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Feature
Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA
Prigioni, key in argentinean reaction
Pablo Prignioni: high caliber point guard in Europe and in this tournament.
Argentina missed guard Pablo Prigioni in the II Marchand Continental
Championship Cup as he was negotiating a deal with real Madrid.
After signing the deal, Prigioni reported to the Argentinean team for the
FIBA Americas Championship but despite that they had two straight
losses, but many adjustments have given them three straight wins.
The guard has averages of 11 points and 6.8 assists in five games,
where they have won three. In the first win Prigioni led the Argentineans
with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
"We turned the situation because with two losses it looked that we
were in bad shape and we wouldn't qualify. With these wins we have a
foot in Turkey," said Prigioni who will be in Real Madrid for the next two
ACB seasons with an option for a third year.
In their wins Argentina had a better offensive performance by Paolo
Quinteros, Federico Kammerichs, Andrés Pelussi, Leo Gutiérrez and Prigioni
who have helped Luis Scola who ended as the MVP of the 2007 FIBA
Americas Championship.
"We are now playing as a team, it is shown in the results, the game,
everything. This is not something new," said Prigioni.
"It is very important this change in our game that gives us a guarantee
in the games that follow," he added.
About his expectations with a new team in the ACB, the player is happy
for signing with Real Madrid which historically has been one of the main
teams in Spain.
"There are high expectations, it is a team that has been down for the
last 12-15 years. This is a new project and makes everyone dream."
In 347 games played, Prigioni averages 6.7 points and 3.7 assists with
Fuenlabrada, Alicante and Tau Cerámica since the 1999-2000 season.
2009 FIBA-Americas Championship
September 2, 2009
with a foot
inside the plane
Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA
turkey2010.fiba.com
Daniel Santiago and Jaime Lloreda look at a loose ball during the first half in the game that Puerto Rico defeated Panama 79-51.
GLOBAL PARTNERS
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SCHEDULE
MAIN SPONSORS
STAFF
Javier Otero - Director of Communications FIBA-Américas
Chu García - Editor
Fernando Luis Rolón - Creative Director
Luis Modestti - Communications
Albert Ortiz - Communications/IT Assistant
Néstor Rodríguez - Eligibility & Doping Control
José Jiménez - Photography
FIBA-Americas photo Archive
and El Nuevo Día newspaper
Wednesday 2
BRA vs
1:30
PAN vs
4:00
ARG vs
DOM vs
6:30
9:00
CAN
URU
Thursday 3
CAN vs
1:30
MEX vs
4:00
MEX
PUR
6:30
9:00
URU vs
PUR vs
PAN
DOM
Friday 4
PAN vs
1:30
ARG vs
4:00
MEX
URU
BRA
ARG
6:30
9:00
DOM vs
BRA vs
CAN
PUR
08
did you know?
Argentina erase canada from the map
The organization of the 2010 FIBA World
Championship continues and they only
wait for the FIBA continental championship
to know 20 of the 24 that will play from
August 28 to September 10 of next year.
Angola was the first to get the ticket for
Africa and Iran for Asia; in Puerto Rico
there will be four tickets and Europe six
in the tournament that will be played from
September 7-20.
Turkey (host) and the United States
(Olympic Champion) are already qualified
for the competition that will have the cities
of Ankara, Istambul, Izmir and Kayieri as
hosts.
FIBA, in order to complete the 24 team
field, will make an invitation to four
countries that will consider a series of
facts like FIBA Ranking, tournament history
and being a host of international events.
When Argentina had a bad start in this
tournament, they were already mentioned
as one of four of the Wild Cards for the
2010 FIBA World Championship.
What have in common Brazilian Tiago
Splitter and Argentineans Luis Scola and
Pablo Prigioni?
The three of them were catapulted to
fame in Tau Vitoria in the Spanish ACB
league, considered the second best
tournament behind the NBA.
Splitter, who was selected by the San
Antonio Spurs on the 28 pick in the 2007
NBA Draft, is still in the team; while Scola
is with the Houston Rockets; Prigioni signed
with Real Madrid, without forgetting his
former team.
2
Leonardo Gutiérrez: five three pointers for Argentina.
Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA
The last three days of August and the first day of September have been great for the Argentinean national
team after they lost the first two games in a row. Now their closing in on the 2010 FIBA World Championship
berth.
This time the victim was Canada 67-51 where they South Americans made ten three pointers, five of them
from forward Leo Gutierrez. Pablo Prigioni continued to play point guard to perfection with seven assists and
five steals.
Carl English had 17 and Jesse Young 13 for Canada who lost another game.
If the games would have been for three quarters, Uruguay would have beated the Dominican Republic but
dropped the game and lost 80-74.
The first three quarter were for Uruguay 15-14, 25-19 and 24-23, but in the final quarter they lost 24-10
and lost the game.
The Dominicans dominated the rebounds 49-27, including 18 offensive. Charlie Villanueva led with 19 points
and Al Horford 12 rebounds.
Leandro Garcia Morales led Uruguay with 28 points.
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08
Americas legends
Photo: cortesy of El Nuevo Día
Puerto Rico even closer to their goal
KEy pLAYER
Juan “Pachín” Vicens
When people talk about basketball in Puerto Rico, even the new
generations, know Pachin Vicens because he was the first Puerto Rican
player to have great performances on a worldwide stage and was the best
player in the 1959 FIBA World Championship played in Chile.
The player, born in Ciales on September 4, 1934, was quickly adopted
in Ponce and he died there in February 18, 2007 from diabetes complications.
He was loved for winning six championships in ten tries with Leones de
Ponce in the Superior League.
Pachin was the first player who scored 5,000 points in the league in a
time when scores were low. he was named MVP twice in 1958 and 1960.
He was only 5'8" and a bit chubby but he was a master passing the ball
and also scoring with Ponce and the national team from 1954 until 1966.
As a player with Kansas State University under coach Tex Winters he
was a a key player in the Big Seven Conference as they won the title and
reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
In the 1959 FIBA World Championship he was part of the all star team
along with Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, Brazilian Amaury Passos and
Johnny Baez (Puerto Rico).
Before dying, Pachin lost his two legs due to amputation.
13
Charlie Villanueva
Pachin Vicens: receives a trophy in the Central American and Caribbean Games
celebrated in San Juan.
Negative record of the Dominican Republic against Puerto Rico:
Before this FIBA Americas Championship, that began on August 26 and ends
next Sunday, the Dominican Republic hasn't had luck in the win column,
having nine but with 15 losses and never better than sixth place. The
Dominicans, who come with Julio Toro as head coach, started their quest for
a FIBA World Championship in Mexico City on 1989 with a 5-3 record and
sixth place. They defeated the United States 116-108.
Then in 1993 in San Juan, they didn't win in four games and ended ninth
and the same in Montevideo, 1997, with an 0-4 record.
In Neuquen, 2001 they were absent and in 2005 in Santo Domingo they
were sixth.
Against Puerto Rico they have a 1-2 record, losing in 1983 by the score of
101-73. In 1993 they didn't play and in 1998 they lost 88-85; in 2005 they
beat Puerto Rico 89-86.
Tonight the stage is set for another game in the World Championship qualifier. Francisco García: is emotional after beating Uruguay.
Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA
negative Record of the
dominican team againts P.R.
Six players with the same mission: get the ball that appears to be controlled by Ricky
Sanchez, Carlos Arroyo and Panamanian Jaime Lloreda.
Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA
Without pushing their offense and despite Panama took an early lead, Puerto Rico stayed undefeated in
five games after winning by the score of 79-51 taking advantage of a double-double by Peter John Ramos
who had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Guillermo Diaz also had 12 points in just 14 minutes.
Meanwhile Danilo Pinnock led with 23 points but Panama was dominated in the boards 49-35.
Head coach Manolo Cintron used his 12 players after he saw his felow countryman, David Rosario, doing
the same.
The question of this tournament is, who will beat Brazil and when in this FIBA Americas Championship?
Yesterday, for fifth game in this in a row in this tournament, they beat Mexico 92-61 as none of their
basketball players didn't reach the 20 points but four of them in double digits by moving their roster in the
40 minutes.
On July 7, 2009, it was a special day
for the Dominican Republic national
team because Charlie Villanueva
received his local passport. Born in New
York on August 24, 1984 he is son of
Doris Mejia and Roberto who were born
in Santo Domingo.
After getting his second nationality,
he was certified by FIBA Americas to
play in this tournament. He needed that
because he played for USA in the FIBA
Americas U21 Championship in Halifax
along with Chris Paul who is playing
for the New Orleans Hornets.
He averaged 5 points and 2 rebounds
but he shined in UCONN in 2004 where
he won the NCAA title.
Villanueva, who suffers from alopecia
universalis which affects hair growth,
was selected by the Toronto Raptors
and saw action in 2005-2006 and then
played in Milwaukee and finally signed
with the Detroit Pistons.
He can play forward and center thanks
to his 6'11" in height but he can also
dribble, he is agile and can shoot from
any distance.
He also uses a head band to protect
his eyes from sweat.
Without counting the game against
Uruguay, he averages 16.5 points and
9.5 rebounds and today he faces Puerto
Rico.
puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com
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URU 74
BOX SCORE
GAME 21
2009 FIBA AMeRICAS Championship
MEX 61
Garcia
28 pts
3 Asistencias
DOM 80
Quintero
13 pts
3 reb
BRA 92
VILLANUEVA
19 Pts
8 reb
CAN 51
GAME 23Ω
Barbosa
18 pts
1 robo
GAME 22
PUR 79
English
17 pts
6 reb
GAME 24
Ramos
12 Pts
11 Rebotes
ARG 67
PAN 51
Gutierrez
15 Pts
2 reb
4
Pinnock
23 Pts
4 Reb
5
08
URU 74
BOX SCORE
GAME 21
2009 FIBA AMeRICAS Championship
MEX 61
Garcia
28 pts
3 Asistencias
DOM 80
Quintero
13 pts
3 reb
BRA 92
VILLANUEVA
19 Pts
8 reb
CAN 51
GAME 23Ω
Barbosa
18 pts
1 robo
GAME 22
PUR 79
English
17 pts
6 reb
GAME 24
Ramos
12 Pts
11 Rebotes
ARG 67
PAN 51
Gutierrez
15 Pts
2 reb
4
Pinnock
23 Pts
4 Reb
5
08
08
Americas legends
Photo: cortesy of El Nuevo Día
Puerto Rico even closer to their goal
KEy pLAYER
Juan “Pachín” Vicens
When people talk about basketball in Puerto Rico, even the new
generations, know Pachin Vicens because he was the first Puerto Rican
player to have great performances on a worldwide stage and was the best
player in the 1959 FIBA World Championship played in Chile.
The player, born in Ciales on September 4, 1934, was quickly adopted
in Ponce and he died there in February 18, 2007 from diabetes complications.
He was loved for winning six championships in ten tries with Leones de
Ponce in the Superior League.
Pachin was the first player who scored 5,000 points in the league in a
time when scores were low. he was named MVP twice in 1958 and 1960.
He was only 5'8" and a bit chubby but he was a master passing the ball
and also scoring with Ponce and the national team from 1954 until 1966.
As a player with Kansas State University under coach Tex Winters he
was a a key player in the Big Seven Conference as they won the title and
reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
In the 1959 FIBA World Championship he was part of the all star team
along with Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, Brazilian Amaury Passos and
Johnny Baez (Puerto Rico).
Before dying, Pachin lost his two legs due to amputation.
13
Charlie Villanueva
Pachin Vicens: receives a trophy in the Central American and Caribbean Games
celebrated in San Juan.
Negative record of the Dominican Republic against Puerto Rico:
Before this FIBA Americas Championship, that began on August 26 and ends
next Sunday, the Dominican Republic hasn't had luck in the win column,
having nine but with 15 losses and never better than sixth place. The
Dominicans, who come with Julio Toro as head coach, started their quest for
a FIBA World Championship in Mexico City on 1989 with a 5-3 record and
sixth place. They defeated the United States 116-108.
Then in 1993 in San Juan, they didn't win in four games and ended ninth
and the same in Montevideo, 1997, with an 0-4 record.
In Neuquen, 2001 they were absent and in 2005 in Santo Domingo they
were sixth.
Against Puerto Rico they have a 1-2 record, losing in 1983 by the score of
101-73. In 1993 they didn't play and in 1998 they lost 88-85; in 2005 they
beat Puerto Rico 89-86.
Tonight the stage is set for another game in the World Championship qualifier. Francisco García: is emotional after beating Uruguay.
Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA
negative Record of the
dominican team againts P.R.
Six players with the same mission: get the ball that appears to be controlled by Ricky
Sanchez, Carlos Arroyo and Panamanian Jaime Lloreda.
Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA
Without pushing their offense and despite Panama took an early lead, Puerto Rico stayed undefeated in
five games after winning by the score of 79-51 taking advantage of a double-double by Peter John Ramos
who had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Guillermo Diaz also had 12 points in just 14 minutes.
Meanwhile Danilo Pinnock led with 23 points but Panama was dominated in the boards 49-35.
Head coach Manolo Cintron used his 12 players after he saw his felow countryman, David Rosario, doing
the same.
The question of this tournament is, who will beat Brazil and when in this FIBA Americas Championship?
Yesterday, for fifth game in this in a row in this tournament, they beat Mexico 92-61 as none of their
basketball players didn't reach the 20 points but four of them in double digits by moving their roster in the
40 minutes.
On July 7, 2009, it was a special day
for the Dominican Republic national
team because Charlie Villanueva
received his local passport. Born in New
York on August 24, 1984 he is son of
Doris Mejia and Roberto who were born
in Santo Domingo.
After getting his second nationality,
he was certified by FIBA Americas to
play in this tournament. He needed that
because he played for USA in the FIBA
Americas U21 Championship in Halifax
along with Chris Paul who is playing
for the New Orleans Hornets.
He averaged 5 points and 2 rebounds
but he shined in UCONN in 2004 where
he won the NCAA title.
Villanueva, who suffers from alopecia
universalis which affects hair growth,
was selected by the Toronto Raptors
and saw action in 2005-2006 and then
played in Milwaukee and finally signed
with the Detroit Pistons.
He can play forward and center thanks
to his 6'11" in height but he can also
dribble, he is agile and can shoot from
any distance.
He also uses a head band to protect
his eyes from sweat.
Without counting the game against
Uruguay, he averages 16.5 points and
9.5 rebounds and today he faces Puerto
Rico.
puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com
6
3
08
did you know?
Argentina erase canada from the map
The organization of the 2010 FIBA World
Championship continues and they only
wait for the FIBA continental championship
to know 20 of the 24 that will play from
August 28 to September 10 of next year.
Angola was the first to get the ticket for
Africa and Iran for Asia; in Puerto Rico
there will be four tickets and Europe six
in the tournament that will be played from
September 7-20.
Turkey (host) and the United States
(Olympic Champion) are already qualified
for the competition that will have the cities
of Ankara, Istambul, Izmir and Kayieri as
hosts.
FIBA, in order to complete the 24 team
field, will make an invitation to four
countries that will consider a series of
facts like FIBA Ranking, tournament history
and being a host of international events.
When Argentina had a bad start in this
tournament, they were already mentioned
as one of four of the Wild Cards for the
2010 FIBA World Championship.
What have in common Brazilian Tiago
Splitter and Argentineans Luis Scola and
Pablo Prigioni?
The three of them were catapulted to
fame in Tau Vitoria in the Spanish ACB
league, considered the second best
tournament behind the NBA.
Splitter, who was selected by the San
Antonio Spurs on the 28 pick in the 2007
NBA Draft, is still in the team; while Scola
is with the Houston Rockets; Prigioni signed
with Real Madrid, without forgetting his
former team.
2
Leonardo Gutiérrez: five three pointers for Argentina.
Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA
The last three days of August and the first day of September have been great for the Argentinean national
team after they lost the first two games in a row. Now their closing in on the 2010 FIBA World Championship
berth.
This time the victim was Canada 67-51 where they South Americans made ten three pointers, five of them
from forward Leo Gutierrez. Pablo Prigioni continued to play point guard to perfection with seven assists and
five steals.
Carl English had 17 and Jesse Young 13 for Canada who lost another game.
If the games would have been for three quarters, Uruguay would have beated the Dominican Republic but
dropped the game and lost 80-74.
The first three quarter were for Uruguay 15-14, 25-19 and 24-23, but in the final quarter they lost 24-10
and lost the game.
The Dominicans dominated the rebounds 49-27, including 18 offensive. Charlie Villanueva led with 19 points
and Al Horford 12 rebounds.
Leandro Garcia Morales led Uruguay with 28 points.
08
SPECIAL ISSUE
FIBAAMERICAS.COM
08
Feature
Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA
Prigioni, key in argentinean reaction
Pablo Prignioni: high caliber point guard in Europe and in this tournament.
Argentina missed guard Pablo Prigioni in the II Marchand Continental
Championship Cup as he was negotiating a deal with real Madrid.
After signing the deal, Prigioni reported to the Argentinean team for the
FIBA Americas Championship but despite that they had two straight
losses, but many adjustments have given them three straight wins.
The guard has averages of 11 points and 6.8 assists in five games,
where they have won three. In the first win Prigioni led the Argentineans
with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
"We turned the situation because with two losses it looked that we
were in bad shape and we wouldn't qualify. With these wins we have a
foot in Turkey," said Prigioni who will be in Real Madrid for the next two
ACB seasons with an option for a third year.
In their wins Argentina had a better offensive performance by Paolo
Quinteros, Federico Kammerichs, Andrés Pelussi, Leo Gutiérrez and Prigioni
who have helped Luis Scola who ended as the MVP of the 2007 FIBA
Americas Championship.
"We are now playing as a team, it is shown in the results, the game,
everything. This is not something new," said Prigioni.
"It is very important this change in our game that gives us a guarantee
in the games that follow," he added.
About his expectations with a new team in the ACB, the player is happy
for signing with Real Madrid which historically has been one of the main
teams in Spain.
"There are high expectations, it is a team that has been down for the
last 12-15 years. This is a new project and makes everyone dream."
In 347 games played, Prigioni averages 6.7 points and 3.7 assists with
Fuenlabrada, Alicante and Tau Cerámica since the 1999-2000 season.
2009 FIBA-Americas Championship
September 2, 2009
with a foot
inside the plane
Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA
turkey2010.fiba.com
Daniel Santiago and Jaime Lloreda look at a loose ball during the first half in the game that Puerto Rico defeated Panama 79-51.
GLOBAL PARTNERS
Puerto Rico & brazil closer to turkey
SCHEDULE
MAIN SPONSORS
STAFF
Javier Otero - Director of Communications FIBA-Américas
Chu García - Editor
Fernando Luis Rolón - Creative Director
Luis Modestti - Communications
Albert Ortiz - Communications/IT Assistant
Néstor Rodríguez - Eligibility & Doping Control
José Jiménez - Photography
FIBA-Americas photo Archive
and El Nuevo Día newspaper
Wednesday 2
BRA vs
1:30
PAN vs
4:00
ARG vs
DOM vs
6:30
9:00
CAN
URU
Thursday 3
CAN vs
1:30
MEX vs
4:00
MEX
PUR
6:30
9:00
URU vs
PUR vs
PAN
DOM
Friday 4
PAN vs
1:30
ARG vs
4:00
MEX
URU
BRA
ARG
6:30
9:00
DOM vs
BRA vs
CAN
PUR