EuroBasket 2009 Thread

AdamTheGreek · Post #21 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 7:12 pm

Serbs leading early as Pau just came in off the bench. Spain still shaking off that Lithuanian thrashing right before the tourney.

Rasho Brezec · Post #22 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 7:13 pm

AdamTheGreek wrote:Serbia-Spain:
http://www.justin.tv/sportlive85_3
Serbs will have to ride Teodosic for them to have any chance.

Teodosic? He's not even their best player.

AdamTheGreek · Post #23 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 7:19 pm

^^He's one of their best, IMO.

Turkey-Lithuania:
http://www.justin.tv/powerextra2
Having some clock troubles right now.

Apollo64 · Post #24 » by **Apollo64** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 7:53 pm

Spain playing like they are collectively under a very strong sedative and trailing Serbia by 15 points in the half!

This is going to be a very fun and wild Eurobasket, no clear cut favourites any more, anything can happen!

AdamTheGreek · Post #25 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:02 pm

Solid Turkey-Lithuania match as we're at halftime. 39-39
Switching over to the Spain match to see if the Serbs can hold on to what would be a massive upset.

Superhuman · Post #26 » by **Superhuman** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:07 pm

Anyone have the spain-serbia game in HD? I hate the lagging

Rasho Brezec · Post #27 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:19 pm

Flawless performance by Serbs. Imagine that team in a couple of years ...

AdamTheGreek · Post #28 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:21 pm

Garbajosa looks high as ****.
Pau is 0-5 from the free throw line.
End of the 3rd quarter, Serbia up 56-37.
One quarter away from a MASSIVE upset. Calderon isn't playing and Rudy is out this game with a quad injury, but Spain should've still manhandled this Serb team who only has Krstic and Teodosic it seems like.

jolbe_ · Post #29 » by **jolbe_** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:26 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote:Flawless performance by Serbs. Imagine that team in a couple of years ...

I am a little afraid of tommorow:)

AdamTheGreek · Post #30 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:32 pm

Spain's coming back. Down 9 with 4:30 left.

AdamTheGreek · Post #31 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:48 pm

UPSET! Serbs take down the tourney favorites Spain 66-57.
This EuroBasket just got a whole lot more interesting.
Pau goes 0 for 6 from the free throw line.

AdamTheGreek · Post #32 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 8:58 pm

Close game the whole way, but Turkey seems to have finally pulled away from Lithuania in the late moments.

AdamTheGreek · Post #33 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:07 pm

Turkey holds on in probably the best match of Day 1 as far as both teams playing entertaining, physical ball. 84-76

Batu7 · Post #34 » by **Batu7** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:13 pm

Yes, nice win by Turkey. Hedo and Ersan played great, while Oğuz and Ender had a nice game. Awful performance by Semih though.

I Feel Devotion · Post #35 » by **I Feel Devotion** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:36 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote: Teodosic? He's not even their best player.

Teodosic is definitely one of, if not the best Serbian player. It's either him or someone like Tepic, Velickovic, maybe possibly Krstic.

Rasho Brezec · Post #36 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:37 pm

Those three are all better than him.

I Feel Devotion · Post #37 » by **I Feel Devotion** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:38 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote:Those three are all better than him.

The only one that might for sure be better right now is Tepic. Regardless, Teodosic is certainly the most talented player Serbia has.

I Feel Devotion · Post #38 » by **I Feel Devotion** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:41 pm

Batu7 wrote:Yes, nice win by Turkey. Hedo and Ersan played great, while Oğuz and Ender had a nice game. Awful performance by Semih though.

Very nice win by Turkey. Turkey, Greece, Serbia were the most impressive teams the first day.

Joana · Post #39 » by **Joana** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 10:19 pm

Serbia will be a terrific team in a few years. Great win for them today, but they're still too young now (Teodosic or Tepic are better than Krstic, Velickovic or Macvan because they're playing in Greece...).

Spain was amazingly bad. Marc, Navarro, Garbajosa (he should retire already), Mumbru and Pau were atrocious. Cabezas and Raul don't bring anything except lowering the PG play to a dramatic degree. Scariolo has only himself to blame. They'll probably win the rest of the games but it was already nice to see them losing one.

Why is Erden playing so many minutes for Turkey? To me he's their worst big man by far.

Lorbek was amazing today, but they'll need Smodis to compete for the medals.

Mumbles · Post #40 » by **Mumbles** » Mon Sep 7, 2009 10:29 pm

EuroBasket 2009 Day One final scores

Greece -86
F.Y.R. of Macedonia -54

Russia -81
Latvia -68

Slovenia -72
Great Britain -59

Poland -90
Bulgaria -78

Croatia -86
Israel -79

France -70
Germany -65

Serbia -66
Spain -57

Turkey -84
Lithuania -76

Enjoyable first day of games.