Game Thread: FIBA 2010 Round of 16 - Team USA vs Angola
by IQofaWarrior on Sep 5, 2010 8:00 PM PDT
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You're about to face the pressures of playoff basketball. Live it up and get tough, kid.
We now enter the Knockout Round. Team USA must win 4 games in a row in order to win the FIBA gold in a 1-and-done format. That means no more complaining to the refs, no more showcase passes, no more high risk NBA Jam style dunks, no more sloppy plays. Chauncey Billups compared the last two games to an NBA team "taking it easy" on the final regular season games before the playoffs. For the sake of Team USA pride, I hope he's right.
One positive about the FIBA tournament structure is that if you're really hungry for basketball action, once Team USA passes the "Round of 16", they are guaranteed to play 3 more games. That's because in FIBA, they play a "loser bracket" to determine the rankings for #3-#8, though I'm not sure why. Perhaps that's because FIBA awards a total of 8 medals at the end of the tournament: gold, silver, bronze, steel, plastic, wood, paper, and twinkie. The twinkie medal is awesome because it lets the 8th place players snack on something while they watch 7 better teams receive their medals. OK, perhaps not. My guess is that the top 8 rankings affect eligibility to future tournaments, so that's why there are loser brackets.
Onward to the Round of 16 and Angola, an opponent that I think Team USA should beat. Familiar names on Angola: none.
Update: Our next opponent is Russia. Added broadcast times.
Knockout round lineup:| Day | Date | Opponent | Live PDT | Live Chan | Replay PDT | Replay Chan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Sep 06 | Angola | 8:00am | ESPN2, espn3.com | 8:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Thu | Sep 09 | Russia | 8:00am | ESPN, espn3.com | 10:30pm | ESPN2 |
| Fri/Sat | Sep 10/11 | ??? | ??? | ???, espn3.com | ??? | ??? |
| Sat/Sun | Sep 11/12 | ??? | ??? | ???, espn3.com | ??? | ??? |
Mmmmm... twinkie medal... yummmmmm...
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game at 8:00am PDT
Oh boy….there goes my sleep lol
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Hopefully
Curry has a big game during these next 4 possible games. Steph getting a gold medal would be so great!
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Maybe he can pull a Kobe from 08.
Win a gold and then an NBA title right after.
One can dream right?
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by WarriorForLife on Sep 5, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
this blog is full of dreamers... LOL
I myself dream that one day the warriors win the title..
Hopefully Curry has his shot back.
On Saturday, Team USA had their first team practice since the Worlds started. I’m hoping that their practice helped them pick up their offense and bit and that it helped Curry get his shot warmed up.
Another night of no sleep for me, so I’ll probably be up by the time the game comes on.
by Precise Films Productions on Sep 6, 2010 5:34 AM PDT reply actions
I wish this game started at 6am instead of 8am.
Then I’d already be halfway done with this. Sigh, waiting sucks.
Were the team benches always closest to the cameras in this tournament?
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Angola notes:
No size, leading scorer isn’t playing
Early on in the game
Angola’s lack of size meant USA got a couple extra offensive rebounds
Also early on in the game
USA playing aggressive gambling defense out along the perimeter.
Hmm, USA shots going down, guess we wont see much of Curry and Gordon until garbage time
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Nah
They’ll show up in the 2nd qtr. The lead should be up 25+ by then
Looks like this game might be garbage time 5 minutes into it already lol
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice passing on that fast break
Love with the finish
Geez
Making these guys look like the 2008 Olympic team
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Oh hey! Curry!
And of course he travels LOL
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One thing Curry shouldn't have to worry about
running into hard screens. No big men here
Are you on espn3.com?
Announcers are still talking on ESPN2
I don't have TV
Stuck with ESPN3 :(
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
You know, I spent some time considering what I'd write
if Angola somehow beat USA. I started looking up facepalm and fail images just for that possibility. Thank god I don’t have to write that story tomorrow.
Maybe Coach K will want to rest the starters so Curry gets lots of time?
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My guess is he'll balance it out
go back to the starters in the 3rd, bench in the 4th
Wooo, hope Curry plays D like this for us :D
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Too bad Love couldn't connect the Curry assist
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curry gets credit for an "assist attempt"
at least in my scoring system :D
Curry coming out
2 dimes 1 steal, not too bad
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Nope
nothing to complain about that i could see
Wait...is this box score correct?
Coulda sword Curry traveled when he first came in, but doesn’t say he was a TO
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
was = has
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, the box score is messed up
If you look at the totals, the sum of the player stats dont add up
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Was also gonna say
I thought Curry had 2 steals as well
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Hahahahaha
None of the players show a TO, but USA has 4 TOs
never mind
yesterday’s box scores show TOs per person
Now, time to watch for that lull
I remember we had that 2nd qtr lull in Game 2
Wasn't it Angola in 2008...
Where the coach said the goal was to not lose by 40 points or more?
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You know what I haven't seen in any of these games?
You trick a defender into jumping at you, you make your shooting motion into the defender, you draw the foul and FTs. Perhaps FIBA doesn’t call fouls in those situations?
I dunno, but yeah, I dont recall anything like that either
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, i wouldn't mind that ruling
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Billups with an Anthony Morrow impression today
hitting 3s all over the place
I guess the Angola player has to enjoy this game any way he can
That was a loud scream on that dunk and hang on the rim
stupid stream
it had to freeze up while iggy dunked that… great ball movement on that play though
Well, Curry isn't in yet, but Rose is still on the floor
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
i'm just laughing at Curry hanging out in the paint
what’s he going to do when someone drives in? Block it?
Well, Curry boxing out Gomes there :D
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I figured lol
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Box score has Team USA at 7 TOs
But the only TO I can recall is the Curry travel?
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Oh yeah, Odom pass to the fans
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
TO Curry, d'oh
Westbrook isn’t that tall Curry lol
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That's interesting
The announcer talks about a “chain” when it comes to defense, the defender gets help, someone has to help the helper. I remember Keith Smart talking something about a chain like that before
i guess that's the terminology
It just struck me because using the word “chain” to describe it
Love
nice behind the back pass to the ref.. lol
Curry stuck in no mans land
Had two guys in the perimeter, didn’t know who to guard lol
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I see Curry trying to "box out" his man by pushing against him
like he was pushing a wall. It looked so funny
I wanna see them get Curry come looks for 3 bah
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lmao
I did the same
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
um, speaking of passing to the fans
there’s another pass to the fans by USA
Curry just can't get the opportunity to shoot lol
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No idea
I think the box score is fubar, the box score is like we have Monta at point lol
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
it's worse than that
we have MORE TOs than Angola
Bah Curry, 3 TOs
hope he cuts down on those
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Oh really?
FIBA allows you to throw it over the backboard from an inbounds play. I can just imagine an out of bounds alley oop thrown over the backboard
Jeez, we are going to get 120 points in 40 minutes....lol
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Yeah, been more looking at Curry
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, Curry still doesn't really have his shot yet, but he opportunities to shoot seem so sparse
Hope he curtails the TOs more…
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I will give credit to USA for having the mentality to move the ball
but at the same time, Angola didn’t make it hard for USA to pass the ball around. We’ll see against a tougher opponent.
Our turnovers have been corrected
4 turnovers
3 on Curry, 1 on Odom
the 1 on Odom was the bad pass to the corner
1 of those on Curry was called wrong, because the Angola player DID touch the ball
as the ball went to the backcourt
Hmmm, there was definitely one pass to Curry (from Westbrook?) that sailed over his head
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by Badly Browned on Sep 6, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
and the travel that you saw that i didn't
that accounts for all 4 turnovers
I still can't stop laughing about that one possession
where Curry hung out in the paint like a center.
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