sour win for Puerto Rico

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1 FIBAAMERICAS.COM special Edition 2009 FIBA Americas Championship September 5, 2009 Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA Anderson Varejao, Alex García and Marcelo Huertas witness Larry Ayuso make six free throws after their head coach, Moncho Monsalve, was thrown off the game. sour win for Puerto Rico Canada surprise the Dominican Republic BRA PUR ARG CAN G W 3 L 4 Standing Grupo X Pts DOM URU MEX PAN G W 3 2 L 4 5 Pts player of the day Ángel Vassallo Ángel Daniel Vassallo graduated yesterday with 20 points, of them in the second quarter when Brazil tried to break away.

2 DID YOU KNOW? Mexico beats Panama and finished seventh That until now the Dominican Republic has participated in only one FIBA World Championship, in Manila, Philipines in 98 reaching 2 place of 4 teams as Yugoslavia defeated the Soviet Union Brazil was the best in Americas reaching third place. T his event, held from October -4, the Dominican Republic had a 2-4 record by beating Senegal, 80- and Korea, They lost against the United States 04-5; Australia, 4-2; Czech Republic, 5-2; and Puerto Rico, In today's semifinals the teams that will face each other are 2-3 and -4 of Group X (Quarterfinals). The standing only decided ninth and tenth place as Venezuela ended with a - 3 record and US Virgin Islands 0-4. Venezuela allowed 34 points and scored 29 for a -8 while USVI is 2-340, for -4. The Dominican Republic woke up as the leader in points (82.), rebounds (4.) and blocks (4.4). At the same time they lost to Canada and finished outside of a FIBA World Championship berth. The Canadians led in assists with.9 and the Dominicans were.. Brazil was first in points allowed with 4 per game. Horacio Llamas: retires from the national team with 8 points. Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA Despite finishing with a 2- record, Mexico left the FIBA Americas Championship with a win over Panama 4- to finish seventh in the tournament. The first half was dominated by the Mexicans led by Horacio Llamas who scored 8 points like his teammate Anthony Pedroza. This was the final game for Llamas in the national team after he announced his retirement. Panama was led once again by Danilo Pinnock with 20 points. Jaime Lloreda grabbed 3 rebounds, the same as his rival, Gustavo Ayón. Argentina beat Uruguay 3- and finished third in the Quarterfinals. Luis Scola played 20 minutes and scored 9 points and Leo Gutierrez scored four three pointers. Esteban Batista had 20 points and 0 rebounds for the Uruguayans. 2

3 Canada qualifies and faces Brazil KEY PLAYER Andy Rautins hugs Jesse Young and Tyler Kepkay joins the celebration. Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA In the most emotional game at the FIBA Americas Championship, Puerto Rico defeated Brazil, but could not finish first after they only won by four and they needed six or more points. The score was 8-82 and they will face Argentina today while Brazil takes on Canada. The trio of Larry Ayuso, Carlos Arroyo and Ángel Daniel Vassallo scored points and the first made free throws and four three pointers. Vassallo netted points in the first half. Anderson Varejao led Brazil with 22 points and 0 rebounds while Tiago Splitter had 9. Guard Marcelo Huertas and Alex Garcia played 40 minutes because an injury left Leandro Barbosa out. Head coach Moncho Monsalve was thrown out of the game after two technical fouls. Meanwhile Canada defeated the Dominican Republic 80- and secured the final berth for the 200 FIBA World Championship. Jermaine Anderson led the Canadians who scored 4 three pointers and the Dominicans only scored 5. In rebounds the Dominican Republic dominated PEter John Ramos The majority of the coaches consulted about the job done by Peter John Ramos have agreed that his improvement is incredible comparing it to the 200 FIBA Americas Championship which was held in Las Vegas before the Olympics in Beijing. Without including the last game he was averaging.3 points, behind Arroyo and Ayuso while he led on rebounds with 8.9 along with Gustavo Ayon who also played in Fuenlabrada at the ACB. With 24 years of age, the giant wants to come back to the NBA after playing for the Washington Wizards who selected him with the 32 pick in the second round of the 2004 tournament. Ramos played in the NBDL with Roanoke Dazzle and with Idaho Stampede, being in the All Star game but could not play due to injury. Peter John, who is '3 tall, was in Fuenlabrada for a couple of seasons, mostly as a reserve and he wants to come back to the NBA. He assisted to the Houston Rockets camp before this tournament. He has been in the senior team since 2004 and along with Jose Juan Barea at the U9 and U2 tournaments. This weekend he is key in the aspirations of Puerto Rico to reach the first places. puertorico2009.fibaamericas.com 3

4 PAN BOX SCORE GAME 33 MEX 4 Pinnock 20 pts 4 asists uru Llamas 8 Pts reb GAME 34 ARG 3 batista 20 pts 0 reb 4 Scola 9 Pts 8 reb

5 DOM 2009 FIBA AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 35 CAN 80 VillaNUEVA pts 5 reb bra 82 Anderson 2 pts 5 asists GAME 3 PUR 8 Varejao 22 Pts 0 Reb Ayuso 25 Pts 4 three PTS 5

6 AMERICAS LEGENDS Raymond Dalmau, proud to be a Pirate Photo: cortesy Primera Hora Nobody has had more success than Raymond Dalmau of all the Puerto Rican coaches that have played in the Superior League and the National Team. He played for 20 seasons and he won four titles (90, 9, 98 and 99). Dalmau, who is 0 years old, was honored recently by placing his name in the new Quebradillas coliseum and he finished with,592 points and 5,3 rebounds, averaging 2. and 0., respectively. As a coach he won some titles and guided Puerto Rico to a fourth place in the 990 FIBA World Championship. In that tournament Puerto Rico was the only one who defeated Yugoslavia, who won Gold and reached the semifinals undefeated but lost to the Soviet Union and the United States 0-05 to leave the podium. He played in the 98 (Mexico), 92 (Munich) and 9 (Montreal) Olympic games. In the 98 Olympics he was only 9 years old and got 04 points, playing alongside Teo Cruz, Bill McCadney, Rubén Adorno, Jaime Frontera, Guabina Gutiérrez, Joe Hatton, Tito Ortiz, Caco Cancel, Francisco Córdova, Alberto Zamot and Adolfo Porrata. In Germany he made 0 points and 99 in Montreal. His three sons, Richie, Ricardo and Christian, have represented Puerto Rico in many international competitions. Christian is currently a member of the national team. Three legends Honored FIBA Americas President, Horacio Muratore, and Secretary General, Alberto Garcia, honored three legends of Americas basketball: Mexican Arturo Guerrero, Cuban Ruperto Herrera and Puerto Rican Raymond Dalmau. This was done before the game between Brazil and Puerto Rico. Christian Dalmau represented his father who could not make it to the event. Alberto García, left and Horacio Muratore, extreme right, Secretary General and President of FIBA Americas, respectively, honored legends Arturo Guerrero, of México. Ruperto Herrera, of Cuba and Raymond Dalmau, from Puerto Rico, who was not present and was represented by his son, Christian.

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8 Feature Coaches give respect for the FIBA Americas Championship Arturo Guerrero There is not doubt that the FIBA Americas Championship has fulfilled all expectations with great games, emotion and some surprises. That is the way that some coaches think about this tournament who also said that it has been a high level and tough competition for all of them. Mexican national team head coach, Arturo "Mano Santa" Guerrero, didn't have all his weapons in this tournament and even threw out Romel Beck due to disciplinary reasons, but reached the Quarterfinals where they won their last game against Panama. "FIBA Americas is one of the toughest zones in the World, for us in an honor to play here but unfortunately luck wasn't in our side. We hope to be in the top places in the next tournaments," said Guerrero. " We need a 00% participation from our players and also they need to assist to be in the best teams," he added. On the other side is Argentinean Sergio Hernandez, who started with a 0-2 record but has won six straight to qualify directly for the FIBA World Championship despite not having his main figures. "This is a tournament that you have to play ten games in twelve days so we have to give our players some rest. There are really good teams and we have to play well every night," said Hernandez who coaches Peñarol Mar del Plata in Argentina. Finally Leo Rautins, coach of the Canadian team who just qualified for the FIBA World Championship, was happy with the win over the Dominican Republic and at the same time recognized the cost of the qualification. "It was a tournament where we had our highs and lows, very tough for all of us, but we qualified for the FIBA World Championship," said Rautins about Canada who had a 4-4 record, including the first round. Leo Rautins Sergio Hernández turkey200.fiba.com GLOBAL PARTNERS 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