European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 13,1987 the stars and stripes Page 26 ., Italy gain shape final byte Saunders stiff writer shape Belgium it was mid term Day Ai the shape International Basket Ball tournament Friday Ai the final four teams in title Contention battled for slots to saturday s championship game. The United states seeking a fourth straight title passed the Tat by debating Spain 93-75. To Advance to the championship game against Italy. The italians winners of titles in 1981 and 1983, also turned in passing grades Topping Bel Gium 84-30. In Friday i Early match Germany dumped the United kingdom 1ii-j3 and was logo against the Netherlands in saturday s fifth place game. The us. Scored its fourth win of the tourney Friday against Spain which wound up with a 1-2 record in round Robin play. American coach Bob Abbott again geared his game plan to the opposition s weakness a strategy thai had worked Well against Belgium thursday night As lheu.stwonlofr-87. Spain has two Quick guards but their forwards Haven t shown mobility underneath or in the lanes said a Bott before the game. Well run a Basic Man to Man defense on them to make them Force it inside to the for wards. Well mix in a zone defense. In scoreboard us to of Lyndi Ceparu Troy Kotsull of Wiesbaden tops With 18 Points the second half Well go with whatever worked the give Abbott a c for Homework. He was right Spain had two Quick guards but he forgot about 6-fool-4 guard Juan Pinero who cashed in 27 Points. Abbott also May have Over Asti Mali d the defensive of his team. The played Man to Man the entire game in an Effort to keep the americans who at Best looked half hearted in the game. We play that Man to Man the Best said Abbott who was visibly upset with the Tram s play or Lack of it. If trying to eel the team into the game i la go straight Man ionian i cleared the Bench twice in the first half looking for someone who wanted to Hustle out Abbott was referring to the the Lack of enthusiasm from the american squad and its squandered scoring opportunities. Though never really threatened the yanks did t look like Honor graduates. The Look a 15-Poinl Lead 3 minutes into the second half after building a 59 34 Midway Lead. Mannheim s Warren Evans hit a Baseline jumper and filled the net with a Jam and Rhein main s Butch Walkins added two Field goals As the Went up 63-38 2 minutes into the half. Pinero who scored 17 second half Points threaded a 3-Pointer, then started driving the lanes for Lay to bring Spain Back to within 14 Points with 4 Coplay. But Soester Borg s Buich Martin hit a Field goal a amhara s Den Beard nailed a bucket and Watkins rolled in two straight hoops inside the Lane for the final margin. Wiesbaden s Troy Russell was the american or. Consistency on offence tallying eight first hair Points and 10 in the second for 18 Points. Wat Kins finished with 14, Evans had 13, and Rhein main s Curtis Jeffries had 10. The Ball game should have been a lot closer than it was. Spain started to drop Down and play like us. That s what saved said Abbott who despite the poor showing still fell confident that the Would fare Well against Italy Abbott said this was just one of those games. Who knows what the reason was. It happened and it was without a doubt the worst game we played. It May have been a mental letdown after playing sue -. An intense game against Belgium. Whatever caused it tin reason Vas because we were not mentally against Italy Abbott knows there s no margin for error. We Haven t got time to make Many mistakes against Italy said Abbott. But not to worry. Abbott said his team would get up for the final Team gets ready for big games he said. 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Flach Seguso Advance Mal time Santiaco Totri 11. London a Wimble Don champions Ken Bach and Robert Seguso maintained their domination of spaniards Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez by winning a five set semifinal match in the $200.000 masters doubles Tennis championship saturday. The americans who beat the spaniards in the Wimbledon final and then whipped them in three straight sets m toe Early stages of this tournament won 6-1,6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5 on the supreme surface at the Albert Hall. In sunday s final they will meet the Winner of the second semifinal Between defending champions Stefan Edberg and Anden Jarryd of Sweden and Czechoslovakia s Milosov Mecir and Tomas Smid. The americans romped through the film two sets in less than an hour playing what they later considered some of their Busl Tynni. They broke Casal s serve in the fourth game of the opening set and his partner s in the sixth to capture it in 20 minutes keeping up the Tempo they reeled off the first four games of the second set and looked on course for another Slraight Sci Victory Over the spaniards. What happened afterwards resembled the Wimbledon Dou Bles final Only in reverse. Last summer the spaniards held a two sets Lead Only to lose. This time it was the americans who faced defeat after winning the first two sets. Fla i lost his composure at the net and the americans were broken twice in the third set Casal who also lost his serve clinched the set with a High backhand Volley und the spaniards Confidence began to build. While Finch had problem at the net Seguso continued to hit booming winners from the base line
