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Wrap it up b
*USA Basketball* WOMEN EARN GOLD v. ESP (101-72)! MEN EARN GOLD v. SRB (96-66)!
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Bogdan finna give Kyrie that work
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Finally the real AUSSIE team showed up to play 
Dudes are looking shook outhere.
Dudes are looking shook outhere.
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Btw I hate these 20 minute half. Game go by quick.
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14 points in one half for Aussie....Sex marathons last night?
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14 points in 20 minutes of play 
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[quote name="Super Producer J"][quote name="DarthSka"]Serbia 'bout to get curbstomped, methinks.[/quote]
[/quote]I meant... nah, see what had happened was...
[/quote]I meant... nah, see what had happened was...
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[quote name="Super Producer J"][quote name="DarthSka"]Serbia 'bout to get curbstomped, methinks.[/quote][/quote]Sunday.
I was talking about Sunday.
[/quote]Sunday.I was talking about Sunday.
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The mighty Spanish and Australian teams didn't eem make the final
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Word. Raduljica and Jokic about to own the paint.
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wheres buc to make sense of all this
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USA for gold
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He was still right about the entire tournament
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Somebody go find Andrew Bogut to make sense of this. Damn clown.
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Gold medal game, even though the team has played crappy in the tourney?? Not bad I would say.
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refresh me again about what he was right about?
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He said games would be close outside of the Argentina's and China's while everyone else was predicting 25+ blowouts
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I am really looking forward to the finals. USA team are favorites, but also our team shouldn't be underestimated.
Our coach is natural born winner, our players grew up watching him win so many important games, and now our players share the same mentality.
Our coach is natural born winner, our players grew up watching him win so many important games, and now our players share the same mentality.
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Really like that Coach K put DJ in the starting lineup. At least get some rim protection right away and not have to worry about Boogie's aggressive play messing with the flow early on.
Also, what isn't being discussed much about Boogie's foul trouble is that FIBA is the opposite of the NBA, in terms of physicality. In the NBA, post play is very physical, while perimeter play isn't. FIBA flips that around, allowing hand checking on the perimeter and such, while post play is called very tight. That's the main reason Boogie is having problems. Although, it didn't seem to affect him as much in 2014, so maybe it comes down to inconsistencies in FIBA officiating (of which there are many).
Also, what isn't being discussed much about Boogie's foul trouble is that FIBA is the opposite of the NBA, in terms of physicality. In the NBA, post play is very physical, while perimeter play isn't. FIBA flips that around, allowing hand checking on the perimeter and such, while post play is called very tight. That's the main reason Boogie is having problems. Although, it didn't seem to affect him as much in 2014, so maybe it comes down to inconsistencies in FIBA officiating (of which there are many).
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Fiba officiating is horrible. The worse part about it, is the inconsistency from one crew to the next. That why I always say it's the great equalizer. Levels off two teams right away. I mean 4 Ts in the 3rd quarter was ridiculous in this game.
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Saw Marc Stein tweet that the refs brought the coaches and captains on the court for a meeting before the second half started. That wouldn't need to happen if they didn't call the game the way they did. 41 fouls (including 5 techs) in a 40-minute game. Just absurd.
Edit: just for fun, I looked up Bill Simmons' recap of the 2008 gold medal game. There were 55 (yes, fifty-five) fouls called lol. Also, this passage will never stop being funny:
BRUH
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Bill Simmons
That's what trying to be the smartest person in the room looks like.
That's what trying to be the smartest person in the room looks like.
The level of this tournament has been pretty underwhelming so far. 3 blowouts out of 4 quarter finals and both semis were ugly. Hopefully that Spain - USA game was tight because it was pretty awful. No ball movements, no real leaders, other than DJ the US have no inside players and Spain seemed to be scared. Now I liked that WC 2014 team way more than this one and I really hope Australia get bronze.
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For the record, I like Bill Simmons, and think he knows a lot of good things about the NBA. That was an egregious foul on his part.