Official FIBA World Championship Thread (and long preview)

sdeezy · Post #1041 » by **sdeezy** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:11 pm

Barea is ballin out on Greece right now

Post #1042 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:18 pm

JJ Barea is having his way with the Greeks.

ThreeYearPlan · Post #1043 » by **ThreeYearPlan** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:20 pm

Haddadi raining 3's on Croatia

sdeezy · Post #1044 » by **sdeezy** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:22 pm

suckfish wrote:JJ Barea is having his way with the Greeks.

For all the praise they get, this Greek team hasn't been very impressive in their last 2-3 outings. I expect them to win this game but their lack of athleticism is glaring. Diamantidis is supposedly a lockdown defender but he's getting blasted by screens right now. Barea is getting wherever he wants.

Post #1045 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:30 pm

Yeah, the Greeks haven't started the tournament all that well. That said, I think Puerto Rico are probably better than they get credit for.

Franstyle · Post #1046 » by **Franstyle** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:31 pm

Fascist greeting by Libano??

I´ve read this (there is a pic)
http://www.marca.com/2010/08/28/opinion ... 28762.html
It´s in spanish, but it says that the supporters from Libano did that, maybe it´s a misunderstand, I hope.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #1047 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:44 pm

Germany has been impressive so far.

Post #1048 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:52 pm

What a great game Puerto Rico vs Greece is.

LithuanianOne · Post #1049 » by **LithuanianOne** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:58 pm

Fitz303 wrote:Did anybody see what happened with the rim in the France VS Lebanon game? I just turned it on, and they are switching out the rims because something happened

Nicolas Batum dunked. Hard. Rim got broken.

febah07 · Post #1050 » by **febah07** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:19 pm

wow puerto rico got robbed there....first they dont give the foul then a technical....nice one refs :rolleyes:

Point forward · Post #1051 » by **Point forward** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:21 pm

Wow Germany leading Serbia 56-54 after 3Q.

Even if they totally crash in Q4, nice continuation of their good Argentina game.

joeysicko · Post #1052 » by **joeysicko** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:21 pm

greece has their last 15 points of the game on free throws. pitiful refereeing.

The Skyhook · Post #1053 » by **The Skyhook** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:22 pm

joeysicko wrote:greece has their last 15 points of the game on free throws. pitiful refereeing.

And people say the NBA is the only place where bad reffing takes place.

AdamTheGreek · Post #1054 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:25 pm

Wasn't pretty, but we took down Puerto Rico 83-80 and are 2-0. Calathes playing like a little bitch so far in this tourney.
Refs were piss poor for both teams.

Point forward · Post #1055 » by **Point forward** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:30 pm

Wow, Jan "Dirk superlite" Jagla is just killing Serbia... 65-59

Point forward · Post #1056 » by **Point forward** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:38 pm

1:40 left, GER leads 69-66.

Now to the part where Germany usually sucks, the last minute of the game... :X

Point forward · Post #1057 » by **Point forward** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:43 pm

21s left, still GER 69 - SER 66. SER ball, wow.

Both teams just trading horrible TOs. Germany usually rules in this, but Serbia is fighting "valiantly", too.

Post #1058 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:45 pm

Awesome.

Point forward · Post #1059 » by **Point forward** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:45 pm

OVERTIME!!! SER hits the 3, 69 all.

Still, I am already proud of our young team. Our outside shooting forwards are just KILLING Serbia. We are shooting 3s at a 40% clip, what about that?

Point forward · Post #1060 » by **Point forward** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:48 pm

Man, our guards cannot draw a foul even if you gave them a truckload of crayons.