USA vs. Greece

[kingfc22]

Talk about home court advantage. The Greek fans just don't let up.

And it looks like the US will probably get outshot from 3 again this game.

[rkmsuf]

Good news!!! AI will play. We are saved.

[Ksyrup]

If he hadn't broken his thumb, we'd be undefeated.

[rkmsuf]

and if they hadn't of had all those practices, AI would be fresh to play AI's game which AI would prefer and show off AI's skillz.

[Franklinnoble]

Is there a website that has live updates for this game or something, for those of us who have to work for a living?

[Samdari]

updts pls, k thx

[kingfc22]

US up 1 at the end of the 1st Qtr.

[sovereignstar]

updts pls, k thx
How's Brazil doing at anything for that matter as well, thnx you.

[fflix]

Is there a website that has live updates for this game or something, for those of us who have to work for a living?

I'm wondering about this too. is there a specific reason they don't have live scores for this?

[hoosierdude]

http://www.athens2004.com/en/BasketBallLiveResults/results/live#

[rkmsuf]

that could be the worst site I've ever seen

the game is where?

[sovereignstar]

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/results?discId=7

[Samdari]

They still have it 4-3 US. Presumably this is not the end of 1st quarter score kingfc22 gave earlier.

[rkmsuf]

24-19 us

[Franklinnoble]

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/results?discId=7
That'll do... thanks.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Here's a link to a decent live updates. May need to refresh, but it gives you text play-by-play.

http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/V4/L0/S8/E5769/live_Lng0_Spo8_Evt5769.shtml

Regards,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Expat

[rkmsuf]

Says James is on fire

[rkmsuf]

USA-Greece 21:53 A great response from Greece, drilling six points to reduce arrears to 31-25.


Marv Albert's got nothing on this guy.

[hoosierdude]

Yep... Athens is as good as updating their site as NBC or ESPN is :)

[Franklinnoble]

Here's a link to a decent live updates. May need to refresh, but it gives you text play-by-play.

http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/V4/L0/S8/E5769/live_Lng0_Spo8_Evt5769.shtml

Regards,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Expat
Nice....

Streaming audio/video, anyone?

[kingfc22]

A very solid quarter by James got the US out to a 10 pt. lead.

It's now 36-28 US with 1:24 to go in the half.

[Sun Tzu]

And team USA is back to holding on to a 1 point lead.

[JeeberD]

I got stinkin' swimming on NBC. Is it halftime or something?

[rkmsuf]

FOTSIS!!! Drains it from three! Greece just a point behind after two sublime steals!!

USA-Greece 22:20 Papadopoulos!! Greece in front! Unbelievable!

[Sun Tzu]

The game is on USA Jeeb.

[rkmsuf]

that is about right.



USA-Greece 22:23 UGLY! Wade throws up an airball from downtown!

[JeeberD]

The game is on USA Jeeb.

Gracias!

I thought that Olympic coverage was only on NBA and MSNBC...

[MikeVic]

Greece started the half out strong, 48-44 for USA right now.

[fflix]

22:23 UGLY! Wade throws up an airball from downtown!


hahaha

[Ksyrup]

If you read the play-by-play with a British accent, it works quite well.

[kingfc22]

AI drains a 3 to put the US up 9.

Greece calls a TO.

[Samdari]

Has the Eurosport pbp stopped updating for everyone, or just me?

[Franklinnoble]

If you read the play-by-play with a British accent, it works quite well.
Good idea.

In fact, I'm going to start reading FOFC with a British accent, and see how it is.

[henry296]

Gracias!

I thought that Olympic coverage was only on NBA and MSNBC...

And Bravo and CNBC and Telemundo

[rkmsuf]

Good idea.

In fact, I'm going to start reading FOFC with a British accent, and see how it is.

Good show old chap. Let's have some tea and strumpets to celebrate.

[JeeberD]

Bravo?

I'm guessing that they're showing men's gymanstics...

[JeeberD]

Good show old chap. Let's have some tea and strumpets to celebrate.

Strumpets? Erm...

[rkmsuf]

You haven't lived until you've had strumpets. They are made by the Samsonite company.

[JeeberD]

Lead was eleven, but now down to four points for the Americans...

[JeeberD]

You haven't lived until you've had strumpets.

My girlfriend would neuter me if I had a strumpet. I love my huevos too much to risk it...

[JeeberD]

Down to a one point lead...

[Franklinnoble]

My girlfriend would neuter me if I had a strumpet. I love my huevos too much to risk it...
QOTM material.... alas.

[rkmsuf]

Give me a U.....U

Give me an S.....S

Give me an A....A

What's it spell....Consolation round!

[JeeberD]

One and a half to go, six point lead...

[Ksyrup]

75-71, 25 seconds left.

[PsychoCop]

Good game.

Still, horrible shooting coming from the US players... jeez.

[Danny]

Real nice effort from Lamar Odom down the stretch to save the game for the US

[Ksyrup]

Man, this USA team is versatile. They can either show no effort in getting pasted, or they can refuse to put away a team when they have the chance. Impressive.

[Danny]

I thought the team played hard. They still can't shoot, but the effort was better.

[Joe]

I thought the team played hard. They still can't shoot, but the effort was better.

Both teams played hard.

[Danny]

Both teams played hard.

Well, I thought it was obvious Greece played hard. They weren't the ones being critisized for lack of hustle, nor should they have been.

[Gary Gorski]

Impressive - a 6 point win by an NBA all-star team over a team that was 5th in the 2003 European Championships and only in the tournament to begin with through the exemption for the host city. :rolleyes:

"Every time we lose a game it is like the end of the world, an apocalypse" said Stephon Marbury.

Oh, sorry Starbury - apparently the nation has your group confused with players trying to proudly represent our country on a world stage in the sport we invented. Terribly sorry to interrupt your summer vacation with demands that you play defense and win basketball games against (allegedly) inferior opponents. Then again, if you're a ball-hogging, no defense playing, never going to win a thing in your career primadonna DURING your job why should we expect anything else outside of it.

[Blackadar]

Both teams played hard.

If we only won by 6, either we didn't play hard or didn't play well because we sure in hell had a huge advantage in talent.

[Joe]

You guys obviously don't recognize the Rasheed Wallace "both teams played hard" comment. Oh well.

And I dont think the US has a huge advantage in talent in this competition, at least not in regards to how the international game is being played. They have more athleticism, but not talent. Other teams can actually drive inside, not put up 20 turnovers a game, and make a shot from the outside.

[rkmsuf]

And I dont think the US has a huge advantage in talent in this competition, at least not in regards to how the international game is being played. They have more athleticism, but not talent. Other teams can actually drive inside, not put up 20 turnovers a game, and make a shot from the outside.


I approve of this message.

[Samdari]

If we only won by 6, either we didn't play hard or didn't play well because we sure in hell had a huge advantage in talent.

We had a huge advantage in people who are talented at the NBA game. The international game is setup to eliminate the skills and abilities that lead to success in the NBA.

Post play is removed by the sagging zones. Oops, Tim Duncan is removed.

Basically all fakes (including head fakes where neither of the offensive players feet ever move) are called travels. Thus what makes wing players successful in the NBA (beating your man for a drive to the hoop) is illegal in international play.

The struggles of this team have far more to do with a lack of understanding of the international game by the players and by the people who chose the team than it is the players not taking this seriously. It is like they are having to learn a whole new game (one they have some talent to play) in just a few days, against experienced, talented players.

[KeyserSoze]

My thoughts:

1. I cant bought that the FIBA basket is other game than NBA Basket. I believe is player in a different way. Nowadays, no NBA team has really used the zone. Yeah it is used from time to time but no in a regular basis.

NBA game is more spectacular, more flashy. In FIBA basket Kobe is a 15-point-man. In tactic, I believe that Europe is far away the US.

2. US team is a group of strangers. All good players but with 15 days of experience. Lithuania, Spain, Serbia, Argentina, all the team works like a team.

3. US has better player, but with less variety. Spain (as example) has 2 defense especialists, a center who shoots 3 pointers, and forward who add a lot of energy. The bench knows that they are the bench. US is an all star team. But they have no different things. I miss Ray Allen, I misss Nick Van Exel.

Just personal opinions

[rkmsuf]

My thoughts:

1. I cant bought that the FIBA basket is other game than NBA Basket. I believe is player in a different way. Nowadays, no NBA team has really used the zone. Yeah it is used from time to time but no in a regular basis.

NBA game is more spectacular, more flashy. In FIBA basket Kobe is a 15-point-man. In tactic, I believe that Europe is far away the US.

2. US team is a group of strangers. All good players but with 15 days of experience. Lithuania, Spain, Serbia, Argentina, all the team works like a team.

3. US has better player, but with less variety. Spain (as example) has 2 defense especialists, a center who shoots 3 pointers, and forward who add a lot of energy. The bench knows that they are the bench. US is an all star team. But they have no different things. I miss Ray Allen, I misss Nick Van Exel.

Just personal opinions

In FIBA, Kobe is a fornicating machine.

[Samdari]

1. I cant bought that the FIBA basket is other game than NBA Basket. I believe is player in a different way. Nowadays, no NBA team has really used the zone. Yeah it is used from time to time but no in a regular basis.

The rules (and enforcement of rules) are very different. Thus the games are different. Not really hard to figure out.

Put any of these national teams against an NBA team, under NBA rules, with NBA refs, and any NBA team (ok, maybe not the Hawks) beats them by 30, with regularity.

Not to endorse the NBA's style of play over the international game (I think a mix of the two would make a good game) but right now, our players are trying to play their game, and not being particularly successful. Their players would struggle even harder to play our game.

[stevew]

Richard Jefferson is now 3/23 from the field. Fotsis had a hard time getting playing time on a less than 30 wins Grizzlies team. Hopefully Brown becomes logical and benches Jefferson's ass, and plays Lebron more.

[Gary Gorski]

Their players would struggle even harder to play our game.

Yeah, those bums like Dirk Nowitzki, Manu Ginobili, Peja and Yao will never amount to anything in the NBA. ;)

What do you mean its a different game? You mean because the refs aren't being told by their boss to not call travelling and to call infractions against the league's superstars in a different manner so as to a) not impose on their ability to make flashy plays and b) not take them out of the game because of fouls that its a different game? You mean because our players are inept at shooting the ball into the hoop from anywhere outside of 8-10 feet that its a different game? You mean because the other teams don't stand around on offense waiting for whoever has the ball to eat up the shot clock with pointless dribbles before firing off some shot with little to no chance of going in its a different game?

Hell yeah its a different game - the difference is the other teams know how to play it. Its still basketball - its just that our guys only know how to dunk and talk smack. They are not being paid millions of dollars to be individuals - they're being paid paltry by comparison wages to play as a team in a system. Why should the world change how it plays because we're too lazy to play the right way and why should we get excuses made for us because of it?

I actually think that these teams and players could have success in the NBA. If you can't make a jump shot you can't make a jump shot regardless of whether the refs are NBA refs calling NBA "violations" or not.