OT : Eurobasket 2025

UcanUwill · Post #921 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 11:34 am

Pelle Larsson starting second half super strong.

UcanUwill · Post #922 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 12:05 pm

Will feel bad for Vooch if Montenegro lose.

UcanUwill · Post #923 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 12:32 pm

Montenegro won.

So far, 3 most impressive teams to me are Germany, Greece and Turkey.

UcanUwill · Post #924 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:00 pm

I know it is GB, but this German team is insane. Feels like they will be world and European champions in 10 days.

jayu70 · Post #925 » by **jayu70** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:03 pm

I'm enjoying reading about the different cultures and history lessons. Thanks.
When does the group of 16 end?
Who are the remaining teams with the best chance to get in? Serbia, Turkey, Finland, Germany, Greece, Poland are in.

UcanUwill · Post #926 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:09 pm

jayu70 wrote:I'm enjoying reading about the different cultures and history lessons. Thanks.
When does the group of 16 end?
Who are the remaining teams with the best chance to get in? Serbia, Turkey, Finland, Germany, Greece, Poland are in.

16 team knowout stage starts on Saturday, 6th. I think thats what you mean, but if you want to know when it ends, final will be played on Sunday, 14 th. so two weeks from now.

Latvia will play Portugal and Czechs, so we assume Latvia will for sure be in. Lithuania will get it, todays game between FInland will probably decide second place in their group. Spain and Italy should be in for sure, Israel and France are close to clinching. Slovenia should get in, but it is not guarantee yet.

Post #927 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:13 pm

Mercy rule please...

jayu70 · Post #928 » by **jayu70** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:15 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
jayu70 wrote:I'm enjoying reading about the different cultures and history lessons. Thanks.
When does the group of 16 end?
Who are the remaining teams with the best chance to get in? Serbia, Turkey, Finland, Germany, Greece, Poland are in.

16 team knowout stage starts on Saturday, 6th. I think thats what you mean, but if you want to know when it ends, final will be played on Sunday, 14 th. so two weeks from now.

Latvia will play Portugal and Czechs, so we assume Latvia will for sure be in. Lithuania will get it, todays game between FInland will probably decide second place in their group. Spain and Italy should be in for sure, Israel and France are close to clinching. Slovenia should get in, but it is not guarantee yet.

Oops sorry. I meant how many more games before the 16. Today and tomorrow?
Thanks for the other info.

djw · Post #929 » by **djw** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:22 pm

jayu70 wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
jayu70 wrote:I'm enjoying reading about the different cultures and history lessons. Thanks.
When does the group of 16 end?
Who are the remaining teams with the best chance to get in? Serbia, Turkey, Finland, Germany, Greece, Poland are in.

16 team knowout stage starts on Saturday, 6th. I think thats what you mean, but if you want to know when it ends, final will be played on Sunday, 14 th. so two weeks from now.

Latvia will play Portugal and Czechs, so we assume Latvia will for sure be in. Lithuania will get it, todays game between FInland will probably decide second place in their group. Spain and Italy should be in for sure, Israel and France are close to clinching. Slovenia should get in, but it is not guarantee yet.

Oops sorry. I meant how many more games before the 16. Today and tomorrow?
Thanks for the other info.

Thursday. Today and tomorrow is game day 4. Wednesday and Thursday is game day 5.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025

jayu70 · Post #930 » by **jayu70** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:26 pm

djw wrote:
jayu70 wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
16 team knowout stage starts on Saturday, 6th. I think thats what you mean, but if you want to know when it ends, final will be played on Sunday, 14 th. so two weeks from now.

Latvia will play Portugal and Czechs, so we assume Latvia will for sure be in. Lithuania will get it, todays game between FInland will probably decide second place in their group. Spain and Italy should be in for sure, Israel and France are close to clinching. Slovenia should get in, but it is not guarantee yet.

Oops sorry. I meant how many more games before the 16. Today and tomorrow?
Thanks for the other info.

Thursday. Today and tomorrow is game day 4. Wednesday and Thursday is game day 5.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025

Thank you.

Post #931 » by **magee** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:28 pm

Can we get Lauri to Memphis so he can play under Iisalo full-time? I'm sure Ja Morant would love Utah!! Haha.

-Luke- · Post #932 » by **-Luke-** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:34 pm

Wasn't able to watch until now. Am I reading the score right? GB has 33 points with a bit over 5 minutes to go in the third quarter?

djw · Post #933 » by **djw** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:36 pm

-Luke- wrote:Wasn't able to watch until now. Am I reading the score right? GB has 33 points with a bit over 5 minutes to go in the third quarter?

Yeah, and it was 23-19 at one point and then it was over.

Post #934 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:52 pm

50...
more than doubling them up midway through the 4th...

Post #935 » by **Nuntius** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:54 pm

sunsbg wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:Yeah, previous record holder was a Brit, Eddie Hall, US are pretty good, I never trained this atuff when I was young and learned it only when I moved to the US, it has strong cultre and following.
Eastern European are hella strong also, Soviet guys were legends in this field.

Yeah, I do think it is coincidence that our two main sports are Basketball and strongmen competition, we do not have african hops and speed, but there are big boys here. Thats why it is frustrating how bad we are at football, because if you go for a walk, every other other young guy is built like Virgil van Dijk or smth, but nothing comes of it. Football is almost non existent sport here, which is crazy to say for European nation. Well, non existent it is not true, Baseball or Cricket is non existent, I do not think it ever made sports news even, Football is talked all the time, but what I mean, beside FIFA tournaments, free chanels do not even broadcast it I believe. I can watch a lot of Football, but it is behind paid platform on the internet...

Eddie Hall is famous, because he is also a Youtuber I believer, or a content creator of some kind.

I know strongmen competitions are popular in some countries including Poland, yet I'm not sure there are popular heavy weight lifters(Olympic champions) from these countries. In Bulgaria we had pretty good heavyweight lifters, Nasar atm, yet strongmen competitions were never popular. A bit weird both directions.

It's the same in Greece. A lot of gold medals in heavy lifting but strongmen competitions are a virtual unknown.

Mirotic12 · Post #936 » by **Mirotic12** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 2:58 pm

LuDux1 wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:Ilgauskas was arguably our best player in 00s, but he was not famous because he never played for Lithuania

He played in 1995 Eurobasket Semi-Final Round

Yeah, he did. But just that one tournament.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/116150-zydrunas-ilgauskas

Those other stats are from FIBA European Cup Winners Cup.

lambchop · Post #937 » by **lambchop** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 3:05 pm

UcanUwill wrote:I know it is GB, but this German team is insane. Feels like they will be world and European champions in 10 days.

Similarly to 2023 against Latvia, all it takes is one bad shooting night to put them on the brink of elimination. Team has looked great so far. This might actually be some kind of points record.

Post #938 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 3:10 pm

This is embarrassing to FIBA, 1/3 of the teams shouldn't be in Eurobasket.

God Squad · Post #939 » by **God Squad** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 3:14 pm

Mavrelous wrote:This is embarrassing to FIBA, 1/3 of the teams shouldn't be in Eurobasket.

IMO, that's what I love about single elimination games. I love the unpredictability of it all.

Jellybeans · Post #940 » by **Jellybeans** » Mon Sep 1, 2025 3:20 pm

Fcking sweet.
Before tournament lost best SF.
Last game lost best back up 5/4
Now we prob lost best pg Žagars by look of his face...

European champion will be?