Gamethread: Australia vs. USA Game 1 Medal Round

[tkb]

Both Kobe and LeBron took some unnecessary shots, but the team won by 31 points after all.

Kobe took a couple long 3s where he could've gotten better shots had he gone for a drive instead (he was hot and hit, but still). Then he took two very tough fade aways where I feel like he should have passed out instead (missed both iirc).

LeBron had a sequence where he took the ball up and fired a pull up 3 before anyone else even touched it (which he hit). Australia comes down and misses, and LeBron does exactly the same again (this time misses a pull up 3 without anyone else touching the ball). On the possession after that he drives up and tries to get into the paint (still, no one has touched the ball on offense except him for 3 straight possessions), and misses.

This is just nit picking though, because the two of them were clearly the two best players in the game and their team blew the other team out. You take the bad with the good, and the upside of those 2 players far exceed any drawbacks they bring.

[CB4MiamiHeat]

i agree that the Australia game, was probably the first game where there was too much 1 on 1 play and not enough ball movement. Deron Williams is another guy that kinda forced it a bit, but like you said..just nitpicking.