Official Game Thread: USA vs. Lithuania (in Macau)

Texas Longhorns · Post #1 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:04 pm

Lithuania

AT

United States

in the Cotai Arena in Macau on Friday at 8:00AM ET on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD

Lithuania Roster
Simas Jasaitis
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Robertas Javtokas
Rimantas Kaukėnas
Linas Kleiza
Darjuš Lavrinovič
Kšyštof Lavrinovič
Mindaugas Lukauskis
Jonas Mačiulis
Marijonas Petravičius
Darius Songaila
Ramūnas Šiškauskas

Head Coach: Ramūnas Butautas

USA Roster(name-position-team):
Carmelo Anthony, Forward, Denver Nuggets
Carlos Boozer, Forward, Utah Jazz
Chris Bosh, Forward, Toronto Raptors
Kobe Bryant, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers
Dwight Howard, Center, Orlando Magic
LeBron James, Forward, Cleveland Cavaliers
Jason Kidd, Point Guard, Dallas Mavericks
Chris Paul, Point Guard, New Orleans Hornets
Tayshaun Prince, Forward, Detroit Pistons
Michael Redd, Guard, Milwaukee Bucks
Dwyane Wade, Guard/Forward, Miami Heat
Deron Williams, Guard, Utah Jazz

Head Coach:
Mike Krzyzewski

Thanks to britblazerdude for the thread format.

Blame Rasho · Post #2 » by **Blame Rasho** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:44 pm

Fear the Shark...

DaDragicShow · Post #3 » by **DaDragicShow** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:54 pm

Darius Songaila and Lenies Kleiza willl have a cakewalk, hope usa doesnt take this team lightly or they will be sorry.

ChargerMan · Post #4 » by **ChargerMan** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:55 pm

tomorrow morning huh

kleiza will be shooting, shooting and more shooting

Rasho Brezec · Post #5 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:00 pm

They will have to play better defense than today, otherwise Lithuania will kill them from 3pt line. They are arguably the strongest team when it comes to 3pt shooting.

Don Draper · Post #6 » by **Don Draper** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:24 pm

USA will detroy them of course.

Texas Longhorns · Post #7 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:30 pm

Darius Songaila is going to kill us from the outside. lol...

Post #8 » by **dflash3** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:35 pm

Since some international fan is bound to say it Ill just say it for them and get it over with. There is no way USA will beat Lithuania by more then 10 points.

TrueRain · Post #9 » by **TrueRain** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:38 pm

dflash3 wrote:Since some international fan is bound to say it Ill just say it for them and get it over with. There is no way USA will beat Lithuania by more then 10 points.

And lets go ahead and get this out the way as well. If the USA does happen to beat Lithuania by 10 points, Lithuania still isn't on the level of Greece, Argentina, Spain. :roll:

Oh yeah, lets go ahead and get this out the way too while we're at it: USA needs to defend the perimeter better. They allowed Lithuania to shoot too many three's. They also need to stop gambling on defense so much.

DRJ0183 · Post #10 » by **DRJ0183** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:40 pm

I read where Spain beat Lithuania 91-66. I also heard where Lithuania rolled Argentina by almost 30, does anyone have the score or an article reviewing the game. I can't find one!!!!

Texas Longhorns · Post #11 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:43 pm

lol....

Lithuania sucks... They will prob lose by at least 20-30 pts if not more. The US is on another level by themselves even when they don't play great defense like they usually do, they still win by 30 pts. This weak "competition" is nothing. The only "competition" the US will be getting is in the Gold Medal game, and that's if Greece or Spain is playing them. I don't think the Olympic games before the quarter finals against Spain and Greece will be all that hard for the US.

HTown34s · Post #12 » by **HTown34s** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:46 pm

arizonaplaya85 wrote:Darius Songaila and Lenies Kleiza willl have a cakewalk, hope usa doesnt take this team lightly or they will be sorry.

By cakewalk, do you mean have their asses handed to them?

Lakers_4_Life · Post #13 » by **Lakers_4_Life** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:51 pm

Just so everyone here understands, in this team Kleiza and Songaila are pretty much role players.

britblazerdude · Post #14 » by **britblazerdude** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:01 pm

Lithuania

vs.

United States

in the Cotai Arena in Macau on Friday at 8:00AM ET on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD

Lithuanian Roster (name-position-team):
Rimantas Kaukėnas, Point Guard, Montepaschi Siena (Italy)
Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Point Guard, Panathanaikos (Greece)
Mindaugas Lukauskis, Shooting Guard, BC Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Shooting Guard, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Simas Jasaitis, Small Forward, Joventut Badalona (Spain)
Jonas Mačiulis, Small Forward, BC Žalgiris (Lithuania)
Linas Kleiza, Forward, Denver Nuggets
Darius Songalia, Power Forward, Washington Wizards
Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Power Forward, Montepaschi Siena (Italy)
Darjuš Lavrinovič, Center, UNICS Kazan (Lithuania)
Marijonas Petravičius, Center, BC Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
Robertas Javtokas, Center, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)

Head Coach:
Ramūnas Butautas

USA Roster(name-position-team):
Carmelo Anthony, Forward, Denver Nuggets
Carlos Boozer, Forward, Utah Jazz
Chris Bosh, Forward, Toronto Raptors
Kobe Bryant, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers
Dwight Howard, Center, Orlando Magic
LeBron James, Forward, Cleveland Cavaliers
Jason Kidd, Point Guard, Dallas Mavericks
Chris Paul, Point Guard, New Orleans Hornets
Tayshaun Prince, Forward, Detroit Pistons
Michael Redd, Guard, Milwaukee Bucks
Dwyane Wade, Guard/Forward, Miami Heat
Deron Williams, Guard, Utah Jazz

Head Coach:
Mike Krzyzewski

Predicitons???

andrewww · Post #15 » by **andrewww** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:17 pm

first real test for team usa imo. siskauskas is arguably the best two way wing player in europe, and can this team shoot. we'll see how the US reacts to a zone defense better as well, since turkey/canada played mostly man-to-man. i wonder if the states will get as many transition baskets in this game, which i doubt they will. it'll be a half court contest which should prove very interesting.

dreamcloud · Post #16 » by **dreamcloud** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:18 pm

Someone already made a game thread for this

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=829982

britblazerdude · Post #17 » by **britblazerdude** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:22 pm

Uh, he copy and pasted my other threads and then didn't even add in their positions and teams. Pretty sure that's half-assed cheating.

andrewww · Post #18 » by **andrewww** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:25 pm

Lakers_4_Life wrote:Just so everyone here understands, in this team Kleiza and Songaila are pretty much role players.

yup. siskauskas is the european version of kobe, if you will. the team's best perimeter scorer and defender. with the lavrinovic brothers and saras running point, the US should get their first real test. but lithuania isnt exactly one of the favorites to grab a medal either way, theyre darkhorses this time around. the US, spain, and greece are the favorites.

britblazerdude · Post #19 » by **britblazerdude** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:30 pm

If your going to copy and paste someone else's thread. At least put in the effort to put in positions and teams...and give me credit for the set up.

britblazerdude · Post #20 » by **britblazerdude** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:36 pm

Ok this is so stupid. Why don't we just use MY thread. You know...the good one with more info and colors and NBA related players in bold to help people that don't know much about lithuanian basketball. Instead of the guy that copy and pasted MY other threads. Just seems logical to me.