***2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Thread****

[minimus]

Id consider a damn GLeague big if I hAd to. We have no answer at all for guys like Gobert or Gasol. Scola would probably kill us too. Hell, I'd take Jahill Okafor.Even Emeka Okafor lol!

I get why KAT chose to play for the Dominican team 7 years ago, but man it'd be nice to have him in the Team USA system right now.

Yes, would be great for KAT to play with other guys and under Pop command.

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

Classification Game / 5-8:
Serbia vs. USA 94-89

Serbia: Bogdan Bogdanovic 28 points (6 ast), Vladimir Lucic 15, Vasilje Micic 10, Nikola Jokic 9 (7 ast), Stefan Jovic 9.
USA: Harrison Barnes 22 (5 reb, 4 ast), Kemba Walker 18 (8 ast), Khris Middleton 16 (6 reb), Myles Turner 10 (5 reb).

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

Classification Game / 5-8:
Czech Republic vs. Poland 94-84

Czech Republic: Vojtech Hruban 24 points (12 reb), Tomas Satoransky 22 (12 ast), Jaromir Bohacik 21.
Poland: Adam Waczynski 22, A. J. Slaughter 12 (10 ast), Damian Kulig 12 (7 reb), Mateusz Ponitka 11.

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

5th place game:
Serbia vs. Czech Republic

7th place game:
USA vs. Poland

[Jedzz]

That's that.

[Calinks]

Team ball, and size really hurt the US. Crazy that we are going to finish like 7th. The good news is that maybe this will make some players want to show up next time around. I bet that there will be a big show of force in the Olympics but don't know if this will carry over to the next world cup.

[packforfreedom]

Ricky to the finals!!!

[minimus]

Ricky to the finals!!!

This guy is a total package: he can score, he can pass, he can defend, he can steal, he can flop.

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

Semifinals:
Spain vs. Australia 95-88 (2 OT)

Spain: Marc Gasol 33 points (6 reb, 4 ast), Ricky Rubio 19 (7 reb, 12 ast), Serggio Llull 17 (6 ast).
Australia: Patty Mills 34, Nic Kay 16 (11 reb), Andrew Bogut 12 (9 reb), Joe Ingles 4 (10 reb, 7 ast).

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

Semifinals:
Argentina vs. France 80-66

Argentina: Luis Scola 28 points (13 reb), Gabriel Deck 13, Facundo Campazzo 12 (7 reb, 6 ast), Luca Vildoza 10.
France: Evan Fournier 16, Frank Ntilikina 16, Nando de Colo 11, Rudy Gobert 3 (11 reb).

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

Finals:
Spain vs. Argentina

3rd place game:
Australia vs. France

[Calinks]

Luis Scola is a MAN

[Basti]

Luis Scola is a MAN

I was surprised to see he was still playing. Then I was shocked to see how much he has been balling for Argentina. And I mean BALLING!!!

They have definitely been the surprise team of this World Cup. They have been a great team over the past two decades but due to age have fallen off a bit in the last 5 years or so. But they seem to have turned the tide a bit.

Still hoping for Spain to win because of Ricky, though.

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

7th place game:
USA vs. Poland 87-74

USA: Donovan Mitchell 16 points (10 ast), Joe Harris 14, Khris Middleton 13 (6 reb, 6 ast), Derrick White 12 (7 ast),
Harrison Barnes 10 (6 reb).
Poland: Mateusz Ponitka 18 (7 reb), Adam Waczynski 17, A. J. Slaughter 15.

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

5th place game:
Serbia vs. Czech Republic 90-81

Serbia: Bogdan Bogdanovic 31 points, Nikola Milutinov 14 (7 reb), Stefan Jovic 12 (7 reb, 6 ast),
Nikola Jokic 7 (14 reb, 7 ast).
Czech Republic: Patrik Auda 16, Martin Peterka 14, Tomas Satoransky 13, Ondrej Balvin 12 (10 reb).

[minimus]

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[Calinks]

I thought Spain was going to struggle but they have been great. Rubio really has become the leader of the team which is cool to see. I remember when he was getting benched at times. He has paid the dues and earned the respect. Marc Gasol has also been wonderful, dominating out there.

Some more NBA guys showed up for the international tams that I thought. Pretty crazy that Jokic is out there balling. Also Bae Elite has been doing his thing.

I heard Gorgui got cut from Senegal? that's crazy if true because last world cup, he was by far and way their best player, just doing everything on the floor. How could he not make the team? Has he fallen off that bad or did he just want to leave or what?

I still believe that if a handful of Canadian players showed up, they could have gotten a top 3 finish. If they had say, Thompson, Clarke, Murray, Wiggins, SGA, they could have done some big damage.

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

Bronze Medal Game:
France vs. Australia 67-59

France: Nando de Colo 19 points, Evan Fournier 16, Nicolas Batum 9 (6 ast), Andrew Albica 9, Rudy Gobert 2.
Australia: Joe Ingles 17, Patty Mills 15, Nic Kay 9, Andrew Bogut 5 (6 reb), Aron Baynes 5, Matthew Dellavedova 4.

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

Gold Medal Game:
Spain vs. Argentina 95-75

Spain: Ricky Rubio 20 points (7 reb, 3 ast), Sergio Llull 15, Marc Gasol 14 (7 reb, 7 ast), Juan Hernangomez 11,
Willy Hernangomez 11, Rudy Fernandez 11 (10 reb).
Argentina: Gabriel Deck 24, Nicolas Laprovittola 17, Facundo Campazzo 11 (8 ast), Luis Scola 8 (1/10 fg, 8 reb).

[Wolf Wiggum 41]

FIBA WORLD CUP 2019
Official Final Rankings

Gold: Spain
Silver: Argentina
Bronze: France
4: Australia
5: Serbia
6: Czech Republic
7: USA
8: Poland
9: Lithuania
10: Italy
11: Greece
12: Russia
13: Brazil
14: Venezuela
15: Puerto Rico
16: Dominican Republic
17: Nigeria
18: Germany
19: New Zealand
20: Tunisia
21: Canada
22: Turkey
23: Iran
24: China
25: Montenegro
26: South Korea
27: Angola
28: Jordan
29: Ivory Coast
30: Senegal
31: Japan
32: Philippines