FIBA World Cup 2023 part 2 SEMIS (USA vs GERMANY : SERBIA vs CANADA) poll added

[durden_tyler]

I would look forward to a US/Canada final as much as a World Cup final for football.

That should shut up the board though, with two American teams in the final, where will our Euro friends go? LOL

[GeorgeSears]

Slovenia is just a 3point bot. We've seen this story play out before: worse team advances because they hit 3s over better team, and then get blown out by 30 points when they play team USA because they come back to reality and can't hit 3s like they could.

I hope Canada wins. It'll be a more competitive matchup in the finals against Team USA.

[durden_tyler]

Slovenia is just a 3point bot. We've seen this story play out before: worse team advances because they hit 3s over better team, and then get blown out by 30 points when they play team USA because they come back to reality and can't hit 3s like they could.

I hope Canada wins. It'll be a more competitive matchup in the finals against Team USA.

Assuming Canada survives Serbia of course, which is not a sure thing. But yeah i think Slovenia will struggle vs the US relative to Canada.

[sunsbg]

Luka constantly hunting Dwight Powell is such a huge middle finger to Mark Cuban

Luka's team still last in rim protection even with Powell on the other team. Commentators said Slovenia averages a block per game, last of final 8 teams.

[nikster]

I think Canada can pull this out. Can Slovenia keep shooting as well as they are from 3? They've taken more shots from 3 then 2, and are hitting it a higher rate from outside lol. 10/17 from 3, 7/16 from inside the line

[kwajo]

Slovenia is just a 3point bot. We've seen this story play out before: worse team advances because they hit 3s over better team, and then get blown out by 30 points when they play team USA because they come back to reality and can't hit 3s like they could.

I hope Canada wins. It'll be a more competitive matchup in the finals against Team USA.

Yeah I hate when that type of thing happens. It's part of the game now that you can get hot from 3 and steal a win, but it often sets up disappointing matchups in tournaments because when shooting cools off some teams just don't have the talent to make it competitive.

[Archx]

Luka constantly hunting Dwight Powell is such a huge middle finger to Mark Cuban

Luka's team still last in rim protection even with Powell on the other team. Commentators said Slovenia averages a block per game, last of final 8 teams.

Heh yeah, we have nothing on center or wing positions really. Cancar and Muric got hurt before the tournament, those 2 could have been used on defense.

[Wargreymon]

Why couldn't Dillon play like this vs Lakers?

[G R E Y]

RJ the **** jinx. Ends the first half with a missed layup and starts the second with another.

Is there a player with a more laboured lift? Guy has lead butt.

[nikster]

SGA coast to coast was so smooth

[Phreak50]

Barrett does some strange things during games lol

[nikster]

RJ the **** jinx. End the first half with a missed layup and starts the second with another.

Is there a player with a more laboured lift? Guy has lead butt.

Yeah it's strange watching him drive in traffic

[G R E Y]

Dillon the villain.

Hits a 3.

Crowd boos.

Blows kisses to crowd lol

[phanman]

FIBA Brooks is awesome man

Udoka is about to change the narrative on this man's career

[___Rand___]

FIBA half time is so short! it's already 4 minutes into 3rd

[cupcakesnake]

Short of having OG Anunoby, I don't think you can do better defensively against Doncic than Brooks and Dort.

[cupcakesnake]

Olynyk is a good driver whenenever he doesn't turn it over on his second dribble lol.

[durden_tyler]

Why couldn't Dillon play like this vs Lakers?

Because you’re actually allowed to play defense in FIBA. Not in the NBA and especially not against LeBron James. LOL

[nikster]

Short of having OG Anunoby, I don't think you can do better defensively against Doncic than Brooks and Dort.

If we had Wiggins available that would be crazy amount of defense from the wings. Hope he's available for Olympics

[homecourtloss]

I can't remember the last time I've seen a 4/26 FG in a game, let alone FIBA.

-20 in a 2 point win, while playing 3/4 of the game(30 mins) is also ridiculous, so is ending the game with a -10 EFF(basically if you have a 0/0/0/0 game stats wise you're still a zero, while getting any stats gets you to the + already.... to get to -10 means you had to be insanely bad).

Edit: Schröder's line for anyone who didn't see it: 4/26 (0/8 from 3) for 9 points, 1 rebound, 2 steals, 4 assists, 4 turnovers, 4 fouls. -20 in his 30 minutes on the floor. And Germany somehow still won.

-20 playing 3/4 of the game and Germany still winning… Dennis had been playing really well all tournament though but that was something else. The SF game should be a good one though as I don’t see Schroeder playing like this again or anywhere near as bad.

I also can’t remember a FIBA game with this type of +/- wildness. In the NBA, we’ve seen some in which a player is a + on court and the team fall apart without him.

2019 ECSF, Sixers vs. Raptors game 4
Sixers +17 with Embiid in 35:14; Sixers -22 in 12:46 without Embiid

2019 ECSF, Sixers vs. Raptors game 7
Sixers +10 with Embiid in 45:12; Sixers -12 in 2:48 without Embiid

2017 Finals, Cavs vs.Warriors game 3
Cavs +7 with LeBron in 45:37; Cavs -12 in 2:23 without LeBron