Basketball: USA vs. Argentina on right now!

[suklee]

73-61 now.. ~7 mins left in the 4th.. 🙁

 

[Kelvrick]

Don't they have to win all their games to get a gold? Or was it just to get a medal?

 

[AgentEL]

as much as I wanted to see the team lose, I didn't want to see them lose the gold.

 

[Red Dawn]

They must really suck to lose to a team like Argentina

 

[AgentEL]

74-67!

 

[Capone]

Duncan just fouled out. Why isn't Lebron in there? He's clearly the best passer on the team.

 

[suklee]

omg.. the commentators on my TV channel obviously don't know any basketball. He says "Stephen Maybury" :roll:

76-67
4:19 left

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: Kai920
omg.. the commentators on my TV channel obviously don't know any basketball. He says "Stephen Maybury" :roll:

76-67
4:19 left

hahaha just goes out to show what olympics means to them... which channel?

 

[mwtgg]

80-69 ARG

 

[chuckywang]

ouch, down by 11 now

 

[nitsuj3580]

Originally posted by: Izzo
Why are they losing? (Poor shooting? Lack of defense? No rebounding? Or is Aregentina having a great game?)

Honestly, the big issue is the international game is A LOT different than the NBA game. The US is the superior team every game but even watching these international games, the officiating is terrible and the way the game is played is a lot different

Duncan is a perfect example. Simple thing like arm bars in the post are giving him cheap fouls and he can't play at all cuz of foul trouble.

Another big different is charges. The international teams try to take them all the time like the college game in the US. The NBA game prevents charges underneath with the circle so our guys are trying to block every shot.

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: VanillaH

Originally posted by: Kai920
omg.. the commentators on my TV channel obviously don't know any basketball. He says "Stephen Maybury" :roll:

76-67
4:19 left

hahaha just goes out to show what olympics means to them... which channel?

i'm watching on a local english channel in HK



80-69... doesn't look too good

 

[Achtung]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
They must really suck to lose to a team like Argentina

Argentina is actually one of the best teams in the world. I'm not all that surprised given some of the poor results we had earlier in the tournament.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: welst10
LIVE score

Thanks for the spoiler in the thread title, you going to update the final score there too?... :roll: Guess I watch something else tonight.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: welst10
LIVE score

Thanks for the spoiler in the thread title, you going to update the final score there too?... :roll: Guess I watch something else tonight.

The game is on NBC right now...

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580

Originally posted by: Izzo
Why are they losing? (Poor shooting? Lack of defense? No rebounding? Or is Aregentina having a great game?)

Honestly, the big issue is the international game is A LOT different than the NBA game. The US is the superior team every game but even watching these international games, the officiating is terrible and the way the game is played is a lot different

Duncan is a perfect example. Simple thing like arm bars in the post are giving him cheap fouls and he can't play at all cuz of foul trouble.

Another big different is charges. The international teams try to take them all the time like the college game in the US. The NBA game prevents charges underneath with the circle so our guys are trying to block every shot.

Gotta agree with you there... officiating sucks ballz, period.

Poor shooting is one of the reasons... they have no pure shooters, 2 pt OR 3 pt. Too many slashers..

81-72, 3:08 left

 

[Excelsior]

We have a chance..

BTw..


FUCK Ginobli and WOOO Marbury.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Achtung

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
They must really suck to lose to a team like Argentina

Argentina is actually one of the best teams in the world. I'm not all that surprised given some of the poor results we had earlier in the tournament.

Compared to the Pistons or the Lakers (well the Lakers of last year)? I seriously doubt it!

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Kai920
omg.. the commentators on my TV channel obviously don't know any basketball. He says "Stephen Maybury" :roll:

76-67
4:19 left

what tv channel are you talking about?

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: Excelsior
We have a chance..

BTw..


FUCK Ginobli and WOOO Marbury.

LOL, yeah Ginobili is an annoying SOB. Great player and doesn't look fast... but can beat you with his deceptive moves... so yeah , FUG him.

 

[suklee]

ugh.. it's over 🙁

edit - not yet, but only a minute 30 left, down by 8

 

[Ranger X]

The US team can only dunk. Better luck next Olympics ...

 

[Izzo]

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580

Originally posted by: Izzo
Why are they losing? (Poor shooting? Lack of defense? No rebounding? Or is Aregentina having a great game?)

Honestly, the big issue is the international game is A LOT different than the NBA game. The US is the superior team every game but even watching these international games, the officiating is terrible and the way the game is played is a lot different

Duncan is a perfect example. Simple thing like arm bars in the post are giving him cheap fouls and he can't play at all cuz of foul trouble.

Another big different is charges. The international teams try to take them all the time like the college game in the US. The NBA game prevents charges underneath with the circle so our guys are trying to block every shot.

I agree with what you said in the big picture, but I was referring to this game in particular. I was just wondering if the US was having a poor shooting game or if their defense was getting shredded.

I think the US screwed up by making a marketable, but uncompetitive team. NBA failures turned Euroleague superstars (Scoonie Penn, Trajan Langdon, et al) would be better suited for sending to the Olympics than Carmello :thumbsdown: or Marbury :thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

 

[Achtung]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Achtung

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
They must really suck to lose to a team like Argentina

Argentina is actually one of the best teams in the world. I'm not all that surprised given some of the poor results we had earlier in the tournament.

Compared to the Pistons or the Lakers (well the Lakers of last year)? I seriously doubt it!

Probably. But you can't really compare a pro team that trains together for most of the year to a national team that gets together a few weeks each year. I would be interested, however, to see how the Pistons played against the best pro team from Argentina, Spain, or Italy, for example. That would be cool, similar to the way it is done in soccer.

 

[mwtgg]

Game over! 89 -81 ARG