Nowitzki, Germans fall to Croatia
12:46 PM Sat, Jul 19, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
E-mail News tips They staged a late rally, but Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki and Germany lost today to Croatia, 76-70, in the semifinals of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Greece.
The Germans have one last opportunity to qualify for the Olympics. They must win Sunday's third-place game against the loser of tonight's Greece-Puerto Rico game. If it's Puerto Rico, guess what? It would be Dirk vying against Mavs teammate Jose Barea for an Olympic berth.
At age 30, this is Nowitzki's best, and perhaps last, chance to qualify his country for the Olympics. Nowitzki scored 30 points today, but only two teammates reached double figures in scoring.
Well this is an unfortunate situation, how nice would it have been to have JJ and Dirk representing Dallas in the Olympics? in any case it feels wrong to choose sides, but I am pulling for Team Germany, not just because I am in love with the duo of Dirk and Kaman, but because Dirk won't have very many Olympic adventures in him after this, and he's been at it longer.
With that said, best of luck to both teams!
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