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mavcarter #NATC
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ripleydc
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Richyyy
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Posted: 08/02/12 7:27 pm ::: |
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I watched all of it (from the stands, while still swallowing the bile from the previous game). Nigeria didn't play a lick of defense all night long, but it was still absolutely unreal. Just one of the most ridiculous shoooting displays you'll ever see. |
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Michelle89
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Youth Coach
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Posted: 08/03/12 6:06 am ::: |
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And of course there is bitching that the US ran the score up.
Coach K was pretty pissed during the press conference.
My response to those who thought the score was run up: Tell Nigeria to try playing defense. |
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Nerd2
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Posted: 08/03/12 6:26 am ::: |
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Youth Coach wrote: |
And of course there is bitching that the US ran the score up.
Coach K was pretty pissed during the press conference.
My response to those who thought the score was run up: Tell Nigeria to try playing defense. |
They shot 80% and hit 29 treys with 41 assists! You don't often see that even playing 5 on 0!
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24408 Location: London
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Posted: 08/03/12 6:44 am ::: |
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Nerd2 wrote: |
Youth Coach wrote: |
And of course there is bitching that the US ran the score up.
Coach K was pretty pissed during the press conference.
My response to those who thought the score was run up: Tell Nigeria to try playing defense. |
They shot 80% and hit 29 treys with 41 assists! You don't often see that even playing 5 on 0! |
They only shot 71% - trust me, I was staring at the scoreboard in disbelief throughout.
The US really didn't run up the score - they just couldn't miss. Unless you're going to dribble down and just let the shot clock run out on every possession, what are you supposed to do? You've got to shoot at some point. They slowed down the pace in the fourth quarter on a lot of possessions, but carried right on scoring. Criticising them for that game is asinine. |
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BCBG25
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 20112 Location: Sampa
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pilight
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Posted: 08/03/12 7:42 am ::: |
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We have up 73 points to Nigeria? Our defense must really suck.
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Michelle89
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Posted: 08/04/12 9:13 am ::: |
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USA (team of individuals) vs Lithuania (real teamplay)
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BCBG25
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Posted: 08/04/12 9:29 am ::: |
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Michelle89 wrote: |
USA (team of individuals) vs Lithuania (real teamplay) |
(Very) Talented individuals will still win out. Good first half by Lithuania and Kleiza.
Spain was upset by Russia earlier.
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p_d_swanson
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Posted: 08/04/12 9:36 am ::: |
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Spain was upset by Russia earlier. |
After going ahead 20-2, at that. Ponkrashov and Fridzon were hitting everything. Even Tina Fey was useful...
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BCBG25
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 20112 Location: Sampa
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Posted: 08/04/12 10:11 am ::: |
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Lithuania just won't go away. Team USA D has let them down this game.
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Luuuc #NATC
Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 21971
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Posted: 08/04/12 10:17 am ::: |
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They finally went away. Great effort though.
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Realcomplicated
Joined: 11 Jun 2009 Posts: 4281 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: 08/04/12 10:26 am ::: |
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This game will definately humble our guys (at least I hope) and give them a wake up call...I'm glad that Lithuania played them closely and I tip my hat to them...
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toad455
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Posted: 08/04/12 10:42 am ::: |
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great game by Lithuania. glad someone was able to challenge the USA in these games.
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BCBG25
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Posted: 08/04/12 11:55 am ::: |
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Very pleased with our performance against China so far.
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jaye
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Posted: 08/04/12 12:05 pm ::: |
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i know it's redundant... but this team really suffers from a lack of size.... and they don't seem to have a gameplan other than "talent wins out".... it's worked very well so far... but i have worries if they're pushed to the limit.. and taken to the ugly place....
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BCBG25
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Posted: 08/04/12 12:29 pm ::: |
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The game against Spain should be a tank fest to avoid a possible semifinal date with Team USA.
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myrtle
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Posted: 08/04/12 2:00 pm ::: |
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jaye wrote: |
i know it's redundant... but this team really suffers from a lack of size.... and they don't seem to have a gameplan other than "talent wins out".... it's worked very well so far... but i have worries if they're pushed to the limit.. and taken to the ugly place.... |
It's almost like "we have LeBron and you don't"....and admittedly that is a pretty big weapon when you stack up what's behind/beside him. Still a great game plan by Lithuania!
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sbjules
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Posted: 08/04/12 3:37 pm ::: |
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BCBG25 wrote: |
Lithuania just won't go away. Team USA D has let them down this game. |
This was an exciting game. Lithuania is a good team.
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Genero36
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Posted: 08/04/12 4:20 pm ::: |
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That was an entertaining game. I got caught up in rooting for Lithuania. Their ball movement is very good, but James and Paul made key plays to secure the win.
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Youth Coach
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Posted: 08/04/12 5:01 pm ::: |
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Genero36 wrote: |
That was an entertaining game. I got caught up in rooting for Lithuania. Their ball movement is very good, but James and Paul made key plays to secure the win. |
It was a very good game and Lithuania is very good. But root for them? No, that wouldn't happen for me. |
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BCBG25
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Posted: 08/05/12 7:48 pm ::: |
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I'm changing the thread title so we can talk about all men's basketball games here.
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Luuuc #NATC
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