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American coach Blatt leads Russia to big upset at EuroBasket

Originally Published: September 15, 2007
By Chris Sheridan | ESPN.com

MADRID, Spain -- Russia is going to the Olympics, an accomplishment all Americans should be proud of.

The reason for the latter is that the Russians were led there by one of us, a coach you've probably never heard of unless you grew up around Boston in the late '70s or were a fan of the Princeton Tigers in the early '80s.

He is David Blatt, a 47-year-old with a basketball résumé that reads like a geography textbook. A native of Framingham, Mass., and a student of Pete ...

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EuroBasket 2007

With two Olympic qualifying bids up for grabs at the FIBA Europe competition, many NBA stars excelled for their home countries in Madrid. Russia was the surprise winner, with Lithuania collecting the other Olympic berth with its third-place finish. (Runner-up Spain already qualified.)

News

• Holden sinks winner to lift Russia to Euro title
• Spain upends defending champion Greece
• Papaloukas' layup caps Greece's rally at Euros
• Parker's missed FT helps Russia reach Euro semis
• Nowitzki leads Germany into Euro quarterfinals
• Greece wins as quarterfinal pairings take shape
• Spanoulis, Greece beat Croatia at buzzer
• Lithuania stays unbeaten, tops France
• Parker leads France past Dirk's German club
• Kirilenko paces strong Russian start
• France rolls past Olympic runner-up Italy
• Nowitzki's 35 lead Germans past Czechs
• Israel eliminates once-proud Serbs
• Milicic fined nearly $14K for outburst


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• Sheridan: U.S. scouts discuss NBA-caliber players
• Sheridan: French miss their connections
• Sheridan: Predictions for two quarterfinal games
• Sheridan: Unbeaten Lithuania looking for title
• Sheridan: Learning Greek from "Socrates"
• Sheridan: An American's Russian front
• Sheridan: My espaņol not good, but games are

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