consisted on keeping the score divergence under the 30 points; a bid that they struggled to achieve: actually it’s too good to be true, and they had 2 losing bets in 1 night!!!

USA’s points’ average for winning is still over 30 points after today’s game

USA will face the winner of the game joining Argentina and Greece in semi-finals, and still has 2 more games to wear gold medals. Basketball tickets are definitely sold out with a Dream team that puts on the flame to the game. For the 1^st time since Athens 2000, bidding on Basketball games hadn’t been that easy!

World cup winners Spain had to win this game against Croatia, to preserve their image and to move on into the semi-finals. What was bid on to be an intense and close basketball game, turned into a complete dominance for the Spaniards (12-1 run in 1^st quarter), leading in the 4 quarters and winning at the end 72-59.

Spain’s players just bought the 1^st basketball ticket into the semi-final game of the tournament here in Beijing’s Olympics, led by Pau Gasol’s 20 points and 20 rebounds.

Rebounding was in favor of the world champions (36-29), clearly jumping higher on defensive and offensive recoveries, allowing them to score many points under the basket, not to mention the 3 pointers; Juan Calderon made 2 out of 2 before being substituted, a growing injury that compelled the coach to replace him. Despite the Spanish worries of their team mate’s spoil, they kept on focusing on their game, taking advantage of the pre-built score difference.

Croatia’s betting on 3 points shots aimed to dislocate the Spanish defense under the basket, but with their razor-sharp shooter Marko Popovic on the injury list, every long range shot was twisting away

Croatia made 26% (5 of 19 shots) from long range,

And a field goals average of 38%

At the final shrill, Spain’s basketball jerseys celebrated jumping into the semi finals, to play against Lithuania.

In a TV interview ahead of this basketball game, Pau was asked about the match with the Dream team, where Spain was fiercely destroyed, giving the sports news a delight story to talk about. The NBA star Gasol said that he is over it now, and that his team wasn’t up to their usual level, assuring all the Spanish fans that if a 2^nd game against the USA was to be played, it will definitely have a different scenario. A bidding that looks a little bit provocative from the Spanish star, maybe a message to the Dream team from a side, and to the fans of betting to think twice before picking a side on the betting panels or on sports betting sites.

The stadium was trembling, under the screams and cheers of supporters. Crazy atmosphere was a great set up for a crazy game. Belgium was bidding on her defensive walls that have already beaten Italy’s offensive forces, while Nigeria’s bet was all around its international players.

1^st half witnessed a Crowdie defensive line up on the European side, but no one was really marking an opponent. Missing out on the man to man strategy cost them an early goal by Adefemi in 17th minute. As the teams went into relaxation, sports news was already reminding the readers and TV viewers of Nigeria’s 1996 team that won the gold in Atlanta.

As the 2^nd half was whistled on, everyone was betting on an attacking Belgium, unlike in the 1^st part, but if you want to place a bet, you’d rather think twice!! Nigeria kept on controlling the midfield and its attacks were about to turn into half a dozen goals; luckily the European goal keeper was always there, to do what his defenders wouldn’t do!!

Poor defensive display by Belgium cost them 3 more goals in 30 minutes. Ogbuke scored Nigeria’s second and third hits in minutes 59 and 72, while Africa’s star Okonokwo stroke Belgs with a 4^th goal of pure talent, with 12 minutes remaining.

Being in lead, Africans were just pushing away the ball from their area keeping it safe, with an unorganized and clearly nervous attacking from Belgium, desperate for a goal and earning a free kick that was transformed into a clean hit in the 88^th minute by Ciman, saving what’s left of the honor and pride.

Nigeria will face the winner of Brazil’s game with Argentina, in a superb dual that will be seen on TV by millions around the world. It is jam period in Sport betting sites, while bidding panels’ employees are ordering more sheets and ink to print on!