Game Thread: FIBA 2010 Preliminary Round - Game 3 - Team USA vs Brazil
by IQofaWarrior on Aug 29, 2010 7:10 PM PDT
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B Team? More like the A- team.
The speed and athleticism of Team USA was just amazing to watch earlier this morning. Their quickness closed down on open Slovenia players, cutting off would-be open shots before Slovenia could shoot them. Their athleticism collapsed all over the Slovenia players, which included some nice at-the-rim defense. Their quickness AND athleticism combined for some unstoppable fast break attacks from steals and in transition. I expect other teams to start employing the hack-a-fast-break just to slow down USA.
There are a couple of areas of concern. First, complaining to the refs. USA is spending too much time complaining and arguing with the refs. Second, that ugly 2nd qtr lull. USA lost their focus, got sloppy and careless, and gave up a bunch of turnovers. When the Knockout Round comes in the one-and-done format, there'll be no time for arguing or sloppiness.
Anyway, on to the next game. The word is that these 1st 3 games are the top opponents of Group B, and so far, USA has dismantled 2 of them. Brazil is next on their list. After that, a well earned relaxing day off. Unless we lose to Brazil. Then a well deserved video-tape watching day off.
Familiar names on Brazil: Leandro Barbosa, Anderson Varejao, Tiago Splitter
Preliminary round lineup:
| Day | Date | Opponent | Live PDT | Live Chan | Replay PDT | Replay Chan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Aug 30 | Brazil | 11:30am | ESPN, espn3.com | 8:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Wed | Sep 01 | Iran | 9:00am | ESPN, espn3.com | 8:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Thu | Sep 02 | Tunisia | 6:30am | ESPN2, espn3.com | 9:30pm | ESPN2 |
11:30am - I get to sleep in for this one!
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Rudy: "Make your damn shots, Steph!"
by Precise Films Productions on Aug 30, 2010 1:14 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Steph: but I been working out too much Rudy...my shot's a little off
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm brasilian and...
…we’ll crush USA 139 × 81 easily with a 40pts-20rebs-15ast—12stls-10blks performance by Leandrinho (Leandro Barbosa).
LOL :-)
Just kidding…. too bad Nenê won’t play for us. And too bad Marcelo Machado WILL play for us, he’s a John Stark’s type of player, ofter going 2-12 on 3pts and very occasionally goign 10-12 on threes…
Alex Garcia is a good player to watch, very very very athletic (played in NBA for the Hornets for 2/3 seasons until tearing his ACL). Marcus Vinicius also played for the Hornets sparingly ~2years ago….
But overall the brasilian team is not good. It’s above average on defense but terrible on offense – does anyone watched the games against Iran and Tunisia? Ouch, terrible terrible offensive setups and plays…
I don’t think we’re able to beat Croatia or Slovenia either.
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=Gaucho=
Good luck!
I haven’t watched any of Brazil’s games yet. Barbosa’s speed will get put to the test since Team USA is one of the most athletic teams in the tournament right now.
by Precise Films Productions on Aug 30, 2010 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could watch this game, but I have class soon.
"You're all like big fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 30, 2010 11:40 AM PDT reply actions
almost overslept for this game
looks evenly matched halfway through the 1st
Kevin Love has 21 rebounds in 27 minutes?
Damn.
"You're all like big fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 30, 2010 11:46 AM PDT reply actions
my goodness!
barbosa with an off balance 3. Brazil up 4
more nice tic tac toe by brazil
brazil up 6
I am disappointed so far.
"You're all like big fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 30, 2010 11:50 AM PDT reply actions
Take Westbrook out!
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
Durant's D
is bad..
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
crap!
Just when I thought the Spurs days are done – Tiago Splitter play makes me think they might still be a good team for while. One more team dubs trying to catch up with.
Splitter
Yeah, I watched him play before…the guy is a BEAST
he may be the Duncan to….Duncan?…Robinson?
Just remembering when Duncan came in and got to play next to Robinson for his last year
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
this fast pace will suit Curry's game
if he gets any minutes. this one is perfect for him to shine
link? I can’t watch espn3 on my network. It’s not “affiliated”
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Brazil 33, US 30 2nd 6:06
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
USA's offense isn't "dynamic" enough
Not that many plays, lots of one on ones
Yeah,
Kinda like street ball… Gonna be hard for the US to play against these teams who have played together and have set plays.
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
argh
AGAIN, nice USA steal, dumb pass to give the ball back
BRA 40 USA 38 2nd 2:45
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hahahaha
Gay might have gotten away with a foul on that block at the rim
nice Brazil 2 man game around the baseline
i can’t believe i’m praising brazil so much
Sit on the bench Westbrook
Scrubbin’ it
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
wow
brazil with a behind the back pass to a streaking big for the throwdown
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
You’d have to, I think. Healthier, better rebounder for his position, more versatile…
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BRA 46 USA 43 HALF
USA has NO team cohesion!
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Durant looking not in full control of that final fast break
i can’t believe we’re only down 3. I feel like we should be down way more
Come on, ESPN
you keep having “technical difficulties” with the clock every game
Just got here
Tough game it looks like, and ugly TO there
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Ugly possession....ugly ugly possession....
The San Fransisco 49ers, where we got Dix, VD and Crabs!
Brazil playing zone?
Why no zone busting from Curry and Gordon?
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oh man
splitter bailed out by the whistle.
Durant reached in I think
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
BRA 53 USA 33 3rd 3:30
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
BRA 55 USA 57
whoops
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Guess they dont trust Curry's defense
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no, Lamar's back in
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BRA 55 USA 61 3rd 1:01
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Thanks, man for the updates. No stream for me :P. Can’t get atdhe to work nor espn3.
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yeah for sure..
I used to have the same problem, so I always liked getting the score updates too!
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
ouch
barbosa rescuing that possession for Brazil. Brazil execution and finding the open man continues to impress
Wow.....
So the refs right next to the play doesn’t call it, but the ref all the way in the back does?!?!?!?!
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It was almost funny
He comes running from off screen to blow the whistle and call the foul
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you guys ever seen old school basketball footage
Where they have a camera focused on the shot clock and game clock, and then they splice in the 2nd camera view in the bottom corner? Why can’t ESPN do that since they can’t fix their clock display problems?
That's soooooooo last decade
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
considering ESPN can't fix their clock problems, that would be a good backup plan
by IQofaWarrior on Aug 30, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I know lol
Just being sarcastic
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Beginning of 4th BRA 59 USA 61
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
one thing i have noticed about these games
more intense to watch because of fewer commercials
anyone else have an issue with Varejo?
Maybe the hair? Just don’t like him..
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
yeah, that must be it!
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
Rule difference: You can only call a timeout on a dead ball
you can’t rebound and call a timeout
Thats pretty cool
This style of play is more like college than NBA, it seems like.
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
He's chucking!
Like the commentators are saying, too much one pass then quick shot possessions.
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
BRA 62 USA 62 4th 7:50
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These last few drives have been like the Warriors in midseason form
Lots of chucking lol
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lol omg..odom is pathetic
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why is odom
wearing a headband? haha
I thought that was Dampier for a second.
This is Kristin Kreuk, now zip it. - GTTM
Hmm
They have to get on their knees, not fancy circular mop thing we have here
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I play coaching on this one
Offense is far too one dimensional – too much one on one ball. Curry needs to play more to offset Brazil’s threes
Yeah, but I can only assume they feel Curry's defense isn't good enough to put him in
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
neither side playing much defense
only real defense has been on bad turnovers and steals – curry can do both!
Been lots of screens to run through though
Curry cant quite run through them well yet
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
They do
you need to pay $5 per game for it, as well as already have an Insider account
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
lamar dribbling out of bounds...oh geese
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Doing his Pietrus impression
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
BRA 64 USA 68 4th 3:15
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would you prefer...
to see Curry play great, learn the game more, improve all around and we come in, say fourth place at the end of the tourney
OR
Curry continue to suck and stay on the bench and we get gold?
What's option 3?
Curry sits on the bench while Team USA plays sloppy sloppy sloppy?
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
we get the gold
the team must come first
by IQofaWarrior on Aug 30, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I only care about the Dubs
I’d take 4th place if Curry emerges as a better player for us
you want to teach Curry that he's more important than the team?
by IQofaWarrior on Aug 30, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
USA team
Sloppy turn overs
iggy looked hurt on the last play
by adoboguy on Aug 30, 2010 1:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
BRA 64 USA 68 4th 1:45
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
I wonder how the offensive dynamic would be with Lee and Amare
Defesivley, at least we’d have more tall ppl I guess lol
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
BRA 66 USA 70 4th :40
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
And he follows it up with a dribble-dribble-3pt shot
/sigh
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by Badly Browned on Aug 30, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow!
Now goal tending?! Horrible sequence of plays by the USA squad. Can’t get any offense in the 4th. smh
by adoboguy on Aug 30, 2010 1:19 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
us up 2 now, bra shooting foul with 4 secs left!
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
brazil missed the first FT!
they can’t tie it!
technically, they COULD
they went for the intentional missed FT, they got the rebound, they kicked it inside, they missed a defended close shot, buzzer, end game
by IQofaWarrior on Aug 30, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
it was barbosa with the final shot near the rim
high off glass, just misses
by IQofaWarrior on Aug 30, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
lmao, thank got we have rebounders...oh wait
Got very lucky there
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US got lucky
Thank you to the Brazilian lady in the off white blouse in the stands they kept putting on tv – you were the best part of the game.
Curry sat on the end of the bench, not even watching end of the game, looked dejected.
she was hot
maybe she was Tiago’s lady – she was getting awful animated when he was playing. Lucky guy for many reasons
Well, hopefully this is a wake up call for Team USA
Billups needs to be smarter, for every tough shot he made, seems like he had an equally dumb shot.
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Damn close game
"The No. 1 thing (fans need to know): we’re going to do our damnedest to bring the Warriors to respectability on the basketball court." - Joe Lacob
well, it was better than what I initially tought
Good to see Marcelo Huertas getting mature and accepting the challenge against the much better, quicker and stronger USA backcourt.
That block by Igodala on Marcus Vinicius on the rim was pathetic, he was afraid to get blocked as soon as he received the ball, going to the basket…. this is his main problem: he get intimated too easily and is a weak finisher, despite an excellent body at 6’8"/235lbs and above average leaping ability. Also, he falls in love too much with the 3pt shot (actually he was 4/5 on threes yesterday), he could be a Tracy McGrady-type of player if he only could improve his confidence…
Also, JP Batista (that fat, lazy 6’9" center) is a total waste of another excellent body + skills. He’s too sleepy, too lazy to get better. Still he gets excellent positions for rebounds, set picks with authority, rolls pretty well to the basket and has very consistent a mid range jumper. But he just gives up too early, like to tip the ball on the off boards (when he could easily pull it down and go for a dunk – 2 times yesterday).
Brasil should have explored more Tiago Splitter inside. Anderson Varejão is a joke, he does not excell in anything but in flops, he can’t have a play set for him beucase he has no moves around de basket, no jumpshot, no offensive game at all. All he does is to fight for the ball, dive for loose ones, takes charge and box out for def rebounds.
Nenê was much more missed than Varejão. We could have used him to toss around Odom + Love. Also, Spittler benefits a lot when Nenê is on the court, their 1-2 game (high/low post) is quite efficient.
All in all it was a good game, USA played waaaaaaayyyyyyy too much one on one, that team needs some serious offensive sets, otherwise they won’t be able to beat the kinds of Spain and Argentina.
Cheers,
=Gaucho=
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