Official FIBA World Championship Thread (and long preview)

AdamTheGreek · Post #1001 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:29 pm

That's about it for Germany. Argentina was not going to let them get a 3-ball off.

richboy · Post #1002 » by **richboy** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:30 pm

Germany chokes away a shot at a big upset.

sefant77 · Post #1003 » by **sefant77** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:30 pm

That Ohlbrecht foul was a joke.

dabig3 · Post #1004 » by **dabig3** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:30 pm

Germany is a textbook example of how NOT to play the last minute and a half of a close game.

AdamTheGreek · Post #1005 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:31 pm

Great effort by Germany but they choked away that upset. Delfino's 27 was enough to avoid an atrocity.

Point forward · Post #1006 » by **Point forward** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:35 pm

GG Germany, superb game save for the last 3 possessions. Very proud of our young, totally green team.

If Argentina plays like that, they have no chance to medal. Soft D and incredible mental lapses, you gotta suck if a weakling like Germany scores 74 on you. Kevin Durant will score 50 if that continues.

Calvin Klein · Post #1007 » by **Calvin Klein** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:35 pm

<----------- YEAH

We sucked for a bit though.

Sabas11 · Post #1008 » by **Sabas11** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:44 pm

Point forward wrote:I don't think that Germany - in the entire history of basketball - has ever had a notable PG. Many, many PFs and SFs, but no guards. That is why teams like Greece always kill us, too many TOs by our backcourt.

If I remember correctly Michael Koch was a very good Euro PG in his heydays. Not world class by any means but a great shooter and a top 10 European PG in his peak

Rinaldi · Post #1009 » by **Rinaldi** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:45 pm

Bucks front office should be smiling with tho of their players dominating the night. Ersan and Delfino were the stars of their teams tonight.

Apollo64 · Post #1010 » by **Apollo64** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:46 pm

Sabas11 wrote:
Point forward wrote:I don't think that Germany - in the entire history of basketball - has ever had a notable PG. Many, many PFs and SFs, but no guards. That is why teams like Greece always kill us, too many TOs by our backcourt.

If I remember correctly Michael Koch was a very good Euro PG in his heydays. Not world class by any means but a great shooter and a top 10 European PG in his peak

Koch was a SG.

Theo Papaloukas · Post #1011 » by **Theo Papaloukas** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:53 pm

Australia d. Jordan 76-75
AUS: Maric (23 and 9 reb), Andersen (22 and 9 reb)
JOR: Abbas (20), Wright (16)

Slovenia d. Tunisia 80-56
SLO: Dragic (16), Vidmar (15), Nachbar (14)
TUN: Slimane (11), Kechrid (9)

Lithuania d. New Zealand 92-79
LTU: Kleiza (27), Jankunas (15), Maciulis (14)
NZL: Penney (37), Vukona (19)

Greece d. China 89-81
GRE: Bourousis (21), Zisis (21), Spanoulis (19)
CHI: Yi (26), Wang (15), Shipeng (13)

Russia d. Puerto Rico 75-66
RUS: Monya (16), Mozgov (13), Kaun (13)
PUR: Barea (25), Ramos (15), Vassallo (13)

Lebanon d. Canada 81-71
LEB: El-Khatib (29), Fahed (17), Freije (12)
CAN: Anthony (17), Brown (13)

Serbia d. Angola 94-44
SRB: Rasic (19), Savanovic (13), Macvan (11)
ANG: Cipriano (10), Morais (8)

USA d. Croatia 106-78
USA: Gordon (16), Durant (14), Billups (12)
CRO: Bogdanovic (17), Popovic (16), Tomic (12)

Argentina d. Germany 78-74
ARG: Delfino (25), Scola (20), Oberto (11)
GER: Greene (20), Pleiss (12)

Brazil d. Iran 76-63
BRA: Giovannoni (17), Barbosa (13), Splitter (13)
IRI: Haddadi (16), Kamrani (13), Sahakian (10)

Turkey d. Ivory Coast 86-47
TUR: Onan (18), Ilyasova (17)
CIV: Kale (10), Edi (9)

France d. Spain 72-66
FRA: Gelabale (16), Batum (14), Albicy (13)
ESP: Navarro (17), Fernandez (13)

Ferulci · Post #1012 » by **Ferulci** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:55 pm

Man, what a game. I havent been screaming like this since 2006 soccer WC. If Batum understands how talented he is, sky is the limit for France 8-)

Theo Papaloukas · Post #1013 » by **Theo Papaloukas** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:16 pm

Ferulci wrote:Man, what a game. I havent been screaming like this since 2006 soccer WC. If Batum understands how talented he is, sky is the limit for France

I was really surprised how good Albicy was, I didn't think he'd play at all.

Think about this squad for the Olympics.
Parker / Beaubois
Pietrus / De Colo
Batum / Pietrus / Gelabale
Diaw / Traore
Noah / Turiaf / Petro

Sedale Threatt · Post #1014 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:45 pm

That team could definitely challenge the U.S.

Vin20 · Post #1015 » by **Vin20** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:02 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:That team could definitely challenge the U.S.

What team?

Benedict_Boozer · Post #1016 » by **Benedict_Boozer** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:29 pm

Props to France for schooling Spain. Still think we will end up seeing Spain in the final, but it was funny to watch some of their players choke under the pressure.

RipCityLives · Post #1017 » by **RipCityLives** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:25 am

I think Spain did it perfect. Now they avoid USA til the finals.... Up 15 and Marc Gasol at the bench???? Mmmm....Interesting...

Sedale Threatt · Post #1018 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:26 am

Just playing their cards right. What else is new?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn481KcjvMo[/youtube]

brassviews · Post #1019 » by **brassviews** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:17 am

Theo Papaloukas wrote:
Ferulci wrote:Man, what a game. I havent been screaming like this since 2006 soccer WC. If Batum understands how talented he is, sky is the limit for France

I was really surprised how good Albicy was, I didn't think he'd play at all.

Think about this squad for the Olympics.
Parker / Beaubois
Pietrus / De Colo
Batum / Pietrus / Gelabale
Diaw / Traore
Noah / Turiaf / Petro

You're forgetting Antoine Diot.

imonaboat · Post #1020 » by **imonaboat** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:27 am

RipCityLives wrote:I think Spain did it perfect. Now they avoid USA til the finals.... Up 15 and Marc Gasol at the bench???? Mmmm....Interesting...

Didn't he foul out?