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Ghost
15 Aug 2004, 12:03 PM
Holy ......
Holy ........
What an incredibly tense basketball game, a rematch of the 2002 world championship.
I couldn't tell you what the final score was. I think 80-79. Somewhere around there. But it was a nip-and-tuck back-and-forth all the way with both teams clawing their way back into the game at different times. Down three with about 15 seconds left, Ginobli (Argentina and SA Spurs) drives, gets the foul and the basket. He makes the free throw to tie the game. The Serbs come down, get fouled on a drive with 3.8 seconds. Their big man hits one of two from the line. Argentina goes the whole court in 3.8 seconds. Ginobli banks in an off-balance floater over a defender, released at 0.2 seconds, to win the game. Ginobli's weight puts him on the floor as the ball goes in. The entire team runs out to dogpile him. The Argentine coach goes running around the court in some bizarre way that's half Jim Valvano, half Eddie Munster. Amazing.
Did anyone else watch this game this morning? This goes down immediately on the very, very short list of the best Olympic basketball games.
Excape Goat
15 Aug 2004, 12:27 PM
I did not see the game, but caught a glimpse of the scoreboard. Gez.............
That was an awesome game...I wish NBC would just take a channel and show the whole men's basketball tournament.
Early results:
Lithuania 78 Angola 73
Angola was up by 13 in the first half. Lithuania shot 50 free throws to Angola's 12...Angolan coach was very upset after the game.
Italy 71 New Zealand 69
Italy was up 17 at halftime but had to hold off a late comeback.
Spain 83 China 58
Spain won easily despite shooting poorly from outside--Gasol was pretty much unstoppable. Yao had a really hard time keeping up--I think the international game with fewer breaks is tougher than the NBA game for him.
Yao very dispirited after the game:
"I feel so disappointed. I lost all my hopes for this team. I didn’t expect to play so bad. We changed our skin but we are the same. Just like the World Championships in Indianapolis two years before."
"I didn’t play well also. I am thinking to retire from National team. Not now, but soon I will. In Indianapolis I was the youngest player. Now I am the older, but still is no hope for us."
Argentina 83 Serbia/Montenegro 82
Fantastic game, Argies were up 12 early thanks to a great first quarter from Ginobili, Serbs fought back to take the lead but missed a couple free throws late and Ginobili was the hero at the end.
Excape Goat
15 Aug 2004, 12:48 PM
I bought the damn package for every minute of the Olympic game back in 1992. The basketball tournament was the best thing..... except those exhibition games involving Dream Team 1.
Puerto Rico 92 United States 73
No comment needed.
Greece 76 Australia 54
Close for most of the way, Greece closed with a 17-0 run.
Group A
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Spain 1-0
Italy 1-0
Argentina 1-0
Serbia/Montenegro 0-1
New Zealand 0-1
China 0-1
Group B
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Greece 1-0
Puerto Rico 1-0
Lithuania 1-0
Angola 0-1
United States 0-1
Australia 0-1
ProfZodiac
15 Aug 2004, 07:09 PM
Merging into general Basketball Tournament thread.
MSNBC appears to have added tomorrow's Puerto Rico-Lithuania game to their television schedule at 7:30 AM Eastern.
Excape Goat
16 Aug 2004, 10:17 PM
After the Dream Team's loss, the tournament is now wide-opened. I still think the US will win the Gold, but the top teams now believes in their chance. Puerto Rico probably now dreams of a medal. Argentina probably knows that they might have to meet the US earlier than they wanted.
Lithuania 98 Puerto Rico 90
Impressive shooting and fouling exhibition by both teams. Close for three quarters before Lithuania opened up a lead early in the fourth.
China 69 New Zealand 62
39 points and 13 rebounds for Yao.
Australia 83 Angola 59
Excape Goat
17 Aug 2004, 10:04 AM
39 points and 13 rebounds for Yao.
Yao was pumped up. He was angry. He was un-yao. he shoved a new Zealand player to the floor....
Serbia/Montenegro 74 Italy 72
A pair of free throws from Milos Vujanic in the final seconds gave Serbia the win after squandering a 12-point lead. Italy only had 4 assists on 28 baskets, unless the box score is wrong.
Spain 87 Argentina 76
A 15-0 fourth quarter run did the job for Spain. Gasol had another good game with 26 points and 8 rebounds, while Argentina's other Spurs property, Luis Scola, led his team with 28 points and 9 rebounds.
United States 77 Greece 71
Group A
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Spain 2-0
Argentina 1-1
Serbia/Montenegro 1-1
Italy 1-1
China 1-1
New Zealand 0-2
Group B
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Lithuania 2-0
Puerto Rico 1-1
United States 1-1
Greece 1-1
Australia 1-1
Angola 0-2
ScouseCat
17 Aug 2004, 08:41 PM
Group B
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Lithuania 2-0
Puerto Rico 1-1
United States 1-1
Greece 1-1
Australia 1-1
Angola 0-2
I'm not expecting much from the Australian Boomers at this Olympic Games. We may win a couple of games, but I'd be surprised if we challenged for a medal. On the other hand, the Opals are gonna kick arse!! :D
Excape Goat
17 Aug 2004, 10:26 PM
Spain 87 Argentina 76
A 15-0 fourth quarter run did the job for Spain. Gasol had another good game with 26 points and 8 rebounds, while Argentina's other Spurs property, Luis Scola, led his team with 28 points and 9 rebounds.
Spain beat S&M twice running up to the Olympics. Now, they took care of Argentina. They are a darkhorse.
Excape Goat
19 Aug 2004, 06:38 AM
Upset of Day
New Zealand 90 Serbia-Montenegro 87
New Zealand took the lead with a "disputed call" with 20 seconds left, but I thought the call was correct. Anyway, Serbia was not leading by up to 11 points late in the 4th quarter.
babytiger2001
19 Aug 2004, 07:53 AM
Quarter-time between the USA and Australia... which I'm watching live on Seven...
Australia 31
USA 21
Still early days yet...
Angola leads Puerto Rico 66-63 heading into the fourth, big flurry of threes from the Africans in the last quarter.
New Zealand 90 Serbia/Montenegro 87
New Zealand comes back from a 79-66 deficit with 5 minutes left.
Spain 71 Italy 63
Spain uses another big fourth-quarter run to take the win. Gasol scored 9 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter.
United States 89 Australia 79
Puerto Rico pulls it out 83-80. Angola, with no players over 6-7, hit 15 threes in the game but couldn't convert a couple chances to tie at the end. Ayuso led Puerto Rico with 17, and Casiano, who had 15, hit a big three to give PR an 81-78 lead with a minute left.
Argentina 82 China 57
Lithuania 98 Greece 76
We could be in big trouble tomorrow.
Group A
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Lithuania 3-0
Puerto Rico 2-1
United States 2-1
Greece 1-2
Australia 1-2
Angola 0-3
Group B
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Spain 3-0
Argentina 2-1
China 1-2
Italy 1-2
Serbia/Montenegro 1-2
New Zealand 1-2
Puerto Rico 87 Australia 82
Puerto Rico trailed by 12 in the third quarter before rallying. Arroyo, Ayuso, and Santiago scored 29 of their final 33 points.
Spain 76 Serbia/Montenegro 68
Gasol scored all 14 of his points in the second half. Spain is only shooting 23% on three-pointers, just slightly better than the US.
Argentina 98 New Zealand 94
Luis Scola continued his excellent play with 25 points...he's now averaging 19.5ppg on 75% shooting.
Italy 89 China 52
Yao won't be shaving for a while unless the Chinese can upset Serbia on Monday.
Lithuania 94 United States 90
Greece 88 Angola 56
Group A
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Spain 4-0
Argentina 3-1
Italy 2-2
New Zealand 1-3
Serbia/Montenegro 1-3
China 1-3
Group B
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Lithuania 4-0
Puerto Rico 3-1
United States 2-2
Greece 2-2
Australia 1-3
Angola 0-4
Final round scenarios:
http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/news/latest_news_article.asp?cookietest=done&r_act_news=3504