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4-Nations Tournament with ESP/GBR/LTU/SLO (Seville, Spain)

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I think Nachbar is the biggest problem on our team- he is not playing defense and he is getting nervous if he does not shoot the ball at least once in three possesions...
 
I am really curious to hear what Zdovc will say after the match...
 
I can't stand two facts about this game:

Lithuania is playing without balls and selfrespect even if they doing pretty good (where's the fucking charakter? they are so nervous, that is silly) and that Spain is hitting every single shot even the crazy ones against hands or 9 meters. Amazing...
 
Spain is winning big, Rubio nailing it, Navarro as always making fucking unbelievable shots, he made a sick floater, sick three, he is going to be the key in the eurobasket for spain imo apart from pau. And the lithuanian defense is being pwned in the perimeter mainly, there was a moment it was three after three
 
Zdovc after the game with GB: "After yesterday's defeat against Spain we didn't have any energy left. I thought that players will step togather and play like we can play, but unfortunately it wasn't like that. This is our warning, that we touched the bottom and we experienced how much we really are worth right now."
 
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end of third q 85-55, quite unexpected i thought lithuania would play more tightly
 
stuart said:
Oh man... box score? recap?

Stuart
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Slovenija-Great Britain 56-63

Slovenija: Slokar 3, Lakovič 5, Brezec 6 (1:2), Nachbar 3, B. Udrih 4 (2:2), Dragić 6, Jagodnik 7 (3:3), S. Udrih 7, Golemac 2, E. Lorbek 6 (2:2), D. Lorbek 5.

Great Britain: Hart 3, Lenzly 3 (3:4), Sullivan 4 (3:6), Reinking 13 (4:4), Boyd 7 (7:8), Betts 11 (3:3), Clark 7 (3:4), George 2, Achara 13 (5:6).
 
AirBall said:
Slovenija-Great Britain 56-63

Slovenija: Slokar 3, Lakovič 5, Brezec 6 (1:2), Nachbar 3, B. Udrih 4 (2:2), Dragić 6, Jagodnik 7 (3:3), S. Udrih 7, Golemac 2, E. Lorbek 6 (2:2), D. Lorbek 5.

Great Britain: Hart 3, Lenzly 3 (3:4), Sullivan 4 (3:6), Reinking 13 (4:4), Boyd 7 (7:8), Betts 11 (3:3), Clark 7 (3:4), George 2, Achara 13 (5:6).
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More proof that chemistry matters more than talent on similar levels.

Stuart
 
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keep on Navarro
 
Paul Nilsen said:
I want to thank Jure for having the balls to say to the referees what I have wanted to say for two days...

When he walked around the court after being ejected I offered him the seat next to me and he saw the funny side but declined the invitation and even managed a laugh

Though I guess the officials gave him the biggest laugh

I hope to speak to him later - should be interesting
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What a joke you are, Nilsen. I guess that bringing basketball to Newcastle is like bringing coal to Antarctica - very unusual, very unfamiliar... Some of us did leave Antarctica in time to learn the game a little. You sure need to do so too, because your FIBA articles show some a basic misunderstanding of what hoops are all about.

So you tried to coax Zdovc into some "interesting" statements about his ejection, huh? You must have been quite disappointed with his response:

The usually placid coach was ejected by the match officials before half-time in the 89-71 mauling by his Group C opponents but placed the blame for the loss squarely at his own door.

"We tried to play hard but we were not hard enough. We were definitely not smart enough to beat Spain on their home court."

Oh yeah...

We both knew! :)

But of course what Jure knows is what newbies like you refuse to see - that he very intentionally forced his ejection when nothing objectionable had happened on the floor, just to try and shake things (and officials) up a little and call attention in a game which anyhow he knew he was very unlikely to win.

Let's face it - Spain won by 18 despite missing 12 free throws. They outshot, outrebounded, outdefended, out-blocked, out-stole the Slovenians. The refs played no role in this.

I'm still waiting for your reports on the Friday games - more than 12 hours later. Hey, GB beat the wonderful Slovenians! Great! The refs again? What's Jure saying?

And Sergio Scariolo benched all of Spain's (available) stars for the full fourth quarter in walloping Lithuania, 100-74.

The refs once more, huh? Or is it too unpleasant to report objectively about the scandalously overprotected Spanish team?

Get back to soccer, Nilsen. Maybe you'll do better.
 
stuart said:
More proof that chemistry matters more than talent on similar levels.
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Not to take anything from the Brits, but it was the fifth game in seven days for Lorbek and co. And it was hot in Sunny Seville, It seemed to me the Slovenians where with their tanks empty from the get go.
Also, getting wiped out against a short-handened Spanish team always takes its toll mentally, specially on medal contenders. Apocalyctic speech of coach Zdovc doesn't help either.
To put it in a nutshell, I don't think the Slovenians were physically and mentally prepared for this game. Otherwise, I found them pretty capable of scoring more than 56 points in a full 40 minute game, regardless of the rival.
 
Salaner said:
If anyone's interested, you can watch the whole Spain-Lithuania game, cut into small pieces, here:

http://www.lasextadeportes.com/baloncesto/videos/listado/todos

Oh! And also the highway robbery by the refs against poor Slovenia, unfairly deprived of a much-deserved victory against an inferior Spanish team...

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Slovenia 21 FTs Spain 42 FT i think that little fact says it all. Also Spain played a lot more aggressive then Slovenia yet Slovenia had half less FTs.
Now you can BS as much as you like but these are facts, i'd like to hear your facts to the contrary, no BS just facts?
 
Watch the video. Look at Slovenia's defense - with their hands all the time! And always a half a step slow. Very poor defense. Not surprising to see these fouls called. This team has no defensive intensity, no anticipation.

The Zdovc episode is a total laugher. Obvious foul on Navarro, and he yells and yells five inches from the ref's face. That's a technical foul, and ejection if you continue, according to FIBA rules.

Perhaps FIBA rules are not commonly enforced in Slovenia?
 
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