In the first game of the "win or go home" quarterfinal round, second place Group B finishers Spain squared off with Croatia, their third place rivals from group A. These two clubs have some history with one another. At the 2005 Eurobasket, Spain knocked off Croatia in a controversial overtime thriller. Then two years later at the 2007 European championships, Croatian guard Marko Tomas stuck a fadeaway three pointer in the final seconds to stun Spain in an 85-84. With a shot at a medal on the line Wednesday afternoon in Beijing, both countries were ready for the third round.

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After a rocky start with two disappointing losses, Andrew Bogut has put Australia's Boomers on his back. Following his 22-point, 8-rebound effort in Australia's 95-80 throttling of Russia, Bogut was once again the main man as Australia annihilated the previously undefeated Lithuanians 106-75 last night.  However, Australia made a scorching 16 of 25 from distance, including an eye-popping 3/3 from Bogut, who made 10/12 shots from the field for 23 points in only 16 minutes.

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Andrew Bogut and his Boomers looked to pick up their first win in Olympic competition on Tuesday, squaring off against Manu Ginobili and the Argentinians. Argentina was hoping to bounce back with a win after losing a tough one in their opener against Lithuania, while Australia aimed to right their ship after an opening day beating by Croatia.  However, the defending Olympic Champs were just too much as Argentina cruised to an 85-68 victory.  After the jump we've got a blow-by-blow analysis of the action.

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Throughout the course of the Olympic games, Brew Hoop will provide live blogging, recaps, and analysis of select basketball contests. We kicked off our coverage last night with the not-so-heavyweight battle between Angola and Germany. As both teams are set to compete against Team USA in group B action, we thought it'd be a nice opportunity to provide some armchair scouting and get a closer look at a couple of our upcoming opponents.

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Michael Redd and Team USA will face the Turkish National team today in Macau (7 am CT, ESPN2). The Turkish squad features former (and future?) Buck Ersan Ilyasova, along with the NBA's reigning "Most Improved player" Hedo Turkoglu and 2008 second round draft picks Omar Asik (Chicago) and Semi Erden (Boston).

Many Bucks fans have kept close tabs on Ilyasova since his departure from the team last summer, and although the 6-10 forward has opted to spend another season in Spain, don't think the Bucks have forgotten about him.  Ilyasova spent much of his summer working out in Milwaukee at the Cousins center and "boy did he look good," according to Director of Player Personnel Dave Babcock.

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The Milwaukee Bucks' summer league team took part in their final tune-up Friday before shipping off to play five games in Las Vegas. The Bucks open their schedule Saturday night against the Grizzlies at 9 pm, and though none of the games will be televised, you can watch them all live at NBA.com.

Talking to players and coaches at the Cousins Center on Friday, It quickly became evident that Scott Skiles and his staff have taken this week's preparations very seriously. If you've ever watched a summer league game, you know things can tend to get sloppy. With just a week to prepare as a team and a host of NBA hopefuls aiming to prove their worth, it's not uncommon to see sub-par ball movement or non-existent defensive rotations. But members of the coaching staff seem determined not to let those things happen.

"One of the things we try to do in our practice sessions is talk with the players about the way we want to play, and that's with a lot of ball movement and player movement," said assistant coach Jim Boylan. "We did a lot of drills with that in mind. When things start to break down a little bit, we're able to give our players a reference point, pull them back and say 'we want to do things the way we did them back in the Cousins Center.'"

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