FIBAAMERICAS.COM SPECIAL ISSUE 07 Feature panama in Fiba Americas championships There were many great games between Panama and , but it was a long time ago, with an exception in 2005 at the FIBA Americas Championship played in Santo Domingo, but since then they haven't beaten the Puerto Ricans. 2009 FIBA-Americas Championship September 1, 2009 Tonight they will play once again and it is expected that the Puerto Ricans win once again since Panama entered the second round by luck when defeated the Dominican Republic, finishing with a 1-3 record and their win against Venezuela 80-71 was decisive. FAVORITeS for Until now there have been four games between Panama and Puerto Rico. Panama is coached by David Rosario who also coaches in Puerto Rico and faces who is also from the host country. In 1989 Panama lost 104-83 in Mexico City while on September 3, 1993 in San Juan they also lost 90-73 and for the third time in Neuquen, 2001 TURkey 2010 117-88. Later on they defeated Brazil 102-94. In the last edition in Santo Domingo (2005), Panama defeated Puerto Rico 74-55, named a big upset. In the actual FIBA Ranking, Panama is 30th, one over the Dominican Republic and 19 below Puerto Rico, the second best country in Latin America since Argentina leads the field. On paper this could be another loss for the Panamanian team. Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA

David Rosario: Panama’s Head Coach

turkey2010..com In traditional order, Leandro Barbosa of Brazil; , of Puerto Rico; Pablo Prigioni, from Argentina; , from the Dominican Republic. These four teams are the favorites to represent the Americas in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. GLOBAL PARTNERS Six straight days of the best

Key Player MAIN SPONSORS Standings G W L Pts G W L Pts 14Jaime PUR 3 3 0 6 CAN 3 1 2 4 Lloreda BRA 3 3 0 6 PAN 3 1 2 4 The powerful center represents the ARG 3 2 1 5 DOM 3 0 3 3 only force for the Panamanians in Javier Otero - Director of Communications FIBA-Américas Luis Modestti - Communications José Jiménez - Photography the paint. He has been looking well URU 3 2 1 5 MEX 3 0 3 3 STAFF Chu García - Editor Albert Ortiz - Communications/IT Assistant FIBA-Americas photo Archive in points, rebounds and assists. Fernando Luis Rolón - Creative Director Néstor Rodríguez - Eligibility & Doping Control and El Nuevo Día newspaper 07 did yoy know?

This tournament has been heating up as the days pass but in the statistical categories there are no surprises as leads in points with 23.5; followed by the Dominican Republic with Francisco Garcia with 20.5; third Danilo Pinnock with 19.8; Brazilian Leandro Barbosa with 18.5 and fourth Puerto Rican Carlos Arroyo with 18.3. In rebounds Esteban Batista of Uruguay leads with 12.8; Gustavo Ayon of Medxico with 11.3; Al Horford of the Dominican Republic with 9.3, tied with paisano Charlie Villanueva and Jack Michael Martinez with 8.3. Pablo Prigioni leads in assists with 6.8 while Arroyo followed with 5.8; of Brazil had 5.5 and Greivis In this picture out of the lens of Jose Jimenez, of FIBA, Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA Vasquez who was eliminated as well with shows Larry Ayuso in action who is key for Puerto Rico. the same average; Martin Osimani of Uruguay was fifth with 5.3. brazilians and Puerto Ricans with A+

Four games have been great for Brazil and Puerto Rico who have shown their best weapons to reach the quarterfinals undefeated, adding six points, being the highest possible while US Virgin Islands and Venezuela If the FIBA Amereicas Championship finished undefeated. finished today there would be no doubt The Brazilians, with 4-0, dominated the Dominican Republic 81-68 and last Wednesday the Venezuelans of the all star team: Carlos Arroyo, PG; 87-67; on Friday they beat the Argentineans 76-67 and finally over Panama 84-64, showing their strength Leandro Barbosa, SG; Francisco Garcia, after winning the Tuto Marchand Cup in the same fashion. SF; Luis Scola, PF and Esteban Batista, Puerto Rico beat Mexico on day one 81-66; then USVI 85-74, Uruguay 71-54 and the Canadians 90-70. C. As the host country, Puerto Rico elected Panama as their first opponent in the second phase and then they play the Dominicans, Argentineans on Thursday and Brazil on Friday who defeated the Puerto Ricans 80-70 in the Tuto Marchand Cup led by Anderson Varejao who netted 20 points and 12 rebounds. Now there is a Group, called X, with the standings as follows: Puerto Rico, with 3-0 (+52); Brazil, 3-0 (+42); Argentina, 2-1 (+18); Uruguay, 2-1 (-10); Canada, 1-2 (+33); Dominican Republic, 1-2 (-2); Panamá, 0-3 (-58); and México, 0-3 (-75). Puerto Rico is the only team with two The semifinals will play on Saturday and the top four reach the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. centers that are over seven feet tall: and who have been dominating in the boards with authority. The first is ninth with 7.8 and the second 14th with 6.5.

2 07 PAST & PRESENT ARGENTINA recovers Photo: cortesy de El Nuevo Día. PAST SchEdulE tuesday 1 En lo que se considera la mayor sorpresa del baloncesto olímpico, Puerto Rico venció al 'Dream 1:30 URU vs DOM Team' de Estados Unidos, en Atenas 2004, con CAN ARG marcador de 92 a 73, siendo Carlos Arroyo el 4:00 vs héroe del histórico triunfo. Los estadounidenses 6:30 MEX vs BRA solamente habían perdido una vez en una Olimpiada, la de Munich, en 1972, de forma 9:00 PUR vs PAN controversial contra la Unión Soviética. Aparecen en esta instantánea, de pie, en el orden acostumbrado, Julio Toro, director técnico; sus wednesday 2 asistentes, Flor Meléndez y ; y los jugadores, Jorge Rivera, Peter John Ramos, Daniel 1:30 BRA vs CAN Santiago, Piculín Ortiz, Sharif Fajardo, Rolando Hourruitiner, Eddie Casiano, Salvador Vilella, 4:00 PAN vs URU gerente general; y el cardiólogo Luis Molinary; en cuclillas, el fisioterapista, Víctor Vargas, 6:30 ARG vs MEX Roberto 'Rocky Snow' Nieves, Rick Apodaca, Larry 9:00 DOM vs PUR Ayuso, Arroyo y .

Thurday 3 1:30 CAN vs PAN PRESENT 4:00 MEX vs DOM 6:30 URU vs BRA Después del batacazo al 'Dream Team, en la 9:00 PUR vs ARG Olimpiada de Atenas, solamente se repiten cinco jugadores en la Selección actual de aquella legendaria: Peter John Ramos, Daniel Santiago, Friday 4 Larry Ayuso, Christian Dalmau y Carlos Arroyo. Los nuevos integrantes, Daniel Vassallo, Luis 1:30 PAN vs MEX Villafañe, Ricky Sánchez, Angelo Reyes, Guillermo Díaz, y Carmelo Lee. Manolo 4:00 ARG vs URU Cintrón, es el director técnico, secundado por Leonel Arill y Omar González. 6:30 DOM vs CAN 9:00 BRA vs PUR Five Argentineans: coming out to the court in the final seconds of their win against the Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA Dominican Republic.

The teams that reached the quarterfinals come with different situations: Argentina is coming strong; Dominican Republic has not showed that they are a title candidate; Uruguay is capable despite lack of depth in the paint; Canada is not consistent while Panama and Mexico come in as the underdogs to undefeated Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA teams like Brazil and Puerto Rico. After losses against already eliminated Venezuela 85-69 and then Brazil 76-67, Argentina defeated Panama 80-55 and the Dominican Republic 89-87 in overtime. Meanwhile the Dominicans were almost on a tightrope each time, defeating the weak Panamanians 100- 87 and the Venezuelans 78-73 but losing against Brazil 81-68. Their best performers have been their NBA players: Francisco García, Charlie Villanueva and Al Horford, also Jack Michael Martínez and Luis Flores. Uruguay comes with a 3-1 record, losing to Puerto Rico 71-54 and then beating the US Virgin Islands 88- 62 and Canada 71-69 and then the Mexicans 54-49. INFORMAtion, pics, stats The Canadians came out strong with a win against Mexico (95-40) and US Virgin Islands (87-67), but in & much more, visit... the last day they lost to the host, 90-70 puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com 6 3 07 1st round Stats 2009 FIBA AMeRICAS Championship PUR BRA

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4 07 PAST & PRESENT ARGENTINA recovers Photo: cortesy de El Nuevo Día. PAST SchEdulE tuesday 1 En lo que se considera la mayor sorpresa del baloncesto olímpico, Puerto Rico venció al 'Dream 1:30 URU vs DOM Team' de Estados Unidos, en Atenas 2004, con CAN ARG marcador de 92 a 73, siendo Carlos Arroyo el 4:00 vs héroe del histórico triunfo. Los estadounidenses 6:30 MEX vs BRA solamente habían perdido una vez en una Olimpiada, la de Munich, en 1972, de forma 9:00 PUR vs PAN controversial contra la Unión Soviética. Aparecen en esta instantánea, de pie, en el orden acostumbrado, Julio Toro, director técnico; sus wednesday 2 asistentes, Flor Meléndez y Manolo Cintrón; y los jugadores, Jorge Rivera, Peter John Ramos, Daniel 1:30 BRA vs CAN Santiago, Piculín Ortiz, Sharif Fajardo, Rolando Hourruitiner, Eddie Casiano, Salvador Vilella, 4:00 PAN vs URU gerente general; y el cardiólogo Luis Molinary; en cuclillas, el fisioterapista, Víctor Vargas, 6:30 ARG vs MEX Roberto 'Rocky Snow' Nieves, Rick Apodaca, Larry 9:00 DOM vs PUR Ayuso, Arroyo y Christian Dalmau.

Thurday 3 1:30 CAN vs PAN PRESENT 4:00 MEX vs DOM 6:30 URU vs BRA Después del batacazo al 'Dream Team, en la 9:00 PUR vs ARG Olimpiada de Atenas, solamente se repiten cinco jugadores en la Selección actual de aquella legendaria: Peter John Ramos, Daniel Santiago, Friday 4 Larry Ayuso, Christian Dalmau y Carlos Arroyo. Los nuevos integrantes, Daniel Vassallo, Luis 1:30 PAN vs MEX Villafañe, Ricky Sánchez, Angelo Reyes, Guillermo Díaz, Filiberto Rivera y Carmelo Lee. Manolo 4:00 ARG vs URU Cintrón, es el director técnico, secundado por Leonel Arill y Omar González. 6:30 DOM vs CAN 9:00 BRA vs PUR Five Argentineans: coming out to the court in the final seconds of their win against the Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA Dominican Republic.

The teams that reached the quarterfinals come with different situations: Argentina is coming strong; Dominican Republic has not showed that they are a title candidate; Uruguay is capable despite lack of depth in the paint; Canada is not consistent while Panama and Mexico come in as the underdogs to undefeated Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA teams like Brazil and Puerto Rico. After losses against already eliminated Venezuela 85-69 and then Brazil 76-67, Argentina defeated Panama 80-55 and the Dominican Republic 89-87 in overtime. Meanwhile the Dominicans were almost on a tightrope each time, defeating the weak Panamanians 100- 87 and the Venezuelans 78-73 but losing against Brazil 81-68. Their best performers have been their NBA players: Francisco García, Charlie Villanueva and Al Horford, also Jack Michael Martínez and Luis Flores. Uruguay comes with a 3-1 record, losing to Puerto Rico 71-54 and then beating the US Virgin Islands 88- 62 and Canada 71-69 and then the Mexicans 54-49. INFORMAtion, pics, stats The Canadians came out strong with a win against Mexico (95-40) and US Virgin Islands (87-67), but in & much more, visit... the last day they lost to the host, 90-70 puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com 6 3 07 did yoy know?

This tournament has been heating up as the days pass but in the statistical categories there are no surprises as Luis Scola leads in points with 23.5; followed by the Dominican Republic with Francisco Garcia with 20.5; third Danilo Pinnock with 19.8; Brazilian Leandro Barbosa with 18.5 and fourth Puerto Rican Carlos Arroyo with 18.3. In rebounds Esteban Batista of Uruguay leads with 12.8; Gustavo Ayon of Medxico with 11.3; Al Horford of the Dominican Republic with 9.3, tied with paisano Charlie Villanueva and Jack Michael Martinez with 8.3. Pablo Prigioni leads in assists with 6.8 while Arroyo followed with 5.8; Marcelo Huertas of Brazil had 5.5 and Greivis In this picture out of the lens of Jose Jimenez, of FIBA, Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA Vasquez who was eliminated as well with shows Larry Ayuso in action who is key for Puerto Rico. the same average; Martin Osimani of Uruguay was fifth with 5.3. brazilians and Puerto Ricans with A+

Four games have been great for Brazil and Puerto Rico who have shown their best weapons to reach the quarterfinals undefeated, adding six points, being the highest possible while US Virgin Islands and Venezuela If the FIBA Amereicas Championship finished undefeated. finished today there would be no doubt The Brazilians, with 4-0, dominated the Dominican Republic 81-68 and last Wednesday the Venezuelans of the all star team: Carlos Arroyo, PG; 87-67; on Friday they beat the Argentineans 76-67 and finally over Panama 84-64, showing their strength Leandro Barbosa, SG; Francisco Garcia, after winning the Tuto Marchand Cup in the same fashion. SF; Luis Scola, PF and Esteban Batista, Puerto Rico beat Mexico on day one 81-66; then USVI 85-74, Uruguay 71-54 and the Canadians 90-70. C. As the host country, Puerto Rico elected Panama as their first opponent in the second phase and then they play the Dominicans, Argentineans on Thursday and Brazil on Friday who defeated the Puerto Ricans 80-70 in the Tuto Marchand Cup led by Anderson Varejao who netted 20 points and 12 rebounds. Now there is a Group, called X, with the standings as follows: Puerto Rico, with 3-0 (+52); Brazil, 3-0 (+42); Argentina, 2-1 (+18); Uruguay, 2-1 (-10); Canada, 1-2 (+33); Dominican Republic, 1-2 (-2); Panamá, 0-3 (-58); and México, 0-3 (-75). Puerto Rico is the only team with two The semifinals will play on Saturday and the top four reach the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. centers that are over seven feet tall: Peter John Ramos and Daniel Santiago who have been dominating in the boards with authority. The first is ninth with 7.8 and the second 14th with 6.5.

2 FIBAAMERICAS.COM SPECIAL ISSUE 07 Feature panama in Fiba Americas championships There were many great games between Panama and Puerto Rico, but it was a long time ago, with an exception in 2005 at the FIBA Americas Championship played in Santo Domingo, but since then they haven't beaten the Puerto Ricans. 2009 FIBA-Americas Championship September 1, 2009 Tonight they will play once again and it is expected that the Puerto Ricans win once again since Panama entered the second round by luck when Argentina defeated the Dominican Republic, finishing with a 1-3 record and their win against Venezuela 80-71 was decisive. FAVORITeS for Until now there have been four games between Panama and Puerto Rico. Panama is coached by David Rosario who also coaches Capitanes de Arecibo in Puerto Rico and faces Manolo Cintron who is also from the host country. In 1989 Panama lost 104-83 in Mexico City while on September 3, 1993 in San Juan they also lost 90-73 and for the third time in Neuquen, 2001 TURkey 2010 117-88. Later on they defeated Brazil 102-94. In the last edition in Santo Domingo (2005), Panama defeated Puerto Rico 74-55, named a big upset. In the actual FIBA Ranking, Panama is 30th, one over the Dominican Republic and 19 below Puerto Rico, the second best country in Latin America since Argentina leads the field. On paper this could be another loss for the Panamanian team. Foto: José Jiménez/FIBA

David Rosario: Panama’s Head Coach

turkey2010.fiba.com In traditional order, Leandro Barbosa of Brazil; Carlos Arroyo, of Puerto Rico; Pablo Prigioni, from Argentina; Luis Flores, from the Dominican Republic. These four teams are the favorites to represent the Americas in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. GLOBAL PARTNERS Six straight days of the best Basketball

Key Player MAIN SPONSORS Standings G W L Pts G W L Pts 14Jaime PUR 3 3 0 6 CAN 3 1 2 4 Lloreda BRA 3 3 0 6 PAN 3 1 2 4 The powerful center represents the ARG 3 2 1 5 DOM 3 0 3 3 only force for the Panamanians in Javier Otero - Director of Communications FIBA-Américas Luis Modestti - Communications José Jiménez - Photography the paint. He has been looking well URU 3 2 1 5 MEX 3 0 3 3 STAFF Chu García - Editor Albert Ortiz - Communications/IT Assistant FIBA-Americas photo Archive in points, rebounds and assists. Fernando Luis Rolón - Creative Director Néstor Rodríguez - Eligibility & Doping Control and El Nuevo Día newspaper