Word: victorino
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dominican Republic should be very proud to lose only 8-0." Across town that afternoon, where another dominant Dream Team was on display, the responses were almost identical. "Our objective has been to keep them within a 45-point range," said the coach of the Angolan basketball team, Victorino Cunha, after playing the U.S. True, he had lost by 68, but that seemed a minor victory after being 48 points down at halftime. "For us," said an Angolan, "it's good to lose by 60 points...
Barkley's act of Ugly Americanism was played down by Angolan coach Victorino Cunha. "We know Charles Barkley," he said. "No problem. He does this 10 times a year in the N.B.A." For his part, Cunha deserves a medal for perseverance. In 1975 he started the Angolan basketball program. From scratch. In the 17 years since, he and his team have endured a war that virtually destroyed their nation. On the court they have put up with ridicule. For all who would listen in Badalona, Cunha had one message. "We can play. We can play," he repeated. No one thought...
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