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Bballzone Time No. 29 2012 November

Description of the twenty-ninth issue

The team of the Bballzone Time is glad to present the 29th issue of our newspaper. We

continue giving everything of our strength to present a fresh and interesting newspaper to

our readers despite our short group and any other difficulties.

So, there is always the presentation of some community in our game. We will present the

German community in this issue.

You'll be also able to read some interesting interviews, and couple interesting facts related

to the real basketball game.

Also you„ll find reviews about the 31th season's final standings of the major national

leagues and the higher World League's divisions.

You can also read some good jokes and funny quotes relative to the sport of basketball in

our "Jokes section".

You can participate in our traditional contests "True or false" and "History of

Basketball". You will be able to find the answers and results from the last issue of the newspaper, and also the questions for

the next rounds.

There is also our fresh contest, "Bet n' Joy", that is about virtual betting on Bballzone matches. We hope that our readers

will support this effort as well.

Announcement from the editors!

You are invited to join Bballzone Time team. All you have to do is write an interesting article and give it to the editors. Or

maybe you think you could improve the appearance of the newspaper?

You have a chance to receive Premium package (from 1 week to 1 month, depending on number and complexity of articles

you write).

Important!

We are also looking for the head editor of the Lithuanian version. This position involves all the organizational

tasks as translating articles or finding translators, preparing the newspaper according to the template (MS

Word) and etc.

Just write a message to the head editor of the English version of our newspaper – redmadness7 (team Redmadness BC,

Elláda.1.1 league) and he will explain everything more detailed.

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Articles

Description of countries

- Germany.

3-5

31th season's final standings of the major national leagues

- Lithuania, Greece, Italy, France, USA, UK, Latvia and Russia.

6-13

31th season's final standings of the higher World League's divisions

- WL.1.1, WL2.1,WL.2.2.

14-16

Leisure section

- Jokes about basketball and funny quotes.

17

Contest "History of Basketball"

- Results and questions for the next tour.

18-19

Contest "True or false"

- Results and questions for the next tour.

20-21

Contest "Bet n' Joy"

- Virtual bet contest on Bballzone matches.

- Results and winners of previous tour.

22-23

In the next issue of the newspaper

- Summary of the next issue of the newspaper

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Description of countries

Germany (Article by: redmadness7, dimtsal)

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of

Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in

west-central Europe. The country consists of 16

states, and its capital and largest city is Berlin.

Germany covers an area of 357,021 square

kilometers and has a largely temperate seasonal

climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most

populous member state in the European Union.

Germany is one of the major political and economic

powers of the European continent and a historic

leader in many theoretical and technical fields.

A region named Germania, inhabited by several

Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100.

During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes

expanded southward and established successor

kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in

the 10th century, German territories formed a central

part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th

century, northern German regions became the centre

of the Protestant Reformation while southern and

western parts remained dominated by Roman

Catholic denominations, with the two factions

clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the

beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has

characterized German society ever since. Occupied

during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-

Germanism inside the German Confederation

resulted in the unification of most of the German

states in 1871 into the German Empire, which was

Prussian dominated.

After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the

subsequent military surrender in World War I, the

Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar

Republic in 1918, and some of its territory

partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Despite its

lead in many scientific and artistic fields at this time,

amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was

proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by

fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany

was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into

two states, East Germany and West Germany. In

1990 the country was reunified.

Germany was a founding member of the European

Community in 1957, which became the EU in 1993.

It is part of the Schengen Area and since 1999 a

member of the euro area. Germany is member of the

United Nations, NATO, the G8, the G20, the OECD

and the Council of Europe, and took a non-

permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the

2011–2012 term.

Germany has the world's fourth largest economy by

nominal GDP and the fifth largest by purchasing

power parity. Germany is the third largest exporter

and third largest importer of goods. The country has

developed a very high standard of living and features

a comprehensive system of social security; the

country has the world's oldest universal health care

system. Germany has been the home of many

influential philosophers, music composers, scientists

and inventors, and is known for its cultural and

political history.

The German national basketball team represents

Germany in international competitions and lies to

the 13th place in the FIBA Ranking system. Their

biggest successes are the victory in the European

Championship of 1993 at home in Germany, the

silver medal in the 2005 European Championships

and the bronze medal in the 2002 FIBA World

Championship.

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The team is the successor of the West Germany

national basketball team, the basketball side that

represented West Germany in international

competition. Between 1955 and 1973, Germany

temporarily competed with an East German national

basketball team as well.

Until the German reunification in 1990, the team

played as the West Germany national basketball

team. (Basketball was not a popular sport in East

Germany). In decades of competitive basketball,

West Germany never had much success, partly also

because in that time, the NBA made it near-

impossible for German internationals to play on both

their NBA teams and the national team. For this

reason, important players like Detlef Schrempf, Uwe

Blab or Christian Welp often were unavailable in big

tournaments.

The win of the 1993 European Championship at

home in Germany, thanks to superb clutch play of

tournament MVP Welp (who had returned from the

USA), came totally unexpected. The team won the

election to "Team of the Year" by the German press.

There was a huge wave of enthusiasm, but arguably

due to lack of infrastructure and professionalism,

tangible results were rare. German basketball stayed

in the shadows, the next generation of youth

shunning the native league while being glued to the

NBA with Michael Jordan. The national team never

came close to repeat the success.

But then, German basketball got a lucky break when

a lanky youth named Dirk Nowitzki tried his luck

with the Dallas Mavericks and became a superstar.

He created new enthusiasm for basketball in

Germany, and in his slipstream, the national team

had a renaissance.

In 2001, Germany played Turkey and was one

second away from the final, when Turkey nailed a

buzzer beater to send the game into overtime.

Turkey won, and demoralized Germany lost the

third-place match and ended fourth.

However, success at last came in 2002, when

Nowitzki inspired Germany to win the bronze medal

in the 2002 World Championships. Nowitzki was

also named MVP of that tourney.

One year later, however, the team suffered its worst

setback in years. In the Eurobasket 2003, which was

also the qualifier for the 2004 Olympic Games, the

talented, but inexperienced team blundered through a

tournament, blowing late-game leads with appalling

anti-clutch play. Germany was eliminated early and

failed to qualify for the Olympics.

Before the Eurobasket 2005 expectations were not

too high. The German roster was depleted by injury,

and remembering the disaster of two years ago,

nobody dared to dream of a medal. However, an

inspired Dirk Nowitzki powered the team into the

finals, eliminating favourites like Spain and Slovenia

on its way. In the finals the team was blown out by

Greece, but Nowitzki was named MVP again, and

the team won the election to "Team of the Year" by

the German press again.

In the 2006 World Championship in Saitama,

Germany won most of its first-round matches, only

losing to Spain. In the knock-out phase, Germany

fought a tough match versus underdogs Nigeria,

ending in a 78–77 win when Nigerian star Ime

Udoka missed a last-second layup. In the quarter-

finals, Germany played top favorite USA, and

managed to play an excellent first half, trailing only

39–41. However, led by Carmelo Anthony, USA

outplayed Germany 20–8 in the third quarter and

won 65–85. In the consolation round, Germany lost

73–75 against France, losing a lead in the last 18

seconds with two turnovers.

Germany qualified for the Summer Olympics 2008

in Beijing, by taking the final spot with the third

place in the qualification tournament in Athens,

Greece.

In Germany, professional basketball is known for

developing players whose parents or grandparents

are immigrants. The national team routinely uses

many players who have family roots in Africa,

Eastern Europe, United States or others, but have

grown up in Germany, speak fluent German and are

native Germans by law. The last point is especially

important, as the new FIBA rules prevent the use of

more than one "naturalized" citizen per country.

However, the most famous German players are Dirk

Nowitzki, Chris Kaman and Detlef Schrempf, all of

them with a remarkable career in the NBA.

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The German community in Bballzone is consisting 2

divisions (3 leagues), with a total of 51 clubs and it

is a low activity community so far.

Deutschland.1.1 started at Season 7 and the most

successful teams are "stunde des siegers" and

"KRAFTWERK SAAR" with 6 titles each.

In the World League the best German teams, are

playing in the World League's 4th division.

The highest sponsored team in German leagues is

also the team "BC Bayern" which is getting 64132

Eu.

The best German player is Derick Diermissen (PF,

214cm, 30y.) who is playing for "BC Edwis" in

Lietuva.2.1 at the moment and his overall rating is

306.

The best German player who is playing in German

leagues is Walter Lukenda (SF, 205cm, 29y.) who

is playing for "stunde des siegers" in

Deutschland.1.1 at the moment and his overall rating

is 277.

The most well-paid German player is Stefan

Gronimus (SG, 193cm, 26y.) with an overall rating

of 252 by getting a salary of 24565 Eu, and is

playing for the club "Spinazza" in Italia.1.1.

We had the opportunity to have a talk with

TheTruth − the manager of "Berlin

WallBreakers", which are the most recent

champions Deutschland.1.1, twice in a row.

redmadness7: Hello. Please introduce yourself.

TheTruth: Hello, my name is Michael, I'm from

Berlin and I like traveling, basketball, watching

movies and photography.

redmadness7: How did you start playing this

manager game?

TheTruth: I found this game via Google. I was

looking for a good online basketball manager, tried

a lot and decided that bballzone is the best for me.

redmadness7: What do you think about this

manager game?

TheTruth: I like the daily games, the opportunity to

watch the games live, the chance to compete with

managers around the world. I think the skill set of

the players is simple and a good fit. The chance to

see all this stats is also great. But for me the biggest

strength of this game are the makers. There is so

much development and work they put in. And this

together with a good communication via mails,

forum etc. I don't like the balance between the

countries with many managers and the "smaller"

ones. It makes no sense for me to play in the German

final in front of 1000 people if I can get 2-3 times

more in a normal 4(!) World League season game.

And it makes hard to compete.

redmadness7: Tell us something about your team

and your goals for the future.

TheTruth: The Berlin WallBreakers won the German

championship last season way ahead of the plan. I

would like to play in the 2nd World League in 5

seasons from now. I want to reach this goal with self

developed players.

redmadness7: Do you play basketball in your free

time? Is basketball your favourite sport?

TheTruth: Basketball is my favourite sport, I play it

since almost 20 years and started some coaching

too.

redmadness7: Which is your favourite team and

who is your favourite player?

TheTruth: My favourite team is of course my

hometown team, Alba Berlin, and I'm a fan of the

Boston Celtics since the last days of Larry Legend.

Larry was my favourite player, nowadays it is Dirk

cause he is not only a great player, he is a real nice

guy too.

redmadness7: Thank you and good luck.

TheTruth: Thank you for all your work you put into

your paper, I read them regularly. Cheers Michael!

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31th season's final standings of the major national leagues (Article by: redmadness7, dimtsal)

We are going to review the final standings of the 31th season's final standings of the major national leagues.

Lietuva.1.1

BC Paupis JR 109 98 2

Ant bajerio 87 77 0

BCLizards 91 76 2

Pimpongas 88 69 0

BC Zilvaro gauja 88 72 76 80 1

Bronze medal

BCLizards 86 86 84 81 3

Gaudytojai 78 108 107 2

Patrakėlis 68 110 103 1

BC Zilvaro gauja 93 91 89 2

BC Šilainiai 87 100 80 1

113 102

119 1080

2

Semifinal 2

Gaudytojai 111 118 3BC Zilvaro gauja 82 85

Lietuva.1.1 Final

Gaudytojai 89 87

1BCLizards 83 75

BC Paupis JR 129 1100

Semifinal 1

BC Paupis JR 93 83 2

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Elláda.1.1

Redmadness BC 92 94 2

Olympiacos CFP 63 73 0

Sosna 66 72 73 2

Andre_vamos 65 83 71 1

A.R.I.S B.C 84 83 82 83 82 3

Bronze medal

Sosna 63 84 83 76 80 2

Sparta B.C 85 89 2

The Core 55 53 0

A.R.I.S B.C 89 79 2

Titans of Aretsou 68 65 0

Sosna

71 64

Elláda.1.1

Sparta B.C 91 83

58

60

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 1

Final

A.R.I.S B.C

Redmadness BC 78 85 2

Redmadness BC

60 0

62 0

2

3

Sparta B.C 62 0

78 81 75

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Italia.1.1

CCSMilano 86 81 2

severino cicerchia 54 49 0

Meina Blue Devils 84 99 0

Vladikavkaz Br. 93 102 2

Vladikavkaz Br. 90 88 92 73 92 3

Bronze medal

Spinazza 75 77 99 96 79 2

kobe n1 89 104 2

fortitudo 66 82 0

Twin2 84 90 77 1

Spinazza 74 98 79 2

Semifinal 1

CCSMilano 93 93 2

80

91

1Spinazza 93

88

Italia.1.1

kobe n1 81 81

71 71

Semifinal 2

kobe n1

0

CCSMilanoVladikavkaz Br. 77 80

2

087 94

100 3

Final

103

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France.1.1

ESBNice 88 99 2

Perak Proton Sport 65 69 0

St remy 81 80 75 2

S.C.M. 71 86 67 1

Mugiwara 99 75 104 3

Bronze medal

St remy 88 69 72 0

BHS Le Mans 103 79 2

E.N.C.P.B 65 66 0

Mugiwara 82 85 2

Dreaming stars 76 70 0

86

Semifinal 1

ESBNice 103 88 2

72 81 82

Semifinal 2

3St remy 87 71 0

76

Final

ESBNice

730

France.1.1

BHS Le Mans 106 84

76 84 2Mugiwara 78 74

2

BHS Le Mans 73 78

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United States.1.1

Miami Rainbow1 91 100 2

Reading Sixers 63 70 0

Monterey Ball'n 75 75 2

"Red Bull" 65 74 0

Hounds of Basketville 71 68 85 74 76 3

Bronze medal

Monterey Ball'n 63 76 72 83 61 2

Bedford Mules 73 71 2

LaGrange Grovers 54 55 0

Hounds of Basketville 65 72 2

tall and thicks 59 63 0

Semifinal 1

Miami Rainbow1 88 92 2

68 0

Monterey Ball'n 62

0

83 370

84

58 65

Miami Rainbow1

USA.1.1 Final

Bedford Mules 83 70

Hounds of Basketville 74

0

68

Semifinal 2

2

Bedford Mules 57

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United Kingdom.1.1

Fisters 84 75 2

palauk 61 61 0

Nike MST 78 75 0

London United 84 84 2

Flying LioNs 81 96 83 79 3

Bronze medal

London United 65 98 63 73 1

Plumpkin 81 82 2

skegnes on fire 69 60 0

Flying LioNs 90 75 87 2

Banana 72 77 71 1

Semifinal 1

Fisters 101 89 2

77 3London United 80 83 0

82Fisters 9275

UK.1.1

8479 84

76

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Final

82

Semifinal 2

2

Plumpkin 68 92 71Flying LioNs 72 70

Plumpkin

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Latvija.1.1

BC Titanium 95 105 2

Ķeizarmežs 62 80 0

Skaistie Āpši 81 72 2

ASK/VEF Riga 79 66 0

Sigulda 76 94 97 66 55 2

Bronze medal

Skaistie Āpši 70 98 81 72 73 3

Ventspils Vilki 93 98 2

Ant-T 87 90 0

Sigulda 68 77 79 2

BK Tušķi 61 79 70 1

0

90

Semifinal 2

96

Ventspils Vilki 8865 71

Latvija.1.1

Ventspils Vilki 86 79

0

2

Semifinal 1

BC Titanium 79 78

BC Titanium 2

0Sigulda

3Skaistie Āpši 64 66

106 118

90

Final

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Россия.1.1

БК Нефтяник 84 86 2

Yellow Submarine 58 63 0

СОЮЗ 75 63 0

авиабаскет 89 81 2

авиабаскет 102 103 88 103 102 2

Bronze medal

спартак1 100 90 102 115 122 3

Gods from Russia 93 93 2

N_J_TEAM 52 57 0

BC "VICTORY" 85 110 81 1

спартак1 67 120 90 2 Semifinal 2

Gods from Russia 80 0спартак1 85 93

2

1

Россия.1.1 Final

Gods from Russia 104 91

69

3авиабаскет 68 81 0

БК Нефтяник 101 81

Semifinal 1

БК Нефтяник 85 85 2

103

90

87

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31th season's final standings of the higher World League's divisions (Article by: redmadness7, dimtsal)

We are going to review the final standings of the 31th season in the highest World League's divisions.

World League.1.1

BC Paupis 89 102 0

CCSMilano 98 109 2

Redmadness BC 80 78 2

Sparta B.C. 66 66 0

Redmadness BC 90 86 80 3

Bronze medal

BCLizards 78 71 66 0

kobe n1 100 86 97 2

Patrakėlis 82 99 88 1

BCLizards 75 79 2

Miami Rainbow1 68 78 0

3

0CCSMilano

Semifinal 1

Redmadness BC 83 80 0

WL.1.1

kobe n1

87 8373 88

CCSMilano

0

89 85

106 912

90

Semifinal 2

Final

kobe n1 90 93

BCLizards

2

76

Standings

TOP 16 LAST 8 LAST 8

Team Final Team W L +/- Final Team W L +/- Final

kobe n1 1 Pimpongas 12 2 92 17 Cibuliai 14 0 213 25

CCSMilano 2 BC Obuglas 11 3 96 18 Kėdainiai 10 4 132 26

Redmadness BC 3 BC Šilainiai 9 5 57 19 Swords 9 5 113 27

BCLizards 4 BC Tauras 6 8 2 20 Knygininkas 8 6 73 28

BC Paupis JR 5 The Great Titans 6 8 -57 21 Amberis 6 8 4 29

Patrakėlis 6 audi'stas 4 10 -34 22 BC Sakalai 5 9 -27 30

Sparta B.C. 7 ORION LIONS 4 10 -73 23 Babtų ''Ţudikai'' 4 10 -108 31

Miami Rainbow 8 Kapų balsai 4 10 -83 24 Zalgiris 0 14 -400 32

Gaudytojai 9

BC Zilvaro gauja 10

BC Pacany 11

nere alus 12

HARPERS 13

AlausMegejai 14

Telšių Dţiugas 15

Kauno"Kinder" 16

kobe n1CCSMilano

Redmadness BC

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World League.2.1

KK „Seneliai“ 91 93 2

Double Shot 84 82 0

Spinazza 76 84 2

ESBNice 72 76 0

Spinazza 83 74 72 70 1

Bronze medal

Švelniai gazuoti 86 67 82 86 3

Ant bajerio 74 86 2

BC KĖDAINIAI 73 84 0

Vladikavkaz Br. 89 80 0

Švelniai gazuoti 97 96 2

7482

67

KK „Seneliai“79

90

2Švelniai gazuoti 81 87

722

82

Semifinal 2

72 8676

Ant bajerio1

WL.2.1 Final

82

Ant bajerio

862

Spinazza

73

87

3

Semifinal 1

KK „Seneliai“ 85 78

75 0

73

Standings

TOP 16 LAST 8 LAST 8

Team Position Team W L +/- Final Team W L +/- Final

KK „Seneliai“ 1 ECO-1 13 1 134 17 Lidva 13 1 261 25

Ant bajerio 2 Lietuva U-21 10 4 89 18 KK NIC SV 10 4 112 26

Švelniai gazuoti 3 Plumpkin 8 6 -10 19 Mugiwara 10 4 130 27

Spinazza 4 BHS Le Mans 7 7 17 20 Linksmai.lt 8 6 99 28

ESB Nice 5 Nema Problema 7 7 -57 21 Pakalnutes 8 6 104 29

BC KĖDAINIAI 6 Sharkz 6 8 29 22 Liutai IM 4 10 16 30

Double Shot 7 London United 3 11 -59 23 Devold 3 11 -58 31

Vladikavkaz Br. 8 severino cicerchia 2 12 -143 24 Kings Of Tomorrow 0 14 -664 32

Karibų piratai 9

St remy 10

BC Amarai 11

Dreaming stars 12

S.C.M. 13

Meina Blue Devils 14

BC Edwis 15

Zalgiris 16

KK „Seneliai“ Ant bajerio

Švelniai gazuoti

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World League.2.2

BC Pitbulls 92 100 2

RAGUTIS 86 94 0

jurbarko naujokai 91 74 92 2

Twin2 84 78 82 1

GIRMA 92 91 85 88 91 3

Bronze medal

jurbarko naujokai 93 92 83 85 85 2

GIRMA 93 94 2

Ner Tevo 76 76 0

BcSilute 83 79 2

Etalonas 62 73 0 Semifinal 2

73 99 98

92 92

BC Pitbulls

81

83 3GIRMA 93 90 1182

WL.2.2

BcSilute 95 83 2299

12

jurbarko naujokai 72 80 00

BcSilute 89

Final

Semifinal 1

BC Pitbulls 83 81

Standings

TOP 16 LAST 8 LAST 8

Team Position Team W L +/- Final Team W L +/- Final

BC Pitbulls 1 ARGOS 11 3 87 17 Pioneers 13 1 321 25

BcSilute 2 uzpeliai 10 4 109 18 Flying LioNs 11 3 195 26

GIRMA 3 Sony Ericsson 9 5 49 19 Toxai 10 4 191 27

jurbarko naujokai 4 BC Giles 8 6 76 20 kampas 9 5 172 28

Twin2 5 Bc Dailista 8 6 -38 21 БК "Донецк 5 9 -50 29

Ner Tevo 6 Bedford Mules 7 7 -16 22 HELLHOUND 5 9 20 30

RAGUTIS 7 Ylakių United 3 11 -135 23 falco_di_ritorno 2 12 -105 31

Etalonas 8 Bambucia 0 14 -132 24 nusibodo 1 13 -744 32

Jumpin' elniai 9

Gameslt 10

neroverde 11

fortitudo corticella1 12

BC Dubingiai 13

zalgiris4ever 14

Tarbatu 15

Petrelių Pistons 16

BC PitbullsBcSilute

GIRMA

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Leisure Section

Jokes about basketball (Article by: redmadness7)

Q: Why did the basketball player go to jail?

A: Because he shot the ball!

St. Peter and Satan were having an argument one

day about basketball. Satan proposed a game to be

played on neutral grounds between a select team

from the heavenly host and his own hand-picked

boys.

"Very well," said the gatekeeper of Heaven. "But

you realize, I hope, that we've got all the good

players and the best coaches."

"I know, and that's all right," Satan answered

unperturbed. "We've got all the refs."

Rasheed Wallace approaches the referee and goes:

I was just wondering, is there a penalty for thinking?

The ref goes, ahem, no.

Rasheed says, well I think you're the biggest a**hole

I've EVER seen.

Funny Quotes

"I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money,

money, money. I just want to play the game, drink

Pepsi, wear Reebok."

Shaq O'Neal

"You can say something to popes, kings and

presidents, but you can't talk to officials. In the next

war they ought to give everyone a whistle."

Abe Lemmons

"If you make every game a life and death

proposition, you're going to have problems. For one

thing, you'll be dead a lot."

Dean Smith

"The secret is to have eight great players and four

others who will cheer like crazy."

Jerry Tarkanian

"I believe in higher education. You know, 6'8", 6'9",

6'10"."

David Games

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Contests

Contest "History of Basketball" (Organizer: arix2)

20th

round questions and correct answers:

1. How many times The Loyola Ramblers men's

basketball was NCAA Champion?

Answer: 1 time

2. What team was1977 year‘s NCAA champion?

Answer: The Marquette Golden Eagles

men's basketball team

3. What NBA player has most 3-point field goals

made in a quarter?

Answer: Michael Redd 4. What player has the most two point shots in

single game of Euroleague?

Answer: Kasparas Kambala

5. What players was 2004-05 All-Euroleague

team? (5 players)

Answer: S.Jasikevicius, A. Macijauskas,

A.Parker, D.Andersen, N.Vujcic.

6. What is the nickname of Ray Allen?

Answer: "Ray Ray", "Jesus Shuttlesworth"

7. What female WNBA player has the most free

throw attempts in season?

Answer: Katie Smith

8. How many times BC Zalgiris Kaunas was

Euroleague Champion?

Answer: 1 time

9. How many times Moses Malone was MVP?

Answer: 3 times

10. Who is the current head coach of The Dallas

Mavericks?

Answer: Richard Preston Carlisle

Winners of 20th

round:

1st place - Josh M., (team "‟Red Bull”", United

States.1.1 league)

2nd

place - Sviedinys, (team "TrollFace", Lietuva.4.2

league)

3rd

place - Aurimas., (team "BCLizards", Lietuva.1.1

league)

All these users receive Premium package for 2

weeks. Also Josh M. as the best non-Lithuanian user

wins 1 week more Premium package.

Did you know that:

Players passed a soccer ball

down the floor. The first

basketball was brown and the

orange basketball associated

with today's game was

introduced in the 1950s.

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Rules of the contest

You have to send private message with all your

answers to arix2, the team is called Lidva,

Lietuva.2.2 league.

The first three, who get all the correct answers will

be rewarded with 2 week‘s Premium package. If no

one gets it right then the ones with the most correct

answers will be rewarded instead.

There is a separate prize for the best non-

Lithuanian user that gets the most points. He will

be given 1 week‘s Premium package and an

opportunity to present his club in our newspaper.

In order to get the points you have to get the name

and the surname correct without any spelling

mistakes. As the questions are pretty difficult, don’t

forget to send the answers even if you don’t

manage to answer them all. Even a few correct

answers can bring a prize for you!

Questions of 21st round:

1. How many times The Michigan State Spartans

men's basketball team was NCAA Champion?

2. What team was 1996 year„s NCAA champion?

3. What NBA player has most rebounds in a game?

4. What player has the most blocks in full season of

Euroleague?

5. What players was 2005-06 All-Euroleague

team? (5 players)

6. What is the nickname of Allen Iverson?

7. What female WNBA player has the most field

goals, none missed in game?

8. How many times Panathinaikos Basketball Club

was Euroleague Champions?

9. How many times Dirk Nowitzki was MVP?

10. Who is the current head coach of The Charlotte

Bobcats?

Good luck!

Did you know that:

In Moscow (USSR) on 1953 Eurobasket had

a huge attendance. The Soviet Union easily

cruised to win their third European

Championship at home, with games played

outdoors in a football stadium of Moscow,

in front of a huge crowd of 35,000 fans.

Fortunately for the competition, the weather

was not an inconvenience and didn‟t rain

during the tournament.

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Contest "True or false" (Organizer: the_spartan)

A new newspaper‟s number made its appearance, so

here you'll find the next round's questions and the

winners of the previous one. Probably, you were

waiting for the time when we will name the winners

of contest's last round, and expecting to see yourself

amongst them. So, congratulations in advance for

those who are winners, and we suggest to those who

failed to try once again. We also invite everyone to

participate actively in the next round, all the users of

our game, not only the Lithuanians, but the

foreigners too.

Winners of the 21th

round:

1st place - zasinas, "Žąsiukai" - receives a Premium

package for one month.

2nd

place - Aurimas., "BCLizards" - receives a

Premium package for two weeks.

3rd

place - chuliganas, "nere alus" - receives a

Premium package for two weeks.

Answers of 21th round:

1. Linksmai.lt is the most titled Bballzone team? -

False

2. The Eastern team won in the last NBA All-stars

game? - False

3. Zydrunas Ilgauskas has won NBA rings? - False

4. The Italian clubs have won the Euroleague

thirteen times? - True

5. Germany has won gold medals in the World

championship? - False

6. That Zalgiris has played with “Atletas” in the

LKL final series of 1997-1998 season? - True

7. The first LKL All-star game was organized in

1993? - False

8. Latvia was the first team who won the European

championship? - True

9. The nickname of the Serbian player, Igor

Rakocevic is "The White Jordan"? - True

10. The Euroleague Final Four was held in Athens

in 2005? - False

Did you know that:

On March 10, 1962, Oscar

Robertson of Cincinnati

finishes the Season with an

average of 30.8ppg, 12.5

RPG, and 11.4 assist a game.

to become the first and only

player to average a triple

double over a season.

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Rules of the contest:

1. The contest is not available for the Bballzone

Time newspaper's members, administrators and all

others people who have access to the forum of the

newspaper's team.

2. Answers must be sent to the user the_spartan by

a personal message.

3. Answers cannot be edited.

4. Answers can be sent only once, otherwise they

will not be examined.

5. Winners will be announced in the next

newspaper’s issue. No personal messages will be

sent.

Winners will be the first three with most correct

answers. Prizes are the following:

1st place – Premium package of 1 month.

2nd

place – Premium package of 2 weeks.

3rd

place – Premium package of 2 weeks.

Questions of 22th

round:

True or false. that:

1. Only Lithuanian clubs has won the World League

1.1 title?

2. Serge Ibaka is playing for the national team of

France?

3.CSKA Moscow has won 6 Euroleague titles?

4. The Lakers and Celtics have met 12 times in the

NBA Finals?

5.Šarūnas Marčiulionis has never won a gold medal

in the Olympics?

6. The parents of Kobe Bryant named him after the

famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a

restaurant menu

7. BC Žalgiris Kaunas founded in 1946?

8.Eric Gordon's nickname is The Hobbit?

9.? Željko Obradović as a head coach has won 9

Euroleague titles?

10. Shaquille O'Neal went through the Los Angeles

County Sheriff's Reserve Academy?

Good luck!

Did you know that:

Although many colleges in the U.S.

formed teams during the late 1890s,

interest grew when college teams met

in Madison Square Garden in New

York City. Once established as a

major college sport, interest in the

game extended to the professional

ranks.

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Contest "Bet n' Joy" (Organizer: redmadness7)

This contest is based on the virtual betting with a coupon filled by Bballzone matches. Let's clarify the rules of the

contest and give you a simple example how to place your bets.

Rules of the contest:

1. All users can participate.

2. Bets have to be posted in totalizator's forum

topic:http://www.bballzone.net/forum/totalizator-

bet-n-joy-tour-9-t10236.html

3. Bets cannot be posted more than once. Otherwise

they will not be examined.

However bets can be edited until the deadline.

4. Winners will be announced in the next

newspaper’s issue.

5. Winners will be the first three with most final

winning points. Prizes are the following:

1st place – Premium package of 1 month.

2nd

place – Premium package of 3 weeks.

3rd

place – Premium package of 2 weeks.

Rules of the bet:

1. Starting Pot: For every participant will be a

starting pot of 1500 bet points.

2. Stakes: The minimum amount of stakes will be 3

and the maximum 6.

However, users cannot include their own matches

into the bet (if they are listed as options).

3. Stake's amount: There will be a minimum of 100

and maximum of 500 points for each stake.

4. Valid bets: The whole pot should be placed in the

bet and always according to the above rules.

5. Bet: For reasons of convenience, symbols and

will be used for home team's and away team's

wins, respectively.

Example. The following is a speculative coupon. There is a bet, the results and the outcome of winning points.

There is the coupon for the Tour 9. You can place valid bets until 15:30 of 11th season day in Bballzone.

No. Day Time League Hm_Odds Match Aw_Odds

1 11 15:45

15:45

World League.1.1 1,95 AlausMegejai : Miami Rainbow1 1,90

2 11 15:45

World League.1.1 2,05 BCLizards : Telšių Džiugas 1,95

3 11 15:45

World League.1.1 2,05 Sparta B.C. : BC Šilainiai 1,95

4 11 15:45 World League.1.1 2,10 BC Obuglas : Ant bajerio 1,85

5 11 15:45 World League.1.1 2,00 BC Pacany : Kėdainiai 1,90

6 12 16:15

France.1.1 1,45 ESB Nice : E.N.C.P.B 2,75

7 12 17:00

Lietuva.1.1 2,15 KK „Seneliai“ : Gaudytojai 1,75

8 12 17:00 Lietuva.1.1 2,10 BC Tauras : BC Zilvaro gauja 1,80

9 12 17:00 Lietuva.1.1 1,95 Patrakėlis : BC Paupis JR 1,95

10 12 18:30

18:30

Italia.1.1 1,75 Meina Blue Devils : fortitudo

corticella1

2,25 Tip: Odds have been calculated long time before the matches. Study the coupon and the teams, notice any roster changes or injuries, and

place your bets close to the deadline in order to maximize your possibilities for best results. (There is a hyper-link in every match)

Placed Bet Results Outcome

No.1 500 p No.1 No.1 500 p ― 500 x 0,00=0 p

No.2 500 p No.2 No.2 500 p ― 500 x 1,70=850 p

No.3 500 p No.3 No.3 500 p ― 500 x 1,40=700 p

Winning Total: 1550 p

No. Hm_Odds Match Aw_Odds

1 1,85 A Team:B Team 1,85

2 1,70 C Team:D Team 2,00

3 1,40 E Team:F Team 2,60

.. ...... .......................... ......

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Tour 8 - Results, classification and winners.

Winners of the 8th

tour:

1st place - brambauti, (team "kobe n1", Italia.1.1 league) - receives a

Premium package for one month.

2nd

place - andre_vamos, (team "Andre_vamos", Elláda.1.1 league) -

receives a Premium package for three weeks.

3rd

place - sosna, (team "Sosna", Elláda.1.1 league) - receives a Premium

package for one week.

rupulas, (team "RUPULIAUSKAI", Lietuva.5.10 league) -

receives a Premium package for one week.

No. League Hm_Odds Match Aw_Odds Result /

1

World League.1.1 2,05 CCSMilano : BC Paupis JR 1,90 109:102

2

World League.1.1 2,10 Sparta B.C. : Redmadness BC 1,85 66:78

3

World League.1.1 2,05 Patrakėlis : kobe n1 1,90 99:86

4 World League.1.1 2,10 Miami Rainbow1 : BCLizards 1,85 78:79

5 World League.1.1 1,85 RAGUTIS : BC Pitbulls 2,10 94:100

6

France.1.1 1,95 S.C.M. : St remy 1,95 86:80

7

Lietuva.1.1 2,05 BC Šilainiai : BC Zilvaro gauja 1,90 100:91

8 Lietuva.2.1 1,85 Karibų piratai : audi'stas 2,05 82:70

9 Italia.1.1 2,00 Vladikavkaz Br. : Meina Blue

Devils

1,90 102:99

10

United States.1.1 1,90 Red Bull : Monterey Ball'n 2,00 74:75

No. Username Tot. Points

1 brambauti 3050

2 redmadness7 2925

3 andre_vamos 2875

4 sosna 2025

- rupulas 2025

6 the spartan 1925

7 Mavr0 1850

Did you know that:

Kobe took second to Wilt

Chamberlain in single game

scoring total after going for 81

against the Raptors on Jan 22,

2006. In this month Kobe scored

45 points or more in four

consecutive games and averaged

43.4 points.

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In the next issue of the newspaper:

We will present to you some other community of our game.

You will be able to find more interesting information about our manager and the sport of basketball.

You will be able to participate to our contests and win some prizes.

Attention!

If you have any interesting information about our game, please introduce us, the members of newspaper, with

it. We will do everything that this information will be published.

This newspaper’s English version was created by:

Redmadness7 – head editor of the newspaper, author of articles, organizer of contest "Bet n' Joy".

The_spartan – organizer of contest "True or false".

Arix2 – organizer of contest "History of Basketball".

Dimtsal – author of articles.

a-darius – the main consultant of the newspaper.

a-ramune – this edition of the newspaper would not be added to this game wihout her.

Contacts of newspaper are:

e-mail: redmadness7@gmail.com (team Redmadness BC, Elláda.1.1 league) – only in English.

Also, you can to send the personal message to every member of our newspaper‟s team.

Thank you for reading and supporting us!!!